From NASA Feb. 6, 2020 As NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration program mounts toward a robust decade of modern science, research, and human exploration at the Moon, the agency is asking…
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How ESA-NASA’s Solar Orbiter Beats the Heat
From NASA Feb. 4, 2020 When Solar Orbiter launches on its journey to the Sun, there’s one key piece of engineering making this ESA-NASA mission possible: the heat shield. Seeking…
Active Volcanoes on Venus?
Guest geology by David Middleton Recent analyses of data collected by ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft indicates that some of the lava flows on Venus might be very young… RESEARCH ARTICLE…
Morocco’s Anti-Atlas Mountains
Dec. 26, 2019 The Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco formed as a result of the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates about 80 million years ago. This collision destroyed…
NASA’s Moon to Mars Plans, Artemis Lunar Program Gets Fast Tracked in 2019
From NASA Dec. 23, 2019 RELEASE 19-095 In 2019, NASA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the agency’s Apollo 11 Moon landing, the most historic moment in space exploration, while also…
Stellar Snowflake Cluster
From NASA Dec. 23, 2019 Newborn stars, hidden behind thick dust, are revealed in this image of a section of the so-called Christmas Tree Cluster from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.…
New clues on dark matter from the darkest galaxies
A study by SISSA provides important information on its composition and on its interaction with luminous matter Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati They are called low-surface-brightness galaxies and it…
NASA’s SDO Sees New Kind of Magnetic Explosion on Sun
from NASA Dec. 17, 2019 NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has observed a magnetic explosion the likes of which have never been seen before. In the scorching upper reaches of the…
Stars Are Being Born in the Depths of a Black Hole
From NASA Stars Are Being Born in the Depths of a Black Hole Located about 5.8 billion light years from Earth in the Phoenix Constellation, astronomers have confirmed the first…
Earth’s ‘Paunch’ Helps Sharpen Ice-Loss Estimates
From NASA Global Climate Change Feature | November 12, 2019 Image of Earth from the GOES-14 satellite. Credit: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, data from NOAA GOES By Pat Brennan, NASA’s…
Hubble Spots a Curious Spiral
From NASA Nov. 15, 2019 Hubble Spots a Curious Spiral The universe is simply so vast that it can be difficult to maintain a sense of scale. Many galaxies we…
With Mars methane mystery unsolved, Curiosity serves scientists a new one: Oxygen
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above the…
Can Climate Affect Earthquakes, Or Are the Connections Shaky?
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts~ctm From NASA Global Climate Change Can Climate Affect Earthquakes, Or Are the Connections Shaky? By Alan Buis, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory The…
This Week in NASA History: First Launch of Saturn V – Nov. 9, 1967
From NASA Back to Gallery This week in 1967, the Apollo 4 mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The mission marked the first launch of the Saturn V rocket.…
Jupiter’s Cloud Tops: From High to Low
From NASA Jupiter’s Cloud Tops: From High to Low This view from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures colorful, intricate patterns in a jet stream region of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere known as…
25 for 25
Guest post by David Archibald Back on March 7, 2006, the National Science Foundation issued a press release predicting that the amplitude of Solar Cycle 24 would be “30 to…
NASA’s Planetary Protection Review Addresses Changing Reality of Space Exploration
From NASA Oct. 18, 2019 RELEASE 19-084 NASA’s Planetary Protection Review Addresses Changing Reality of Space Exploration NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary Protection Independent Review…
There is NO climate emergency!
Climate models predict disaster – but real world evidence shows no such thing Dr. Jay Lehr & Tom Harris Speaking at the 13th International Conference on Climate Change, held July…
An Infrared View of the M81 Galaxy
Located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, which also includes the Big Dipper, nearby galaxy Messier 81 is easily visible through binoculars or a small telescope. M81 is located…
NASA Selects Proposals to Advance Understanding of Space Weather
From NASA Sept. 3, 2019 RELEASE 19-071 NASA Selects Proposals to Advance Understanding of Space Weather NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions that could help us…
Amazon Fire History Since 2003
We are told that Amazon fires are at record levels right now. This is a blatant lie. The only “record” is that Amazonian fires have DECREASED over the “record”. This…
New study offers roadmap for detecting changes in the ocean due to climate change
Some impacts — like sea temperature rise — are already in progress; others expected to occur within next century Princeton University Researchers led by Princeton University examined a range of…
How NASA Will Protect Astronauts From Space Radiation at the Moon
From NASA August 1972, as NASA scientist Ian Richardson remembers it, was hot. In Surrey, England, where he grew up, the fields were brown and dry, and people tried to…
Cislunar blueprint to propel space research for the next 50 years
Driving the orbital area around the Earth and Moon Purdue University In its inaugural call to action, Purdue Engineering’s Cislunar Initiative took a giant leap forward in advancing humankind’s presence…
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