Webb reveals an exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before
Thursday, 24 November 2022 06:49
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope just scored another first: a molecular and chemical portrait of a distant world’s skies. While Webb and other space telescopes, including the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, have previously revealed isolated ingredients of this heated planet’s atmosphere, the new readings provide a full menu of atoms, molecules, and even signs of active chemistry and clouds. The latest data also give a hint of how these clouds might look up close: broken up rather than as a single, uniform blanket over the planet.
NASA temporarily loses communication with Orion spacecraft
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
British medic set to train to become first 'parastronaut'
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
SpaceX Falcon 9 carries Eutelsat communications satellite in final launch
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch TROPICS Mission
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
European Service Module powering Orion to the Moon and back
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
A picture is worth a thousand words
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
New research reveals space debris, invisible meteors and near-Earth asteroids
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
Orion Exits the Lunar Sphere Of Influence
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
Many planets could have atmospheres rich in helium, study finds
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
Astronomers observe intra-group light - the elusive glow between distant galaxies
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
The new astronauts selected by the European Space Agency
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
D-Orbit signs payload hosting contract with SpacePNT
Thursday, 24 November 2022 03:39
ESA announces new astronaut class
Wednesday, 23 November 2022 22:31
ESA has selected its first new astronauts in more than a decade, although long-term flight opportunities for the agency’s astronaut corps remain uncertain.
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NASA's Europa Clipper gets its wheels for traveling in deep space
Wednesday, 23 November 2022 19:19
The enormous spacecraft that will head to Jupiter's moon Europa uses four large reaction wheels to help keep it oriented.
Just as NASA's Mars rovers rely on robust wheels to roam the Red Planet and conduct science, some orbiters rely on wheels, too—in this case, reaction wheels—to stay pointed in the right direction. Engineers and technicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently installed four reaction wheels on Europa Clipper, which will rely on them during its journey at Jupiter's icy moon Europa.