The European Space Agency reports on the team who successfully decoded an “alien” transmission actually sent by a probe orbiting Mars as part of a multidisciplinary project… Read the rest “Daddy-daughter alien decoding.”
This is an artist’s concept of a space probe orbiting Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter that might just hide life in the oceans miles below its frozen surface.
You can read more about the… Read the rest “Science Art: Europa Clipper, Artist’s Concept, by NASA/JPL-Caltech”
As the image description tells it:
… Read the rest “Science Art: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 at NASM (NHQ202303280029), 2023”NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, left, Jessica Watkins, center, and Robert Hines, right, are seen in the in the One World Connected gallery looking at
SONG: “Oceans Under Mars”. (WAV version here.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: PhysOrg, 12 Aug 2024, “Scientists find oceans of water on Mars. It’s just too deep to tap.… Read the rest “SONG: Oceans Under Mars”
Some rockets are bigger than others.
I think this illustration (which I found here, on Wikimedia Commons) is maybe a better depiction of how space science itself has changed trajectory … Read the rest “Science Art: Saturn V-Shuttle-Ares IV comparison, by Bchan.”
Mashable reports on the Mars Rover Curiosity, which has just found evidence of some major flooding and splishing and splashing on the surface of Mars long ago:
… Read the rest “Curiosity finds some exciting times on Mars.”Although Mars today is 1,000
SONG: “Inside the Moon”. (OGG version here.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: BBC, 15 July 2024, “Cave discovered on Moon could be home for humans“, as used in the post … Read the rest “SONG: Inside the Moon”
Science News finds inspiration from the carnival for a new way to keep astronauts in shape, by running along the inside of a circular wall just like motorcycle stunt-riders do on the Wall … Read the rest “Moon running on the Wall of Death”
BBC reports on scientist Marie Makuate, who is leading a one-woman campaign to give the African continent a winning position in the new space race:
… Read the rest “The space heroine of Cameroon.”As a geospatial expert for the NGO Humanitarian
He thought so! LiveScience recently reported on Alejandro Otero, who in 2021 was pretty sure the weird chunk of stuff that crashed through his roof in Naples, Florida, was a battery pack … Read the rest “NASA confirms – that really *was* space junk that hit man’s house.”
Maybe Houston Chronicle just likes ragging on Elon Musk, maybe it’s a local paper commenting on a locally important industry – either way, they’ve got a story on how … Read the rest “SpaceX leads the way… in workplace injuries.”
NASA reports that the interstellar probe, which stopped sending back updates last November, is once again letting HQ know how its onboard systems are doing. Next step is getting it to send… Read the rest “Voyager 1 is working again.”
Pictures of a storm from space. Big hurricanes are big!
Fran was a Category 3 major hurricane – so a big storm, but far from the biggest.
As NASA describes this poster (for that is what… Read the rest “Science Art: HURRICANE FRAN – NARA – 17393787, by NASA.”
Reuters reports on the first private-corp lunar lander, who successfully touched down on the Moon and sent back useful data about conditions there. That’s the good news. The not-so-good… Read the rest “Odysseus tipped over on the Moon.”
BBC Sky at Night Magazine reports on NASA’s plan to look deeper into space than ever before by setting up a 9-lb (4-kg) radio telescope farther away than ever before – on the south… Read the rest “Building a telescope on the Moon.”
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