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ESA’s Juice probe to Jupiter’s moons has run into trouble as one of its primary science instruments failed to deploy last week, perhaps due to a tiny pin. The 16-m (52-ft) Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna has only extended a third of its … Continue reading ESA struggles with stuck antenna on JUICE probe en route to Jupiter
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) deep-space probe is on its way to Jupiter and has sent back its first selfies. Captured by Juice monitoring camera 1 (JMC1) located on the front of the spacecraft, the new images show the Earth and Juice’s deplo… Continue reading Juice deep-space probe headed for Jupiter sends back selfies
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) deep-space probe is on its way to Jupiter and has sent back its first selfies. Captured by Juice monitoring camera 1 (JMC1) located on the front of the spacecraft, the new images show the Earth and Juice’s deplo… Continue reading Juice deep-space probe headed for Jupiter sends back selfies
ESA’s historic mission to explore the moons of Jupiter – and orbit the largest moon in the solar system, Ganymede – is on its way today, as its eight-year voyage to the giant planet begins. At 2:14 pm CEST (12:14 GMT), the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (J… Continue reading Juice mission to Jupiter’s moons lifts off from French Guiana
ESA’s Sentinel-2 satellite is tracking what may be the largest bloom of Sargassum seaweed ever recorded as it drifts toward the US East Coast, threatening to dump millions of tons of rotting vegetation on thousands of miles of beaches.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Largest ever mass of Sargassum seaweed drifts toward North America
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured spectacular new infrared images of the planet Uranus revealing new details of the ice giant’s atmosphere over the north polar region, its ring system, and multiple moons.Continue ReadingCategory: Space… Continue reading James Webb Space Telescope sends back spectacular images of Uranus
Although astronomers are tracking most of the largest and deadliest asteroids in our solar system, there’s one glaring blindspot in the sky – the vicinity of the Sun. Thankfully, ESA plans to plug the gap soon with NEOMIR, a mission that will give us a… Continue reading New space mission will watch for hazardous asteroids hidden by the Sun
Get Kevin Costner on the phone – astronomers may have found some water worlds. Two nearby planets have been found to be covered in deep global oceans under hot, steamy atmospheres.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Exoplanet, Planet, Water, … Continue reading Water worlds: Best evidence yet of new type of exoplanet
With a daring plan to collect rock and soil from the surface of Mars in the pipeline, NASA engineers are starting to move the necessary pieces into place here on Earth. The shielding that will protect these precious samples during the journey will play… Continue reading Watch NASA batter Mars sample return shields with hyper velocity bullets
The Earth’s magnetic field is something that many of us may take for granted, since it’s not something we can see, feel or hear. That last point has now changed though, as scientists and musicians have worked together to convert magnetic field data int… Continue reading Listen to the spooky soundscape of Earth’s magnetic field