Europe's Mars Express spacecraft has peered deep into the subsurface of the Martian moon Phobos, finding unknown structures that could reveal the moon's origin.
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Satellite peers at a creepy iceberg's 'Halloween crack' (photo)
The iceberg tip is "hanging by a thread" due to ongoing climate change in Antarctica.
Haunting photo of dead star's 'ghost' released for Halloween
The European Space Observatory (ESO) has released an image of a dead star's 'ghost' in deep space just in time for Halloween.
China launches final module to complete Tiangong space station (video)
The Mengtian module launched to Earth orbit atop a Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket from Wenchang, south China, on Monday (Oct. 31).
Hubble spies a cosmic 'spider web' containing clues to dark secret
The eerie Hubble Space Telescope image was released for the "spooky season" surrounding Halloween
'Planet killer' asteroid found hiding in sun's glare may one day hit Earth
A giant asteroid that might one day cross paths with Earth has been discovered hiding in the glare of the sun.
Give climate some MAGIC
There are times when we could all do with a bit of magic in our lives. And, with the Global Climate Observing System announcement of ‘terrestrial water storage’ as a completely new Essential Climate Variable, the world of climate research and climate crisis response would certainly benefit from a satellite mission called MAGIC.
Asteroids threatening Earth could be spotted by network of spacecraft near Venus' orbit, Chinese scientists say
We could detect potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids by using six surveyor spacecraft deployed in Venus-like orbits, Chinese researchers propose.
Become a Backyard Cosmic Explorer
No matter how you look up at the sky — with a telescope, binos, or just your eyes — you're a cosmic explorer.
Halloween night sky 2022: See Jupiter, Mars and maybe some spooky fireballs
Skies will be mainly clear tonight (Oct. 31) across the contiguous United States; making for ideal Halloween skywatching conditions. What will you be looking out for?
Watch SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch for 1st time since 2019 on Tuesday
After more than three years, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy — the world's most powerful operational rocket — is about to launch again.
Final Atlas 5 launch from California delayed for battery replacement
The first stage of ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket was lifted onto its launch stand at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on Sept. 28. Credit: USSF 30th Space Wing/Steve Gerlich
The final flight of an Atlas 5 rocket from California has been delayed from Tuesday until no earlier than Nov. 9 to replace a battery on the launcher’s Centaur upper stage, United Launch Alliance and NASA officials said.
NASA has a life-detecting instrument ready to fly to Europa or Enceladus
OWLS, the Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor, would autonomously search for life on the icy moons of the outer solar system.
NASA sets October 2023 launch date for Psyche asteroid mission
Artist’s concept of the Psyche spacecraft, which will conduct a direct exploration of an asteroid thought to be a stripped planetary core. Credit: SSL/ASU/P. Rubin/NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA says the Psyche mission, a robotic asteroid explorer that missed a launch opportunity this year due to software testing problems, has been rescheduled for liftoff from Florida in October 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Launch of JPSS-2 weather satellite delayed to Nov. 9
JPSS-2 and the LOFTID technology demonstration will now launch no earlier than Nov. 9, because a battery on the upper stage of their Atlas V rocket ride needs to be replaced.
NASA seeks origin of 'weird' fast-spinning dwarf planet Haumea
The dwarf planet Haumea may be the weirdest object in the solar system. Now NASA researchers may finally understand how it was formed.
Halloween Crack for Halloween
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Mars Express Got so Close to Phobos That it Needed to be Reprogrammed to Keep the Moon in Focus
Let’s talk about Phobos. We know it’s a moon of Mars and it orbits the planet once every 7.4 hours. It has a huge impact crater called Stickney. It measures about 9 km across. That’s pretty big, considering Phobos itself is 28 km across on its longest side. But, beyond that, Phobos presents something of a mystery.
Too Many Supernovae Can Slow Star Formation in a Galaxy
Interstellar winds are powerful agents of change. For one thing, they can interrupt or shut down the process of star birth completely. That’s what a team of astronomers using the Karl Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico found when they studied the galaxy M33. They also learned that speedy cosmic rays play a huge role in pushing those winds across interstellar space.
Would Mark Watney Have Survived in Real Life, and What This Can Teach Us About Sending Humans to Mars
We want to send humans to Mars eventually, and while this will be both a historic and exciting journey, it could also be tragic and terrible, and we must also address the potential pitfalls and risks of such an adventure. The intent behind this is to allow fans of space exploration to consider the full picture of such an endeavor. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Will Enceladus finally answer, ‘Are we alone?’
We recently examined how and why the planet Mars could answer the longstanding question: Are we alone? There is evidence to suggest that it was once a much warmer and wetter world thanks to countless spacecraft, landers, and rovers having explored—and currently exploring—its atmosphere, surface, and interior. Here, we will examine another one of Saturn’s 83 moons, an icy world that spews geysers of water ice from giant fissures near its south pole, which is strong evidence for an interior ocean, and possibly life. Here, we will examine Enceladus.
