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Tag: PLANETS/MOONS
At future Mars landing spot, scientists spy mineral that could preserve signs of past life
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Next year, NASA plans to launch a new Mars rover to search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. A new study shows that the rover’s Jezero crater landing site is home to…
With Mars methane mystery unsolved, Curiosity serves scientists a new one: Oxygen
For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above the surface of Gale Crater on Mars. As a result, they noticed something baffling: oxygen,…
At future Mars landing spot, scientists spy mineral that could preserve signs of past life
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Next year, NASA plans to launch a new Mars rover to search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. A new study shows that the rover’s Jezero crater landing site is home to…
With Mars methane mystery unsolved, Curiosity serves scientists a new one: Oxygen
For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above the surface of Gale Crater on Mars. As a result, they noticed something baffling: oxygen,…
SwRI demonstrates balloon-based solar observatory
Low-cost option breaks down barriers to solar research
132 grams to communicate with Mars
Dust storms, ionising cosmic radiation, extreme cold at night … Mars is not very hospitable! It’s for these extreme conditions that the research team of Christophe Craeye, a professor at the UCLouvain Louvain School of Engineering, developed antennas for the…
UCLouvain researcher makes the heart of Mars speak
For 20 years, Véronique Dehant, a space scientist at University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and the Royal Observatory of Belgium, has been working on understanding the Earth’s core. In a few months, she will be able to complete her research by…
132 grams to communicate with Mars
Dust storms, ionising cosmic radiation, extreme cold at night … Mars is not very hospitable! It’s for these extreme conditions that the research team of Christophe Craeye, a professor at the UCLouvain Louvain School of Engineering, developed antennas for the…
UCLouvain researcher makes the heart of Mars speak
For 20 years, Véronique Dehant, a space scientist at University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and the Royal Observatory of Belgium, has been working on understanding the Earth’s core. In a few months, she will be able to complete her research by…
NASA’s TESS presents panorama of southern sky
The glow of the Milky Way — our galaxy seen edgewise — arcs across a sea of stars in a new mosaic of the southern sky produced from a year of observations by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Constructed…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope clears critical sunshield deployment testing
The sunshield for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has passed a test critical to preparing the observatory for its 2021 launch. Technicians and engineers fully deployed and tensioned each of the sunshield’s five layers, successfully putting the sunshield into the…
Cascades of gas around young star indicate early stages of planet formation
Astronomers see gestating baby planets, reveal the source of their formative atmospheres
The lunar cycle drives the nightjar’s migration
GPS tracking data reveals that the foraging activity of the European nightjar more than doubles during moon-lit nights, and the birds then migrate simultaneously about 10 days after the full moon, according to a study published October 15 in the…
Study suggests ice on lunar south pole may have more than 1 source
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The discovery of ice deposits in craters scattered across the Moon’s south pole has helped to renew interest in exploring the lunar surface, but no one is sure exactly when or how that ice got…
New research sheds light on the ages of lunar ice deposits
The discovery of ice deposits in craters scattered across the Moon’s south pole has helped to renew interest in exploring the lunar surface, but no one is sure exactly when or how that ice got there. A new study suggests…
Saturn surpasses Jupiter after the discovery of 20 new moons
And you can help name them!
Artemis, meet ARTEMIS: Pursuing Sun science at the moon
By 2024, NASA will land astronauts, including the first woman and next man, on the Moon as part of the Artemis lunar exploration program. This won’t be the first time NASA takes the name Artemis to the Moon though. Two…
Scientists observe year-long plateaus in decline of type Ia supernova light curves
This is a surprising finding as astronomers had expected that the light curve would not only continue decreasing but even experience a sharp drop, rather than flattening into a plateau. The discovery is a huge step forward for astronomers as…
Teams of mobile 3D printing robots could fix bridges on Earth and build them to Mars
BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, October 2, 2019 – Commercial 3D printing — or additive manufacturing (AM) — is a booming industry. But if printers were liberated from the typical setup involving an immobile box and a gantry, and set free…
Scientists of the Samara Polytech sinter lunar soil in a microwave
Making bricks from a lunar soil simulator takes 40 minutes
SwRI scientist part of team characterizing near-Earth objects
NASA studying population to understand impact risks, potential exploration
Telescope seeking new planets launches via football field-sized balloon
Instrument designed and built by UMass Lowell targets Earth-like objects in space hidden by stars’ glare
Many gas giant exoplanets waiting to be discovered
There is an as-yet-unseen population of Jupiter-like planets orbiting nearby Sun-like stars, awaiting discovery by future missions
Giant exoplanet around tiny star challenges understanding of how planets form
International team of researchers with participation from Göttingen discovers rare gas giant
SwRI-led PUNCH mission to image Sun’s outer corona enters Phase B
PUNCH team begins work on preliminary flight design for 2023 mission
How and when was carbon distributed in the Earth?
It is generally accepted that planetary surfaces were covered with molten silicate, a “magma ocean”, during the formation of terrestrial planets. In a deep magma ocean, iron would separate from silicate, sink, and eventually form a metallic core. In this…
Reconstructing the first successful lunar farside landing
In January of this year, China’s Chang’E-4 – the fourth version of a lunar spacecraft named for the Chinese goddess of the Moon – landed on the far side of the Moon. Due to the location of the landing, Chang’E-4…
Research reveals the crucial role of recycling in the evolution of life in our universe
New research by astrophysicists at the University of Kent reveals vital clues about the role recycling plays in the formation of life in our universe. By investigating the different stages in the life journey of stars and gaining new knowledge…
Hubble reveals latest portrait of Saturn
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on 20 June 2019 as the planet made its closest approach to Earth this year, at approximately 1.36 billion kilometres away. Since the Hubble Space Telescope was launched, its…
Saturn’s rings shine in Hubble’s latest portrait
Saturn is so beautiful that astronomers cannot resist using the Hubble Space Telescope to take yearly snapshots of the ringed world when it is at its closest distance to Earth. These images, however, are more than just beauty shots. They…
The rare molecule weighing in on the birth of planets
Astronomers using one of the most advanced radio telescopes have discovered a rare molecule in the dust and gas disc around a young star – and it may provide an answer to one of the conundrums facing astronomers. The star,…
A Goldilocks zone for planet size
Research redefines lower limit for planet size habitability
Do animals control earth’s oxygen level?
No more than 540 million years ago there was a huge boom in the diversity of animals on Earth. The first larger animals evolved in what is today known as the Cambrian explosion. In the time that followed, the animals…
Earthquake symmetry
Earthquake study casts doubt on early warnings but hints at improved forecasting
Canadian astronomers determine Earth’s fingerprint
Canadian astronomers determine Earth’s fingerprint in hopes of finding habitable planets beyond the
From crystals to glasses: a new unified theory for heat transport
SISSA scientists, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of California at Davis, develop
Moon glows brighter than sun in images from NASA’s Fermi
If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That’s how NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has seen our neighbor in space for the past decade. Gamma-ray observations are not sensitive…
How many Earth-like planets are around sun-like stars?
A new study provides the most accurate estimate of the frequency that planets that are similar to Earth in size and in distance from their host star occur around stars similar to our Sun. Knowing the rate that these potentially…