Monthly Archives: October 2022
Astronomers spot largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in last eight years

Astronomers spot largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in last eight years Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark…

Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars

Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars Two NASA spacecraft at Mars—one on the surface and the other…

Radioactive traces in tree rings reveal Earth’s history of unexplained ‘radiation storms’

Radioactive traces in tree rings reveal Earth’s history of unexplained ‘radiation storms’ In searching for planets and studying their stars,…

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight ready to search for the Moon’s water ice

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight ready to search for the Moon’s water ice It’s known that water ice exists below the lunar…

Hubble celebrates the spooky season with Abell 611, a cobweb of galaxies held together by a dark secret

Hubble celebrates the spooky season with Abell 611, a cobweb of galaxies held together by a dark secret In celebration…

Spritacular: NASA’s new citizen science project to capture elusive upper atmospheric electrical phenomena on camera

Spritacular: NASA’s new citizen science project to capture elusive upper atmospheric electrical phenomena on camera A flash of lightning, and…

Tree rings offer insight into devastating radiation storms

Tree rings offer insight into devastating radiation storms A University of Queensland study has shed new light on a mysterious,…

Balancing risk and reward in planetary exploration

Balancing risk and reward in planetary exploration NASA’s Mars rovers strive for groundbreaking scientific discoveries as they traverse the Martian…

India launches 36 internet satellites delayed by Ukraine war

India launches 36 internet satellites delayed by Ukraine war India launched a rocket carrying 36 private internet satellites on early…

Partial solar eclipse from Iceland to India on Tuesday

Partial solar eclipse from Iceland to India on Tuesday A partial solar eclipse will be visible across a swathe of…

Hubble views a turbulent stellar nursery

Hubble views a turbulent stellar nursery The lives of newborn stars are tempestuous, as this image of the Herbig-Haro objects…

A new instrument will measure temperature, pressure and wind on Venus

A new instrument will measure temperature, pressure and wind on Venus The VASI (Venus Atmospheric Structure Investigation) instrument aboard NASA’s…

Researchers discover new monster black hole ‘practically in our back yard’

Researchers discover new monster black hole ‘practically in our back yard’ The discovery of a so-called monster black hole that…

Astronomers create new technique to assist in search for dark matter

Astronomers create new technique to assist in search for dark matter Meteors may help astronomers devise a new way to…

New tool allows scientists to peer inside neutron stars

New tool allows scientists to peer inside neutron stars Imagine taking a star twice the mass of the sun and…

Astronomers are captivated by brightest flash ever seen

Astronomers are captivated by brightest flash ever seen Astronomers have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen, from an…

SpaceX ferries astronauts back to Earth after half-year away

SpaceX ferries astronauts back to Earth after half-year away Four astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Friday, ending…

NASA’s Chandra finds galaxy cluster collision on a ‘WHIM’

NASA’s Chandra finds galaxy cluster collision on a ‘WHIM’ Astronomers taking inventory of the material in the local universe keep…

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft prepares to swing by Earth

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft prepares to swing by Earth On Oct. 16, at 7:04 a.m. EDT, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, the first…

NASA dust detective delivers first maps from space for climate science

NASA dust detective delivers first maps from space for climate science NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission…

Study suggests shallow lakes in icy crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa could erupt

Study suggests shallow lakes in icy crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa could erupt In the search for life beyond Earth,…

Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years

Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years Looking up at the moon…

Citizen scientists enhance new Europa images from NASA’s Juno

Citizen scientists enhance new Europa images from NASA’s Juno Citizen scientists have provided unique perspectives of the recent close flyby…

NASA had been designing lunar bases for decades before Armstrong first set foot on the moon

NASA had been designing lunar bases for decades before Armstrong first set foot on the moon It’s only natural to…

InSight Mars lander waits out dust storm

InSight Mars lander waits out dust storm NASA’s InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw…

Team develops new tools to help search for life in deep space

Team develops new tools to help search for life in deep space Are we alone in the universe? An answer…

Juno gets highest-resolution close-up of Jupiter’s moon Europa

Juno gets highest-resolution close-up of Jupiter’s moon Europa Observations from the spacecraft’s pass of the moon provided the first close-up…

15 spectacular photos from the Dark Energy Camera

15 spectacular photos from the Dark Energy Camera From high atop a mountain in the Chilean Andes, the Dark Energy…

SOAR Telescope catches Dimorphos’s expanding comet-like tail after DART spacecraft impact

SOAR Telescope catches Dimorphos’s expanding comet-like tail after DART spacecraft impact NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft intentionally crashed…

Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit with new Alpha rocket

Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit with new Alpha rocket A new aerospace company reached orbit with its second rocket launch and…

Glass beads in lunar soil reveal ancient asteroid bombardments on the moon and Earth

Glass beads in lunar soil reveal ancient asteroid bombardments on the moon and Earth In 2020, China’s Chang’e 5 mission…

NASA eyes November for launch attempt of Moon rocket

NASA eyes November for launch attempt of Moon rocket NASA said Friday it would try to launch its Moon mega-rocket…

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