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Study of Venus’s Haasttse-baad Tessera suggests formation by two large impacts (Image Credit: Phys.org) Geologic map (modified after López & Hansen, 2020) and inverted Magellan synthetic aperture radar of the study area. Detailed map areas A–D indicated with rectangles (Figures 2-5); global inset shows study area location (rectangle); GT, Gegute Tessera; NP, Niobe Planitia; HT, […]
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to glimpse Venus’ surface tomorrow before historic sun encounter (Image Credit: Space.com) On Wednesday (Nov. 6), NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing past Venus— the spacecraft’s final maneuver around the amber planet that will nudge it onto a trajectory that will take it within 3.8 million miles of […]
Design an interstellar ‘generation ship’ to spend decades among the stars with Project Hyperion competition (Image Credit: Space.com) Human technology has allowed us to extend the scope of our curiosity beyond the confines of our home world and into the solar system. But it’s not hard to imagine that one day humans will want to […]
Astronomers spot unusually synchronized star formation in ancient galaxy for 1st time (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly simultaneously 4 million years ago. This observation marks the first time such synchronized star formation has been spotted in an […]
NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope sees ‘knots’ blasting from nearby black hole jets (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomers have scoured decades-old data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, finding bright, lumpy features dotting a jet of energy spit out by a nearby black hole. Puzzlingly, the “knots” clock a faster speed when seen in X-rays than they do […]
New Space Force ‘Mission Deltas’ Handle Missile Warning, Domain Awareness (Image Credit: airandspaceforces) Nov. 5, 2024 | By Greg Hadley Share Article The Space Force has officially expanded its concept for combining operations, sustainment, cyber, and intelligence functions all under one roof, dropping the “provisional” tag from units that kicked off the […]
In Video of Elon Musk Playing Diablo IV, Background Gives Away Wild Details About Starship (Image Credit: futurism-com) During SpaceX’s dramatic fifth orbital test flight of its heavy-lift Starship spacecraft on October 13, the Elon Musk-led space company came closer to disaster than we knew at the time. And we only know it now because, […]
NASA Keeping Issue With Moon Rocket a Secret (Image Credit: futurism-com) In late 2022, NASA launched its uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back to Earth as part of its Artemis I mission, setting the stage for the first human lunar landing in over half a century several years from now. But Orion’s fiery […]
Newfound dead star spins record-breaking 716 times a second, explodes with thermonuclear blasts (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomers have discovered a “dead star” neutron star is spinning at an incredible 716 times a second, making it the joint fastest-spinning cosmic body ever seen. Not only this, but the neutron star’s surface is also erupting with explosions […]
This Final Venus Flyby Will Propel Parker Probe Toward a Record-Breaking Encounter With the Sun (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its seventh and final flyby of Venus tomorrow, capitalizing on our next-door-neighbor’s gravitational pull to fling the probe back towards the Sun. When the probe gets to the Sun, it will […]
