This new image taken of the skies above Chile’s Atacama Desert near the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) La Silla Observatory, shows bright red streaks in the sky known as red sprites. Red sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, usually triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the ground. However, the red sprites appear high in Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes 50-90 km in altitude.
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The Latest Webb Observations Don’t Disprove The Big Bang, But They Are Interesting
Okay, so let’s start with the obvious. The big bang is not dead. Recent observations by the James Webb Space Telescope have not disproven the big bang, despite certain popular articles claiming otherwise. If that’s all you needed to hear, then have a great day. That said, the latest Webb observations do reveal some strange and unexpected things about the universe, and if you’d like to know more, keep reading.
ESA technology leading to safer, smarter European roads
An agreement signed yesterday looks to extend the use of ESA space technology along European roads. The Agency’s Navigation Directorate has finalised a Memorandum of Intent with ERTICO, the organisation for the European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination, a public-private partnership focused on the development, promotion and connection of intelligent road systems and services.
As NASA nears return to the moon with Artemis program, lunar scientists' excitement reaches fever pitch
With NASA's return to the moon with Artemis moving ever closer, lunar scientists look forward to the possibilities for science.
NASA's Artemis 1 SLS megarocket has had a long road to its moon launch pad
The Artemis mission will soon usher in the next era of space exploration, carrying humans back to the moon and then beyond thanks to the most powerful rocket ever built, the Space Launch System.
On the trail of unidentified aerial phenomenon: the Galileo Project looks ahead
The Galileo Project is the first systematic scientific research program in a search for artifacts or remnants of extraterrestrial technological civilizations.
NASA's Orion spacecraft faces huge test for moon flights and deep space
The Orion spacecraft will carry humans further into space than they have ever journeyed before in a series of increasingly challenging missions.
Media briefing: Artemis I getting ready for launch
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The Artemis I mission is almost ready for launch: it will send an uncrewed spacecraft beyond the Moon and back.
NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission is 'go' for Aug. 29 launch
NASA has cleared its Artemis 1 mission to launch an uncrewed test flight around the moon on Aug. 29.
Final week of Artemis 1 preps include Orion closeouts and booster servicing
A member of NASA’s Artemis ground team is seen inside the white room near the Orion spacecraft’s hatch during rollback of the Space Launch System moon rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 2. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now
Ground teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will load fuel into the Space Launch System moon rocket’s steering system and finish closeouts inside the Orion capsule on top of the launcher this week, setting the stage for the start of the two-day countdown sequence Saturday and liftoff Monday.
NASA managers give “go” for Artemis 1 launch after flight readiness review
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Webb images of Jupiter show auroras, rings, moons
This composite infrared image of Jupiter was created using data from the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope. The Great Red Spot is located at lower right. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt.
A few weeks after officially starting science operations, the James Webb Space Telescope turned its mirrors toward Jupiter and captured stunning new infrared views of the gas giant planet, its auroras, moons, and faint rings.
Jupiter's auroras look radiant in new James Webb Space Telescope images
Impressive infrared images of Jupiter's auroras were processed by citizen scientist Judy Schmidt.
Artemis 1 will carry a space weather cubesat to study solar wind
Scientists hope CuSP will pave the way for a network of weather stations in interplanetary space.
Live coverage: Flight readiness review underway for Artemis 1 mission
Live coverage of preparations for the maiden flight of the Space Launch System on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Dark matter could finally reveal itself through self-interactions
One hypothesis for the nature of dark matter is that some of it could be self-interacting, meaning the individual particles interact slightly with one another.
'Solar clock' could predict rhythms of dangerous weather in the sun's cycle
For 400 years sunspots have been used to measure the sun's cycle, but a newly suggested 'circle of fifths' system could predict dangerous and violent solar events years in advance.
Webb Telescope sees Jupiter and its auroras in a new light
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is designed to probe the farthest frontiers of the universe, but newly released images of Jupiter prove that the observatory can also bring fresh perspectives to more familiar celestial sights.
International Space Station will host a surgical robot in 2024
A tiny robot known as MIRA will be blasting off to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024 to perform simulated surgical procedures in microgravity.
Stars appear to regulate their own masses during formation
The reason stars forming in very different regions of space come to have similar masses has puzzled astrophysicists for decades. Now, thanks to an advanced 3D stimulation, this mystery could be solved.
The moon and Venus will make one last morning dance on Thursday (Aug. 25)
On Thursday Aug. 25 we will have an opportunity to catch sight of the two brightest objects in the night sky, Venus and the moon, engaged in a final morning dance.
