An illustration of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft diving through the plumes of Saturn’s moon Enceladus NASA/JPL-Caltech The…
Betelgeuse Versus the Asteroid… What Happened?
A rare occultation of the bright star Betelgeuse by asteroid 319 Leona turned up mixed results.…
Unexpected chemistry reveals cosmic star factories’ secrets
Light from many different molecules reveals the secrets of distant star factories. The illustration shows representations…
NASA Study Finds Life-Sparking Energy Source and Molecule at Enceladus
A study zooms in on data that NASA’s Cassini gathered at Saturn’s icy moon and finds…
ESA leads the way towards a Zero Debris future
Space Safety 14/12/2023 408 views 19 likes Launch rates are dramatically increasing Earth is surrounded by…
Poison Gas Hints at Potential for Life on Enceladus, a Moon of Saturn
Scientists have detected a poison among the spray of molecules emanating from a small moon of…
Simulations of craters reveal characteristics of impactors such as spin speed, bond strength
(a) Craters on Earth’s moon (in the middle, with a smaller bow-shaped crater inside, is Poinsot crater).…
ESA forges ahead with Destination Earth
Applications 14/12/2023 277 views 15 likes The second phase of the European Union’s Destination Earth initiative…
M5.8 solar flare and multiple CMEs, minor geomagnetic storms expected by December 16
Solar activity increased to high levels in 24 hours to 12:30 UTC on December 14, 2023,…
120 Years Ago: The First Powered Flight at Kitty Hawk
On Dec. 17, 1903, humanity’s long-held dream of flying came true. Ideas of flying date back…