The Japanese did it again! The JAXA spacecraft Hayabusa2 successfully brought home a sample from the near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu. As the sample return capsule was opened this week, it revealed plenty of dark dust and some gases inside. JAXA scientists are now...
On December 21 2020, you’ll be able to catch this gorgeous cosmic phenomenon called the “Christmas star” or “Star of Bethlehem” (named after it’s closeness to Christmas). The “Christmas star” is the first celestial happening of its kind to occur in 800 years. Meaning...
The team from the University of Texas, led by Anna Schauer, will present their project in the upcoming edition of The Astrophysical Journal.Scientist estimate the universe to be about 13.8 billion years old, as a comparison, the Solar System was created about 4.6...
The interest in space has not been this great since the days of the Apollo program, about 50 years ago. The traditional organizations, such as NASA, have been joined by a number of new ones and there are both plans to return to the Moon and to go to Mars.”That...
Space debris is the biggest security concern in orbit. The more satellites we launch into space, especially into low-Earth orbit, the more the risk for collisions increases. Several innovative ideas are being developed for tackling the space junk problem by removing...
Italian space technology company D-Orbit has successfully completed the first last-mile delivery of satellites into dedicated orbits using their In-Orbit Now (ION) satellite carrier module, being the first commercial space company to do so. The ION, carrying twelve...