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Habitable zone planets around red dwarfs aren’t likely to host exomoons, simulations suggest (Image Credit: Phys.org) This artist’s illustration shows a large exomoon orbiting a gas giant planet. There are no confirmed exomoons, only a handful of candidates. New research asks if rocky HZ planets around M dwarfs could host large moons. […]
Cosmic dust bunnies: Why the universe might be fluffier than we thought (Image Credit: Phys.org) Scanning electron microscope image of a interplanetary dust particle. Credit: NASA Space dust provides more than just awe-inspiring pictures like the Pillars of Creation. It can provide the necessary materials to build everything from planets to asteroids. […]
Planets may make their own water as they form — could that mean more habitable worlds in the universe? (Image Credit: Space.com) Water isn’t just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds. For decades, scientists have debated the origin […]
Private Chinese rocket fails during launch, 3 satellites lost (Image Credit: Space.com) A private Chinese rocket just suffered its second-ever failure. Galactic Energy’s solid-fuel Ceres-1 rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:02 p.m. EST on Sunday (Nov. 9; 0402 GMT and 12:02 p.m. local time on […]
New ‘exosuit’ with artificial muscles could help astronauts explore the moon and Mars (Image Credit: Space.com) Generations of astronauts have spoken about how hard it is to move your limbs inside a spacesuit, where pressurization protects your body — but creates resistance. A new “exosuit,” tested during a two-week space analog mission […]
Blue Origin launch of huge New Glenn rocket with NASA Mars probes delayed by weather, next try set for Nov. 12 (Image Credit: Space.com) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin called off the launch of its giant New Glenn rocket carrying twin NASA Mars probes on Sunday (Nov. 9) due to bad […]
Bezos’s Blue Origin postpones rocket launch over weather (Image Credit: Phys.org) A cruise ship sails by Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, which has scrubbed its launch for weather issues at the Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was forced Sunday to […]
Watch Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket launch a NASA ‘ESCAPADE’ to Mars on Nov. 12 after weather delay (Image Credit: Space.com) UPDATE for 9 p.m. EST: SCRUB! Blue Origin has called off today’s planned launch of the New Glenn NG-2 mission with NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars launch due to bad weather, specifically […]
Blue Origin launch of NASA Mars probes on New Glenn rocket delayed by weather, next try set for Nov. 12 (Image Credit: Space.com) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin called off the launch of its giant New Glenn rocket carrying twin NASA Mars probes on Sunday (Nov. 9) due to bad weather […]
Watch Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket launch a NASA ‘ESCAPADE’ to Mars after weather delay (Image Credit: Space.com) UPDATE for 5 p.m. EST: SCRUB! Blue Origin has called off today’s planned launch of the New Glenn NG-2 mission with NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars launch due to bad weather, specifically a thick cloud […]
