Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn’t been used since 1981 (Image Credit: Space.com) Following recent communication issues, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to using a backup radio transmitter that has been inactive since 1981. The interstellar explorer experienced a brief pause in communications after putting itself in a protective state to conserve […]
Strange green spots on Mars found by NASA’s Perseverance rover (photo) (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s Perseverance rover is approaching four years of activity on the Martian surface — and all this time, the rover has been exploring ancient environments, collecting samples, and investigating whether our reddish neighbor may have once supported microbial life In its […]
Astrophotographer captures comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS growing an anti-tail (photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As a European Southern Observatory Photo Ambassador and member of The World At Night and the official astrophotographer of the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve, he specializes in astronomical “Skyscapes” […]
NASA announces 9 possible moon landing sites for Artemis 3 lunar mission (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA has refined its list of potential landing sites near the moon’s south pole for its Artemis 3 mission, which aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface no earlier than 2026. The nine shortlisted sites, which were released by […]
NASA Solar Sail Spacecraft Damaged, Spinning Through Space (Image Credit: futurism-com) Uh oh. Rough and Tumble NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), a dazzling spacecraft designed to make use of the tiny amounts of radiation pressure exerted by sunlight for propulsion, is still spinning through space uncontrollably. In an update last week, the space […]
Astronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranus (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) The Uranian moon Miranda may contain a liquid water ocean, according to a team of researchers that recently mapped the satellite’s surface and modeled tidal stress on it. The team published its study earlier this month in The Planetary Science Journal, suggesting the “plausible […]
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink internet satellites from California on Oct. 30 (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California early on Wednesday (Oct. 30). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell (DTC) capability, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 8:07 a.m. […]
1st image of our Milky Way’s black hole may be inaccurate, scientists say (Image Credit: Space.com) What does the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy look like?It’s a deceptively simple question. Although our local cosmic abyss, named Sgr A* (short for Sagittarius A*), resides just 26,000 light-years from Earth, it has […]
NASA to resume ISS spacewalks in 2025 after spacesuit leak (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA plans to resume spacewalks on the space station in 2025 after a leaky spacesuit suspended those activities in June. “We are planning our next set … early next year,” Bill Spetch, operations and integration manager of NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) […]
NASA rover climbs daunting slope, views its remarkable Mars adventure (Image Credit: Mashable) NASA’s car-sized Perseverance rover is making a hard slog. The space agency’s robot is fighting both steep and slippery terrain as it ascends the wall of Mars’ Jezero Crater, the site of once vigorously flowing water. The Mars rover is headed to […]
