Benqu News & Blog WordPress Theme
NASA’s Perseverance rover gets stunning view of big Mars crater from slippery slope (video, photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s Perseverance rover took a break from its Mars mountaineering expedition recently to survey its old stomping grounds. The car-sized Perseverance landed on the floor of the 28-mile-wide (45-kilometer-wide) Jezero Crater in February 2021 to hunt for […]
Chinese Startup Offers Trips to Edge of Space for an Absolute Bargain, Sells Out in Minutes (Image Credit: futurism-com) Traveling to space could soon get a lot cheaper. Bargain Spacement Chinese space startup Deep Blue Aerospace recently took to social media to announce the sale of tickets for a 12-minute journey to the edge of […]
Breakthrough Image of Milky Way Black Hole Is Flawed, New Analysis Suggests (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A team of researchers from Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory (NAOJ) is claiming that the groundbreaking image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy is not accurate. The original image of Sagittarius A* was constructed from data […]
NASA delays budget-cut decision about Hubble and Chandra space telescopes (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA is delaying making a final decision about potential cost cuts that will determine the fate of the Chandra X-ray Observatory and affect the Hubble Space Telescope’s science program. Although no official word has been given for the reason behind this delay, […]
Distorted galaxy whizzes through crowded cluster in new Hubble Telescope image (Image Credit: Space.com) A vibrant spiral galaxy appears to be whizzing through space as if it were launched out of a cosmic cannon. The galaxy, IC 3225, is located about 100 million light-years from Earth and is a member of a large group […]
Watch China launch Shenzhou-19 astronauts to Tiangong space station today (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) Watch live! China’s Shenzhou 19 crew launches to Tiangong space station – YouTube Watch On China is set to launch its latest trio of astronauts to its Tiangong space station today, and you can watch the action live. The Shenzhou 19 […]
Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, ‘impacting the entire world for centuries to come,’ leading climate scientists warn (Image Credit: Space.com) Forty-four of the world’s leading climate scientists have called on Nordic policymakers to address the potentially imminent and “devastating” collapse of key Atlantic Ocean currents. In an open letter published online Monday (Oct. 21), […]
‘First tree on Mars:’ Scientists measure greenhouse effect needed to terraform Red Planet (Image Credit: Space.com) What is the amount of greenhouse warming required to heat up the cold climes of Mars enough so that trees can grow on the Red Planet? New research points to how much you’ve got to jack up the carbon […]
(Image Credit: Space.com) Refresh 2024-10-29T15:13:30.255Z Why opening the door on Artemis 2 moon spacecraft requires practice The four Artemis 2 astronauts recently practiced a key contingency operation as they continue to prepare for their moon mission: opening the side hatch of their Orion spacecraft. If all goes well during Artemis 2’s planned September 2025 launch and round-the-moon mission, of course, […]
Boeing Satellite Exploded Into at Least 500 Pieces of Debris (Image Credit: futurism-com) They range from “small fragments roughly the size of a softball to larger pieces up to the size of a car door.” Orbital Wreck Earlier this month, a massive satellite that belonged to multinational service provider Intelsat and was built by Boeing […]
