Monthly Archives: February 2024
To the moon and back: NASA’s Artemis II crew rehearses splashdown

To the moon and back: NASA’s Artemis II crew rehearses splashdown Their mission around the moon is not expected until…

To the moon and back: NASA’s Artemis II crew rehearses splashdown

To the moon and back: NASA’s Artemis II crew rehearses splashdown Their mission around the moon is not expected until…

Research on dynamics and FNTSM control of spacecraft with a film capture pocket system

Research on dynamics and FNTSM control of spacecraft with a film capture pocket system In recent years, with the significant…

Close Stellar Encounters and Earth’s Orbit

Close Stellar Encounters and Earth’s Orbit Galaxies look fixed in astronomical photos, but of course they’re dynamic systems ever in…

Stories from the UN Archive: Dawn at UN Headquarters

Stories from the UN Archive: Dawn at UN Headquarters In 1951, the UN Secretariat opened for business. The slender 39-storey…

FAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship’s double-explosion 2nd flight

FAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship’s double-explosion 2nd flight As SpaceX continues to gear up for flight No. 3 of…

Image: ERS-2 buckles and bends during final farewell

Image: ERS-2 buckles and bends during final farewell Following a hugely successful mission and almost 30 years in orbit, ESA’s…

A mass of 17 billion suns: Growing black hole is the most luminous object ever observed by astronomers

A mass of 17 billion suns: Growing black hole is the most luminous object ever observed by astronomers A new…

JAXA’s Lunar Farming Concept Study

JAXA’s Lunar Farming Concept Study Cutaway illustration depicting a sublunar farm covered by regolith, providing food and augmenting life support…

Russia’s space weapon: Anti-satellite systems are indiscriminate, posing a risk to everyone’s spacecraft

Russia’s space weapon: Anti-satellite systems are indiscriminate, posing a risk to everyone’s spacecraft In a week where national security has…

Lander ‘alive and well’ after company scores first US moon landing since Apollo era

Lander ‘alive and well’ after company scores first US moon landing since Apollo era The moon’s newest arrival was said…

A ridge over hidden water

A ridge over hidden water Ridges on Mars and Europa hint at past and present water. Distant dwarf planets are…

Kinship

Kinship Science must become attuned to the subtle conversations that pervade all life, from the primordial to the present –…

Three years later, the search for life on Mars continues

Three years later, the search for life on Mars continues In the three years since NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down…

Heritage ERS-2 satellite returns to Earth

Heritage ERS-2 satellite returns to Earth Launched in 1995, ERS-2 was a pioneering Earth observation satellite that greatly influenced our…

Einstein telescope E-TEST prototype passes its first series of tests

Einstein telescope E-TEST prototype passes its first series of tests The Einstein telescope project has reached a new stage, with…

Solar Gravity Lens Mission: Refinements and Clarifications

Solar Gravity Lens Mission: Refinements and Clarifications Having just discussed whether humans – as opposed to their machines – will…

How is the UN helping civilians in Gaza?

How is the UN helping civilians in Gaza? Despite the immense dangers and obstacles, the UN continues to deliver desperately…

Capturing a comet’s tail to keep Earth safe from the sun

Capturing a comet’s tail to keep Earth safe from the sun A comet is set to pass by Earth this…

Rocket propellant tanks for NASA’s Artemis III mission take shape

Rocket propellant tanks for NASA’s Artemis III mission take shape As NASA works to develop all the systems needed to…

Mars samples project looms large in final spending talks

Mars samples project looms large in final spending talks A complex project aimed at retrieving rock and dirt samples from…

Image: Hubble views a massive star forming

Image: Hubble views a massive star forming This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is teeming with color and…

NASA’s final tally shows spacecraft returned double the amount of asteroid rubble

NASA’s final tally shows spacecraft returned double the amount of asteroid rubble NASA finally has counted up all the asteroid…

Far from predictable

Far from predictable Some things, like solar cycles, are hard to predict. Others, like Zoozve taking the world by storm,…

Ant geopolitics

Ant geopolitics Over the past four centuries quadrillions of ants have created a strange and turbulent global society that shadows…

