What does it take to have life at another world? Astrobiologists say you need water, warmth, and something for life to eat. If it’s there, it’ll leave signs of itself in the form of organic molecules called amino acids. Now, NASA scientists think that those “signatures” of life—or potential life—could exist just under the icy surfaces of Europa and Enceladus.
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Watch devastating Park Fire rage in stunning satellite video
The second-largest wildfire of 2024 continues to rage in northern California, and satellites are watching the destruction unfold.
SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 5th test flight (photos, video)
SpaceX ignited the engines on its Starship spacecraft on Friday afternoon (July 26) to prep for an upcoming test flight, which may be just a few weeks away.
Boeing's Starliner tests thrusters at ISS as NASA reviews options for astronauts' return to Earth
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft completed a hot fire July 27 at the ISS as part of certification for reentry. Its 1st historic test flight with astronauts is more than 50 days into a planned 10-day mission, following technical issues.
Watch a colossal X-class solar flare erupt from Earth-facing sunspot (video)
An X-flare erupted from the sun at 10:33 p.m. EDT on July 28 (0233 GMT July 29). Watch the action unfold here.
Dark matter could play 'matchmaker' for supermassive black holes
Dark matter could act as a cosmic matchmaker between dark matter and merging supermassive black holes, solving astronomy's "final parsec problem."
Dead stars sometimes shine again — and gravity itself may be responsible
Do dead stars glow? A strange gravitational phenomenon could be generating enormous amounts of light around neutron stars, new research suggests.
Aurora alert: Strong geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights at mid-latitudes across US and Europe
Northern lights could be visible over mid-latitudes across the US and Europe on July 30. A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.
Lego NASA Artemis Space Launch System review
Space and Lego fans alike should be over the moon with this stunning Lego NASA Artemis set.
Juice returns for a lunar-Earth flyby
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ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is coming back to Earth.
See the moon meet Mars, follow the Arc to Arcturus and keep your eyes peeled for meteors and more this week
Discover your night sky this week, July 29 — Aug. 4, 2024, using just your naked eyes, no equipment necessary.
Taking a High-Resolution Ultraviolet Image of the Sun’s Corona Will Require VISORS
Sometimes, brainstorming does work. In 2019, America’s National Science Foundation (NSF) held the CubeSat Ideas Lab, a shindig that brought together some of the world’s best CubeSat designers. One outcome of that shindig is the Virtual Super-Resolution Optics with Reconfigurable Swarms, or VISORS, mission. Expected to launch in October, this mission will be a proof of concept for many swarming technologies in CubeSats. Hopefully, It will also capture a pretty impressive picture of the Sun’s corona.
ESA blasts off at Gamescom
Calling all space dreamers and game developers! ESA is back at Gamescom, the world's biggest video game event, kicking off in Cologne from 21 to 25 August. Our stand is in the careers area of Koelnmesse in Hall 10.2, so buckle up for a galaxy of opportunities!
What could a future sovereign Mars economy look like?
What would the economy of a future Mars society look like, and how could it be self-sustaining while being completely sovereign from Earth and its own economy? This is what a recent study submitted to Space Policy hopes to address as a sole researcher discusses a model that could be used for establishing economic freedom on Mars, enabling both monetary and political stability across all Red Planets settlements. This study holds the potential to help scientists, economists, and world leaders better understand plausible governmental systems used by human settlers on other worlds while maintaining sovereignty from Earth and its own governmental law and order.
First teaser trailer for 'Star Trek: Section 31' shows Michelle Yeoh as a 'lively' secret agent Emperor Georgiou (video)
The first teaser for Paramount+'s all-original "Star Trek" movie, "Section 31" had landed at San Diego Comic-Con.
SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink satellite missions (photos, videos)
SpaceX launched two Starlink satellite missions less than five hours apart in the early hours of Sunday morning (July 28).
Sierra Space won't stop blowing up inflatable space station modules (video)
Sierra Space has conducted its second full-scale burst test of an inflatable space station module as it looks towards building the Orbital Reef commercial outpost.
What it takes to keep NASA's flagship Chandra observatory flying for a quarter century
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the flagship Chandra X-ray observatory, NASA released a behind-the-scenes look at the work it takes to keep the $1.5 billion telescope flying in space.
Earth's plate tectonics fired up hundreds of millions of years earlier than we thought, ancient crystals reveal
New research hints that plate tectonics began earlier than 4 billion years ago — not long after Earth had formed.
NASA telescope may have found antimatter annihilating in possibly the biggest explosion since the Big Bang
Using NASA's Fermi telescope, astronomers have discovered a hidden "annihilation feature" in the gamma-ray burst known as the "BOAT," or the "brightest of all time."
Having Trouble Traversing the Sands of Mars? A Lizard Robot Might Help
Mars exploration vehicles typically have wheels, allowing them to traverse some challenging terrain on the Red Planet. However, eventually, their systems start to wear down, and one of their wheels gets stuck. The “Free Spirit” campaign in 2009 was the most widely known case. Unfortunately, that campaign wasn’t successful, and now, 15 years later, Spirit remains stuck in its final resting place. Things might have been different if NASA had adopted a new robot paradigm developed by Guangming Chen and his colleagues at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Lab of Locomotion Bioinspiration and Intelligent Robots. They devised a robot based on a desert lizard, with adaptable feet and a flexible “spine” that, according to their calculations, would be well suited to traversing over Martian regolith.
