Ocean worlds in our solar system are attractive places in the search for life beyond Earth. Beneath a thick, icy shell, Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moons Titan and Enceladus likely harbor oceans, scientists believe. On Earth, the oceans teem with life, but is the same scenario possible on these frosty moons? Future missions could … Read more
Drawing back the curtain to a photo gallery unlike any other, Nasa will soon present the first full-color images from its James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe. The highly anticipated unveiling this week of pictures and spectroscopic data from the newly operational … Read more
After six months of tests and checkout, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to open a new window on the universe, capturing the faint light of the first stars and galaxies, probing the mysteries of black holes and studying the atmospheres of alien worlds. On Tuesday, NASA will unveil the first color images … Read more
Jupiter as seen from NASA’s spacecraft Juno on its perijove 43 on July 5, 2022. Processed by citizen … [+] scientist Navaneeth Krishnan S. NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Navaneeth Krishnan S © CC BY July 5, 2022 saw NASA’s Juno spacecraft perform its latest dramatic flyby of giant planet Jupiter — and its … Read more
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth. Researchers now show that instead of leaving behind a relatively small crater, the … Read more
NASA Perseverance Rover is still having a hard time observing the plains of Mars. Can NASA still use the MEDA sensor? (Photo: Photo by NASA via Getty Images)In this handout image provided by NASA, still image is part of a video taken by several cameras aboard the descent stage as NASA’s Perseverance rover as it … Read more
On June 28, NASA successfully launched the CAPSTONE project, which is the first step forward towards paving the way for the Artemis missions that will put astronauts back on the moon after a gap of 50 years. But that is just one development that happened last week. Here, we have put together some of the … Read more
How dangerous can asteroids be for Earth. NASA reveals the horror. Space is full of objects like asteroids, comets, stars, planets, meteors, stars, galaxies and more. There are instances when due to the gravitational pull Earth tends to attract certain objects like asteroids and meteors and they do crash onto Earth. However, there is no … Read more
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth. Researchers now show that instead of leaving behind a relatively small crater, the impact of the DART spacecraft on its target could leave the asteroid near unrecognizable. 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid … Read more
After waiting out cloudy weather, the US Space Force launched two satellites atop an Atlas 5 rocket Friday to test ballistic and hypersonic missile early warning and tracking technology and to deploy a maneuverable spacecraft carrying an unknown number of classified payloads. Already running a day late because of stormy weather, the $ 1.1 billion … Read more
