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Environmental Factors for Humans Standing on Titan
By Laurence Tognetti, MSc April 28, 2025 What will a human experience while standing on the…
Soviet-era Venus Mission to Reenter in May
Launched way back in 1972, Kosmos-482 is about to meet a fiery end. It’s one straight…
Vesta: Not Quite a Planet, Not Quite an Asteroid
As the second-largest object in the main asteroid belt, Vesta attracts a healthy amount of scientific…
Astronomers Get A Rare Chance to Study Uranus During an Occultation
It’s called a stellar occultation, which occurs when a planet’s orbit causes it to pass between…
How CADRE Passed Its Autonomy Testing
By Andy Tomaswick April 29, 2025 Getting missions to land successfully on the Moon has been…
Exploring Europa and Ocean Worlds with ORCAA Cryobots
By Laurence Tognetti, MSc April 29, 2025 What probes can be used to explore the depths…
Kosmos 482 spacecraft, built for Venus landing, to reenter Earth’s atmosphere after 53 years
Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft launched on March 31, 1972, is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere…
Evidence of rain and snow on ancient Mars
A study published on April 21 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, examined a large…
Newly found exoplanet has a comet-like tail
Scientists have discovered a new exoplanet, BD+05 4868 Ab, located around 140 light-years from Earth. The…