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A relic of the 1960s Space Race may be paying Earth a brief visit with NASA announcing that a rocket booster from the 1966 Surveyor 2 robotic Moon lander mission is suspected to have returned from deep space and taken up temporary orbit around the Eart… Continue reading Booster rocket from 1966 Surveyor 2 may have returned to Earth orbit
ESA has given the go-ahead for its Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (Ariel) mission to progress out of the study phase and enter the implementation phase, with an industrial contractor to build the spacecraft to be chosen in m… Continue reading Ariel mission to study exoplanet atmospheres enters implementation phase
Scientists have detected a short burst of gamma rays from the collision of two neutron stars that put out more energy in a half-second than the Sun could in its 10-billion-year lifespan. Designated 200522A, the flash originated 5.47 billion light-years… Continue reading Neutron star collision sheds new light on short gamma ray bursts
When you look into the night sky and see a shooting star, it might look like something very big, but the odds are that it’s a meteor the size of a dust mote. A team of scientists led by Ryou Ohsawa from the Institute of Astronomy at the University of T… Continue reading Radar given telescope-like ability to collect data on space dust
An independent review board has issued a report saying that NASA is capable of carrying out its Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign that involves a series of missions to collect pristine samples from the Red Planet and return them to Earth.Continue Readi… Continue reading Review board green lights NASA for Mars Sample Return project
An independent review board has issued a report saying that NASA is capable of carrying out its Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign that involves a series of missions to collect pristine samples from the Red Planet and return them to Earth.Continue Readi… Continue reading Review board green lights NASA for Mars Sample Return project
Scientists in Europe and Hawaii have scored a world’s first by detecting a “super-planet,” also known as a cold brown dwarf or a failed star, using a radio telescope. Located 212 light-years away in the constellation of Hercules, the detection of BDR J… Continue reading Radio telescope detects a super-planet for the first time
Giving a new meaning to the word “moonshine,” NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have concluded that Jupiter’s moon Europa glows in the dark due to being constantly bombarded with high-energy radiation.Conti… Continue reading Radiation bombardment from Jupiter makes Europa glow in the dark
A new prototype Companion Collar smart collar is being developed by the CSIRO’s digital specialist arm, Data61, and agtech company Ceres Tag that will allow pet owners to track their animal across both long and short distances.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Companion Collar combines Bluetooth and GPS to track pets near and far
Satellite images indicate that an iceberg 158 km (98 mi) long and 48 km (30 mi) wide is floating towards the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic, where it could cause damage to the local wildlife, including penguins and seals, if it runs a… Continue reading Giant iceberg may be on collision course with island of South Georgia