Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. NASA is looking for innovative methods that could help retrieve samples collected by the Perseverance rover on Mars in the future. The rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, collected specimens from the Jezero… Read More »
Although it will take another seven years to achieve it Jupiterthe JUICE the mission is progressing quickly – and a recent test run simulated the mission’s spacecraft flying past Jupiter’s icy moon, Callisto. We took off from the European Spaceport in French Guiana a year agothe Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, simply called JUICE, is still… Read More »
There are many words that can be used to describe WASP-76b: hellish, torrid, turbulent, chaotic and even violent. This is an extrasolar planet that is so close to its star that it gets hot enough to vaporize lead. So, as you can imagine, “glorious” wasn’t one of those words until now. This more positive description… Read More »
Europa could be headed to Saturn’s moon Enceladus in search of life, according to a new report from planetary scientists masterminding a future large-scale mission to the outer solar system. The European Space Agency (ESA) is thinking significantly ahead with its ‘Voyager 2050’ programme, which sets out the scientific goals and missions for the middle… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Astronomers have used the Gaia Space Telescope to spy on some of the Milky Way galaxy’s first building blocks: two ancient star streams called Shakti and Shiva that helped our home galaxy grow and evolve… Read More »
The Red Planet continues to surprise us. New research has revealed a giant volcano and possibly a layer of buried glacial ice. The location for this groundbreaking announcement is in the eastern part of the volcanic province of Tharsis on Mars, near the planet’s equator. Due to its eroded and difficult to recognize character, this… Read More »
A SpaceX Crew Dragon ferry with four long-duration crew members on board separated from the International Space Station on Monday. It cleared the way for re-entry and splashdown early Tuesday to conclude a 199-day mission. NASA Commander Jasmine Moghbeliastronaut from the European Space Agency Andreas MogensenJapanese kite Satoshi Furukawa and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov separated… Read More »
Several countries are targeting the moon as a destination beyond Earth for long-term human presence. NASA is once again touted to get another literal ‘stepping stone’ to the moon through its Artemis program. the way to trump and train for marching to Mars. In many ways, such a future endeavor could be compared to Antarctica,… Read More »
Scott Kelly recently returned to the International Space Station – during a trip to Berlin. The first American astronaut to spend more than 500 days off the planet, including nearly a year aboard the space station during his fourth and final spaceflight in 2016, Kelly was in Germany when he returned to his exotic home… Read More »
As soldiers and civilians provide quasi-real-time information from the front lines and affected areas of the war in Ukraine – two years old as of February 24, 2024 – an active open-source intelligence community has formed to keep tabs on troops. activity, destruction and other aspects of the war. Remote sensing complements this approach and… Read More »