[ad_1] Space scientists have long wondered what causes certain extreme radio phenomena in space, which cause powerful, fast bursts of radio waves. Now scientists have taken a step closer to understanding this phenomenon called “fast radio bursts” after two NASA X-ray telescopes captured a dead star exploding in radio waves. This explosion, which lasted just … Read more
[ad_1] NASA’s Artemis mission has embarked on a journey to the Moon with the launch of Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander, called Odysseus, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:05 am EST. This initiative, part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program and the broader Artemis … Read more
[ad_1] Enlarge / A view of eight sample trays containing the final material from the asteroid Bennu. NASA/Erika Blumenfeld and Joseph Aebersold After years of speculation, NASA finally revealed On Thursday, the entire asteroid sample returned from Bennu to Earth last fall: 4.29 ounces (121.6 grams). To put that number in perspective, the total mass … Read more
[ad_1] A lunar lander launching next week will have a special pair of four eyes to track how the spacecraft’s engine plume interacts with the lunar surface. IM-1 Nova-C by Intuitive Machines moon The lander is currently ready to launch on a SpaceX. Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Valentine’s … Read more
[ad_1] from NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, Ocean ecosystem (PACE) satellite successfully launched and reached in Thursday February 10. The mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, at 1:33 a.m. EST to 10:33 p.m. (PST) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. About five minutes after the launch, … Read more
[ad_1] The American space agency NASA has announced the discovery of a ‘super Earth’, a planet that could harbor life and is 137 light years away. Nicknamed ‘TOI-715 b’, it is said to be about one and a half times the width of the Earth. “A ‘super Earth’ ripe for further investigation orbits a small, … Read more
[ad_1] Like much of the world, NASA closely watched the second test flight of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, and now we can see what the agency saw. That flight took off on Nov. 18, 2023, sending the two-stage Starship aloft from Starbase, SpaceX’s site on the Texas Gulf Coast. It ended eight minutes later, when … Read more
[ad_1] An image captured by the Hubble Telescope serves as the source of an intriguing enigma. Wondering how? NASA shared a video showing fragments of the image appearing on the screen one after another. The challenge is to identify the image before time runs out. Can you solve this puzzle shared by NASA involving an … Read more
[ad_1] Subscribe to CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. cnn — A revolutionary new satellite has been launched that will provide an unprecedented view of Earth’s microscopic marine life and tiny atmospheric particles. NASA’s PACE, or Plankton, aerosols, clouds and ocean ecosystemsThe mission lifted … Read more
[ad_1] NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed two flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io. February 7, 2024, 4:23 pm Eastern Time • 4 minutes of reading In new images Captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, fiery volcanic activity is seen erupting on Jupiter’s moon Io. Io is the third largest of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons and is the … Read more