This gives new meaning to the phrase, good things come in small packages. A $4 million satellite likened to a ‘family-sized box of Cheerios’ is headed into space later this month to look at the physics of distant exoplanets known as ‘hot Jupiters,’ including the hottest planet ever found. Known as Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment … Read more
NASA‘s InSight lander has measured one of the biggest and longest marsquakes yet, which featured tremors of 4.2 magnitude lasting nearly an hour and a half, the space agency said. The robotic seismometre celebrated 1,000 days on the Red Planet on September 18, when it detected the largest tremor since it arrived at the Elysium … Read more
NASA‘s incredible supersonic aircraft that will travel faster than the speed of sound is taking shape as it gears up for its first test flight next year. The American space agency shared a timelapse video of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology’s (QueSST) construction for the craft dubbed the ‘son of Concorde,’ which is taking place at … Read more
How important is the presence of liquid water? It is now widely believed that Mars holds a reasonably large volume of water. However, the surface of the planet is so cold, this water exists only as ice. In order for life to exist on a planet, many scientists believe it is essential for the world … Read more
Hubble finds water vapor on Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede, the biggest moon in the Solar System and a possible spot for extraterrestrial life NASA has confirmed that water vapor is on Jupiter’s icy moon, Ganymede Researchers analyzed data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope 20 years apart Experts believe Ganymede’s temperature near its equator ‘becomes … Read more
Elon Musk‘s aerospace firm SpaceX has been awarded a $178 million (£129 million) contract for NASA‘s first mission to Europa, Jupiter’s fourth largest moon. SpaceX will provide ‘launch services’ for the Europa Clipper mission, which is due to blast off in October 2024 to study Europa through a series of fly-bys, NASA said. The spacecraft will … Read more
NASA‘s Ingenuity helicopter has flown its tenth flight on Mars, clocking up a total of one mile since its first flight in April. On Saturday (July 24), the robotic copter reached a height of 40 feet (12 metres) – its highest point yet – over a region on the planet called Raised Ridges. Raised Ridges is … Read more
Asteroid the size of the Giza Pyramids to make ‘close’ pass by Earth at speed of 18,000 miles per hour An asteroid is between 318 to 720 feet in length, and will pass by the Earth as it travels at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour GO20 is expected to come as close as … Read more
NASA is using artificial intelligence to take better pictures of the sun as space telescopes can be damaged by staring at the massive star NASA is using artificial intelligence to get a better view of the sun It’s using machine learning on the Solar Dynamics Observatory and its Atmospheric Imagery Assembly imaging instrument It lets … Read more
NASA‘s Ingenuity Mars helicopter will hit double figures this weekend as it makes its tenth flight on the Red Planet, investigating ‘raised ridges’ in the Jezero crater. The tiny 4lb chopper could return to the Martian skies as early as tomorrow, according to the US space agency, almost three weeks after its last trip. The … Read more