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Why is JWST Having So Much Trouble with the TRAPPIST-1 System?
When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched it came with a fanfare expecting amazing things, much like the Hubble Space Telescope. One of JWST’s most anticipated target was TRAPPIST-1. This inconspicuous star is host to seven Earth-sized planets, with at least three in the habitable zone. The two inner planets are airless worlds but so far there has been no word of the third planet, the first in the habitable zone. The question is why and what makes it so tricky to observe?
Planetary Habitability Depends on its Star’s Magnetic Field
The extrasolar planet census recently passed a major milestone, with 5500 confirmed candidates in 4,243 solar systems. With so many exoplanets available for study, astronomers have learned a great deal about the types of planets that exist in our galaxy and have been rethinking several preconceived notions. These include the notion of “habitability” and whether Earth is the standard by which this should be measured – i.e., could there be “super habitable” exoplanets out there? – and the very concept of the circumsolar habitable zone (CHZ).
A Solution to the “Final Parsec Problem?”
Supermassive Black Holes are Nature’s confounding behemoths. It’s difficult for Earth-bound minds to comprehend their magnitude and power. Astrophysicists have spent decades studying them, and they’ve made progress. But one problem still baffles even them: the Final Parsec Problem.
Powerful wildfires devastating Canada captured in satellite imagery
A rapidly spreading wildfire burns through part of the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies as satellites track its growth and movement.
Discovery of 'dark oxygen' from deep-sea metal lumps could trigger rethink of origins of life
In a global first, scientists working in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the North Pacific Ocean have found that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen, dubbed "dark oxygen."
X-rays reveal secret gas in huge and distant galaxy cluster
The Euclid and XMM-Newton missions have combined to show the hidden, hot gas that fills an immense galaxy cluster 2.7 billion light-years away.
Astronomers Find 21 “Dark” Neutron Stars Orbiting Sun-like Stars
New analysis has revealed 21 Sun-like stars in mutual orbit around dark objects of neutron star–like masses — rare systems that have escaped destruction by supernova.
Runaway 'failed star' races through the cosmos at 1.2 million mph
Citizen scientists have discovered what may be a brown dwarf racing through the cosmos at around 1.2 million miles per hour. Now astronomers want to know what launched it.
50 days after launch to ISS, Boeing Starliner astronauts still have no landing date
Boeing's Starliner does not have a landing date yet, but the troubleshooting is making progress. Engineers plan a "hot fire" test this weekend to see how the spacecraft does in orbit.
Marvel's main 'Star Wars' comic book line to progress into the New Republic era this fall
Starting this October, Marvel's core Star Wars line will move past Return of the Jedi and into a new era of storytelling set before The Mandalorian.
Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Kármán line
Blue Origin has announced the six crewmembers for its next space tourism flight. One of them will become the youngest woman to cross the Kármán line.
Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have a Mesmerizing Side
Our CO2 emissions are warming the planet and making life uncomfortable and even unbearable in some regions. In July, the planet set consecutive records for the hottest day.
Watch China test-fire engine for new crewed moon rocket (video)
China has test-fired a new engine for its planned Long March 10 rocket, which is designed to take astronauts to the moon.
How Europe’s biggest rocket came to be: Ariane 6 montage
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The first half of 2024 saw hundreds of people across Europe building, cajoling, shipping, lowering, integrating, securing and protecting the precious pieces and parts that came together to create Ariane 6 – Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket.
NASA, Boeing provide update on the Starliner Crew Flight Test mission
The Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above the Mediterranean Sea. Image: NASA.
NASA and Boeing leadership are set to provide an update on the ongoing Crew Flight Test of the Starliner spacecraft as the mission enters its 50th day since launch. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams launched to the International Space Station atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket back on June 5 and docked the following day.
Space is becoming an 'unsustainable environment in the long term,' ESA says
Large amounts of space debris and satellite megaconstellations in low Earth orbit are creating "an unsustainable environment in the long-term," according to a new report from the European Space Agency.
Final 'Borderlands' trailer takes us inside the legendary lost vault of Pandora (video)
Lionsgate releases the final trailer for its new sci-fi adventure feature, "Borderlands," which arrives in theaters on Aug. 9, 2024.
From Concordia to the Moon
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Concordia is a research station in Antarctica that places you farther away from humankind than even the International Space Station. Every year, ESA sponsors a medical doctor to spend a year, or "winterover," at Concordia station. This year, our medical doctor is Jessica Kehala Studer, who is seen in this picture gazing at the Moon and the vast expanse of Antarctica. Around May, the Sun dips below the horizon for the last time, and the crew experiences four months of total darkness, with temperatures dropping to –80°C in winter.
Make the most of ESA’s Industry Space Days 2024
Participants of ESA’s Industry Space Days (ISD 2024) share insights and tips on how to make the most of this space technology business event on 18–19 September at ESA-ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
