NASA’s Hubble Sees a Stellar Volcano
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking and vivid close-up image of one of the most dynamic stars in our galaxy, revealing an intricate spiral structure formed among nearby stars. Approximately 700…
Snippet of Euclid Mission’s Cosmic Atlas Released by ESA
The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled a new 208-gigapixel mosaic, comprised of images captured by the Euclid mission. This mission, which includes contributions from NASA, was launched in 2023 to investigate the…
Sound of Earth’s magnetic flip 41 000 years ago
Approximately 41,000 years ago, Earth experienced a brief geomagnetic reversal known as the Laschamp event. During this period, the planet’s magnetic field significantly weakened, dropping to as low as 5% of its current…
Images reveal a giant hole in the Curiosity rover’s wheel
Recent images have unveiled several large perforations in one of the wheels of the Curiosity rover, underscoring the significant wear and tear endured by the robotic explorer after 12 years of navigating the…
“Face” photographed on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover?
NASA’s robotic missions on Mars occasionally encounter unusual rock formations or features, which aligns with their objective of exploring the Martian surface. These discoveries range from intriguing, such as a donut-shaped rock potentially…
Things on Mars that look like they shouldn’t be there
As one of the planet Earth’s most proximate celestial neighbors, Mars has long held a fascination for humans, offering the tantalizing possibility of extraterrestrial life situated merely a brief rocket journey away. Thus…
New insights into how Mars became uninhabitable
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently operating in the Gale crater on Mars, is revealing new aspects of the planet’s climatic transition, which has gone from conditions possibly conducive to life – with evidence of…
China presents spacesuit for moon landing in 2030
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has introduced a newly developed lightweight spacesuit, the result of four years of intensive research and development. According to a report by state broadcaster CCTV, this spacesuit…
Milky Way map reveals 1.5 billion cosmic jewels
Over a span of more than 13 years and accumulating over 500 terabytes of data, the most detailed infrared map of our galaxy has now been completed. This project, the largest ever undertaken…
Mars’ missing atmosphere could be hiding in plain sight
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Mars wasn’t always the cold desert we see today. There’s increasing evidence that water once flowed on the Red Planet’s surface, billions of years ago. And if there was water,…