Spot the king of planets: Observe Jupiter

Spot the king of planets: Observe Jupiter Jupiter is our solar system’s undisputed king of the planets. Jupiter is bright…

Flame burns out on NASA’s long-running spacecraft fire experiment

Flame burns out on NASA’s long-running spacecraft fire experiment NASA recently concluded the final mission of its Spacecraft Fire Safety…

Saturn’s largest moon most likely uninhabitable

Saturn’s largest moon most likely uninhabitable A study led by Western astrobiologist Catherine Neish shows the subsurface ocean of Titan—the…

Otto Struve: A Prescient Look at Exoplanet Detection

Otto Struve: A Prescient Look at Exoplanet Detection Some things just run in families. If you look into the life…

Stories from the UN Archive: Biggest moments in UN history

Stories from the UN Archive: Biggest moments in UN history South African leader Nelson Mandela speaks out about crushing apartheid….

Into the belly of the rover: VIPER’s final science instrument installed

Into the belly of the rover: VIPER’s final science instrument installed A team of engineers is preparing to integrate TRIDENT—short…

Scientists identify water molecules on asteroids for the first time

Scientists identify water molecules on asteroids for the first time Using data from the retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy…

Saturn’s Death Star-looking moon may have vast underground ocean

Saturn’s Death Star-looking moon may have vast underground ocean Astronomers have found the best evidence yet of a vast, young…

Which came first: Black holes or galaxies?

Which came first: Black holes or galaxies? Black holes not only existed at the dawn of time, they birthed new…

Hubble spots a galaxy shrouded by stars

Hubble spots a galaxy shrouded by stars This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a densely packed field of stars…

Cool and mysterious

Cool and mysterious A cool moon, a mysterious planet, and a potentially hazardous asteroid feature in this week’s space news…

The best stories smell

The best stories smell When scents are used to intensify a narrative, they heighten young readers’ emotions and enrich their…

Results from South Pole Telescope’s new camera emerge

Results from South Pole Telescope’s new camera emerge For more than five years, scientists at the South Pole Telescope in…

NASA’s new experimental antenna tracks deep space laser

NASA’s new experimental antenna tracks deep space laser An experimental antenna has received both radio frequency and near-infrared laser signals…

NASA to demonstrate autonomous navigation system on moon

NASA to demonstrate autonomous navigation system on moon When the second CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) delivery is launched to…

Guterres appoints independent UNRWA review panel

Guterres appoints independent UNRWA review panel UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday appointed an independent panel to conduct an assessment…

Newly discovered carbon monoxide-runaway gap can help identify habitable exoplanets

Newly discovered carbon monoxide-runaway gap can help identify habitable exoplanets The search for habitable exoplanets involves looking for planets with…

White Holes: Tunnels in the Sky?

White Holes: Tunnels in the Sky? It’s good now and then to let the imagination soar. Don Wilkins has been…

Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare aubrite

Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare aubrite An official classification now aligns with what many suspected from…

Asteroid making its closest approach to Earth this week

Asteroid making its closest approach to Earth this week On 4 February, asteroid 2011 MD will make its closest approach…

Orbital resonance: The striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits

Orbital resonance: The striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits Planets orbit their parent stars while separated by…

Ice and fire: Antarctic volcano may hold clues to life on Mars

Ice and fire: Antarctic volcano may hold clues to life on Mars On Deception Island in Antarctica, steam rises from…

Go fetch!

Go fetch! A rover collects samples, future Mars Sample Return missions will retrieve them, and perhaps a robotic dog will…

The right to bathe

The right to bathe Water is a great healer. Can New York’s public pools and ‘blue spaces’ be engineered for…

Shake, rattle and launch: Dream Chaser spaceplane passes vibration test

Shake, rattle and launch: Dream Chaser spaceplane passes vibration test Sierra Space’s shuttle-like Dream Chaser has been put through its…

Shake, rattle and launch: Dream Chaser spaceplane passes vibration test

Shake, rattle and launch: Dream Chaser spaceplane passes vibration test Sierra Space’s shuttle-like Dream Chaser has been put through its…

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