Monthly Archives: February 2023
Highlighting advances in planetary science over the past 20 years

Highlighting advances in planetary science over the past 20 years As of December 2021, a total of 252 planetary probes…

Astronomers discover metal-rich galaxy in early universe

Astronomers discover metal-rich galaxy in early universe Scanning the first images of a well-known early galaxy taken by NASA’s James…

SpaceX Dragon crew to blast off for ISS

SpaceX Dragon crew to blast off for ISS A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is to blast off early Monday for…

‘We just discovered the impossible’: How giant baby galaxies are shaking up our understanding of the early universe

‘We just discovered the impossible’: How giant baby galaxies are shaking up our understanding of the early universe “Look at…

Hubble observes gravitational lens of a massive galaxy cluster

Hubble observes gravitational lens of a massive galaxy cluster A massive galaxy cluster in the constellation Cetus dominates the center…

Astronomers measure the heartbeat of spinning stars

Astronomers measure the heartbeat of spinning stars An international team of scientist have used the MeerKAT radio telescope to observe…

Meteorite crater discovered in French winery

Meteorite crater discovered in French winery Countless meteorites have struck Earth in the past and shaped the history of our…

The swan song of a cloud approaching the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole

The swan song of a cloud approaching the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole Two decades of monitoring from W. M….

Newly discovered form of salty ice could exist on surface of extraterrestrial moons

Newly discovered form of salty ice could exist on surface of extraterrestrial moons The red streaks crisscrossing the surface of…

NASA’s planetary radar captures detailed view of oblong asteroid

NASA’s planetary radar captures detailed view of oblong asteroid On Feb. 3, an asteroid more than three times as long…

Russia ‘expected’ to launch rescue ship to ISS on Feb 24: official

Russia ‘expected’ to launch rescue ship to ISS on Feb 24: official Russia’s space agency said Saturday it was planning…

VIIRS sensor on NOAA-21 now collecting new imagery

VIIRS sensor on NOAA-21 now collecting new imagery The Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the recently launched…

Study quantifies global impact of electricity in dust storms on Mars

Study quantifies global impact of electricity in dust storms on Mars Mars is infamous for its intense dust storms, some…

Machine learning techniques identify thousands of new cosmic objects

Machine learning techniques identify thousands of new cosmic objects Scientists of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India and…

Complex subsurface of Mars imaged by Chinese rover Zhurong

Complex subsurface of Mars imaged by Chinese rover Zhurong Ground-penetrating radar from China’s Martian rover Zhurong reveals shallow impact craters…

New spacecraft can see into the permanently shadowed craters on the moon

New spacecraft can see into the permanently shadowed craters on the moon Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole is…

Russian spacecraft leaks coolant, station crew reported safe

Russian spacecraft leaks coolant, station crew reported safe An uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has…

Small asteroid ‘serendipitously’ detected using James Webb telescope

Small asteroid ‘serendipitously’ detected using James Webb telescope European astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected a previously…

Spotting faint dwarf galaxy Donatiello II

Spotting faint dwarf galaxy Donatiello II Right in the middle of this image, nestled among a smattering of distant stars…

Juice’s odyssey of exploration: Jupiter’s icy moons

Juice’s odyssey of exploration: Jupiter’s icy moons A grand odyssey of exploration is about to begin. Humankind’s next bold mission…

‘Engine’ of luminous merging galaxies pinpointed for the first time

‘Engine’ of luminous merging galaxies pinpointed for the first time Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify the…

Experiments to complete scientific understanding of how reduced gravity affects boiling and condensation

Experiments to complete scientific understanding of how reduced gravity affects boiling and condensation With temperatures on the moon ranging from…

AI is helping us search for intelligent alien life—and we’ve found 8 strange new signals

AI is helping us search for intelligent alien life—and we’ve found 8 strange new signals Some 540 million years ago,…

Jupiter’s moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

Jupiter’s moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the…

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