Article Published by: Nasa.gov As dust collects on the solar panels and winter comes to Elysium Planitia, the team is following a plan to reduce science operations in order to keep the lander safe. NASA’s InSight lander recently received a mission extension for another two years, giving...
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Article Published by: nytimes.com Here’s a preview of what to expect in space and astronomy in the year to come. About a month after the new year has started on Earth, three spacecraft will pull into the vicinity of Mars. These explorers, which launched in July last...
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Article Published by: sciencedaily.com An international team of scientists led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, has identified a problem with the growing interest in extractable resources on the moon: there aren't enough of them to go around. With no international policies or...
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Article Published by: Article Published by: nasa.gov In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic objects with the discovery of a magnetar. New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory help support the idea that it is also a pulsar, meaning it...
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Article Published by: astronomy.com Earth’s atmosphere provides a safety buffer that protects us from (most) incoming space rocks. As Earth circles the Sun, our planet regularly passes through dust and debris left in our path by passing comets and asteroids. Each time this happens, Earth experiences a...
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Article Published by: npr.org Four astronauts lifted off Sunday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX rocket bound for the International Space Station. Liftoff occurred right on schedule at 7:27 p.m., despite concerns about weather earlier in the day. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins,...
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Article Published by: sciencenews.org In a first, the Juno spacecraft may have spied the bright, superfast flashes on another world. Jupiter may be the first planet besides Earth known to host atmospheric light shows called “sprites” or “elves.” Sprites (SN: 6/14/02) and elves (SN: 12/23/95) are two kinds...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Is it an asteroid? Could it be “space junk?” A strange object in space dubbed asteroid “2020 SO” will today be captured by Earth’s orbit and become, for a short while, a “mini-moon.” It’s not a “doomsday rock” and it poses no danger, but...
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Article Published by: space.com Europe's new telescope studying alien planets has created its first detailed portrait of a world, and it's a weird one: hot and tilted around a warped star. The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite, nicknamed CHEOPS, in December; the spacecraft...
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Article Published by: space.com It's like somebody put Jupiter under a blacklight. A new photo by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the solar system's largest planet in surprising pastel hues. The image, captured on Aug. 25, combines data in ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared light to give researchers a...
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