Jupiter's mysterious "energy crisis" that has puzzled astronomers for 50 years could be caused by auroras, new observations suggest.
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Gearing up for third Sentinel-2 satellite
With the first Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite in orbit since 2015 and the second since 2017, engineers are busy preparing the mission’s follow-on pair to eventually pick up the baton to supply images for a myriad of applications from food security to monitoring the decline of Earth’s ice. Slated for launch at the beginning of 2024, Sentinel-2C has just started a punishing five-month testing programme to ensure that it is fit for its life in space.
Astronomy Jargon: Magnetars
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! Hang on to your magnetic hats, because today’s topic is magnetars!
Fully stacked Starship caps busy week at SpaceX’s Texas rocket yard
Crews at SpaceX’s Starbase test site in South Texas stack the company’s first full-scale Starship launch vehicle Friday. Credit: SpaceX
Last week’s progress at SpaceX’s Starship development site culminated with the spectacular, but brief, sight of a fully-stacked launcher towering nearly 400 feet above the tidal flats of South Texas.
Russia's devastation of Mariupol, Ukraine visible from space in satellite photos
Although scientists don’t fully understand the varying strengths of the factors contributing to the slowdown, all of them are linked to human-caused climate change.
The Best Evidence for Life on Mars Might be Found on its Moons
Despite the apocalyptic appearances, galactic mergers are a frequent and essential part of a galaxy’s life cycle.
All eyes on Venus: 2 spacecraft gear up for close Venus flybys this week
BepiColombo and Solar Orbiter will fly by Venus on Monday (Aug. 9) and Tuesday (Aug. 10), respectively.
Starship is Stacked on the Super Heavy Booster. The Tallest Rocket Ever Built
Once again, things are gearing up at SpaceX’s South Texas Launch Facility, located just outside the village of Boca Chica, Texas. In recent weeks, the aerospace community has been abuzz about the rollout and Static Fire test of the Super Heavy Booster 3 (B3) prototype. This was the first time a booster was tested, which will be responsible for launching the Starship to space in the near future. Since then, things have only ramped up some more.
Good News! Red Dwarfs Blast Their Superflares out the Poles, Sparing Their Planets From Destruction
The only known life in the universe lives on a mid-size rocky planet that orbits a mid-size yellow star. That makes our planet a bit unusual. While small rocky planets are common in the galaxy, yellow stars are not. Small red dwarf stars are much more typical, making up about 75% of the stars in the Milky Way. This is why most of the potentially habitable exoplanets we’ve discovered orbit red dwarfs.
Light Pollution is Making it Harder for Animals to Find Their Way at Night
Ah, the majestic dung beetle. The pinnacle of evolution. In all seriousness, these little critters are incredibly sophisticated navigators who have, for millennia, used the night sky to guide them about their business. But light pollution is making their lives more difficult by limiting their ability to navigate by the stars. Other nocturnal creatures, including some birds and moths, may be facing similar challenges.
Exclusive Q&A: 'Apollo 13' author Jeffrey Kluger crafts a harrowing new space thriller in 'Holdout'
Astronaut Walli Beckwith leads a principled revolt from the International Space Station in Kluger's latest space-based novel.
When did M&M's first fly in space? Setting the sweet record correct
The telescope is so large, it has to be folded into the rocket that will launch it.
Hubble's stellar discovery given a Tolkien-inspired name
SpaceX's Starship is officially the world's tallest rocket, and Elon Musk is over the moon.
NASA's 1st attempt to collect Mars samples with Perseverance rover comes up empty
Perseverance drilled its first sample-collecting hole on Friday (Aug. 6), but data beamed back to Earth by the rover indicate that no Mars rock or dirt made it into the sampling tube.
Animals Could Have Been Around Hundreds of Millions of Years Earlier Than Previously Believed
According to the most widely accepted theories, evolutionary biologists assert that life on Earth began roughly 4 billion years ago, beginning with single-celled bacteria and gradually giving way to more complex organisms. According to this same evolutionary timetable, the first complex organisms emerged during the Neoproterozoic era (ca. 800 million years ago), which took the form of fungi, algae, cyanobacteria, and sponges.
Giant ancient lake in Gale Crater on Mars? New study offers different view.
Mars' Gale Crater may not have been so wet after all, a new study suggests.
Hubble Space Telescope spots star that survived violent explosion of neighbor
LP 40-365 will probably leave the galaxy at some point, scientists say.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity captures 3D view of Raised Ridges on the Red Planet
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity captured stunning new aerial views of Jezero Crater during its most complex flight yet.
Russia’s new Module Kicks the Station out of Position, Causes a Delay for Starliner
On July 28th, the International Space Station (ISS) suffered a mishap after a new Russian module (named Nauka) fired its thrusters just hours after arriving. As a result, the entire station was temporarily pushed out of position, forcibly delaying the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission. This would have been Boeing’s CT-100 Starliner second attempt to rendezvous with the ISS as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP).
Perseverance rover drills into Mars for 1st time in milestone for sample collection
NASA's Perseverance rover has notched another milestone on Mars, drilling its first hole for sampling Red Planet rock.
Russian Rocket Booster to Reenter Early Next Week
The spent rocket booster that deployed the Russian Spektr-R satellite a decade ago is now set to burn up over the Indian Ocean on Monday, August 9th.
