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Icy moon of Uranus may have once hid watery secret, Voyager 2 archives reveal (Image Credit: Space.com) Over the last few decades, planetary scientists have been steadily adding to the list of moons in our solar system that may harbor interior oceans either currently or at some point in their past. For the most part, […]
Explore Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa in NASA virtual tour (photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s Europa Clipper probe is finally on its way to the icy ocean moon of Jupiter, but it’s going to take some time to get there — about six years. Fortunately, we don’t have to wait that long to get close-up looks […]
Sun erupts with X-class solar flare on Halloween, causes radio blackouts (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) The sun put on quite the spooktacular show on Halloween, firing off an X2.0 solar flare. A sunspot known as AR 3878 fired off the X-class flare at 5:20 p.m. EDT (2120 UTC) on Oct. 31, measuring in at X2.0. […]
Satellites watch devastating floods in Spain from space (photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) Satellite images captured deadly flooding in eastern Spain caused by torrential rainfall on Tuesday (Oct. 29). Landsat and Maxar satellites imaged the damage, which came after the region experienced more than a foot (30 centimeters) of rain, according to Spain’s meteorological agency, AEMET. […]
NASA astronaut Suni Williams sends Happy Diwali wishes from ISS (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) As millions of people around the world celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams radioed home a message of festive cheer. “I want to extend my warmest wishes for a Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating the festival […]
Can we solve the satellite air pollution problem? Here are 4 possible fixes (Image Credit: Space.com) Scientists are sounding alarm bells about the growing number of satellites burning up in Earth’s upper atmosphere. When incinerated, the materials that make up satellites give rise to chemicals that are known to damage the ozone layer and affect […]
Why the Space Force Needs More Options. With U.S. military operations dependent on capabilities and effects delivered from space, ensuring continued access to the orbital domain requires a robust and reliable launch infrastructure as foundational to sustaining space superiority. Despite a historic launch rate and multiple potential launch providers, America’s National Security Space Launch […]
How the Space Force will run without a Guard or Reserve. NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Instead of a conventional Guard or Reserve force to supplement its ranks, the Space Force is moving out on something new—a part-time Guardian force—that could become a model other services can adopt. “The Space Force is going to be a pathfinder […]
Small moon of Uranus may have once had a subsurface liquid water ocean (Image Credit: Space.com) Over the last few decades, planetary scientists have been steadily adding to the list of moons in our solar system that may harbor interior oceans either currently or at some point in their past. For the most part, these […]
