Category: 2. Space

NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a detailed 360-degree panorama of Mars’ Jezero Crater, exploring ancient river delta history. The color-enhanced image, made from 993 individual photos, helps scientists analyze the Martian landscape under Earth-like lighting conditions. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com Perseverance rover’s 360-degree panorama of Mars, featuring 2.38 billion pixels from Jezero Crater, offers insights…

WASHINGTON — NASA is making progress on a multibillion-dollar series of Earth science missions amid uncertainty about their funding for the next year. In town hall sessions at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in December, NASA officials discussed work on the Earth System Observatory, a series of missions intended to implement…

The MUSE instrument has revealed that “galactic winds” — massive matter outflows from galaxies — are a frequent phenomenon. This discovery, made by observing around 100 galaxies, provides significant insights into the role of these outflows in galaxy evolution and confirms theoretical models. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Recent research using the MUSE instrument shows that galactic winds,…

Resembling sparks from a fireworks display, this image taken by a JPL camera onboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows delicate filaments that are sheets of debris from a stellar explosion in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy. Credit: NASA/JPL/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) The Hubble Space Telescope captured this spectacular image of a stellar explosion throwing…

HELSINKI — China launched three low Earth orbit broadband test satellites Friday, completing a record-breaking year for launches globally. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 7:13 p.m. Dec. 29 (0013 UTC, Dec. 30). The China Aerospace Science and Technology Group (CASC) confirmed launch success…

Scientists have discovered significant details about early galaxy formation by studying one of the oldest known spiral galaxies. Their findings, which include seismic wave patterns and a distinct bar structure in the galaxy, reveal the dynamic processes of star formation in the early universe. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Research on an ancient spiral galaxy reveals crucial insights…

This image of Uranus from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows the planet and its rings in new clarity. The planet’s seasonal north polar cap gleams in a bright white, and Webb’s exquisite sensitivity resolves Uranus’ dim inner and outer rings, including the Zeta ring—the extremely faint and diffuse ring closest…

NASA’s Curiosity rover recorded two time-lapse videos on Mars, showcasing its shadow moving across the Martian terrain. The videos, captured during a communication-limited period, highlight technical aspects of the rover’s cameras and provide insights into Curiosity’s ongoing mission and exploration achievements. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com Videos from the rover show its shadow moving across the…

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This artist’s concept shows what Deep Space Station-23, a new antenna dish capable of supporting both radio wave and laser communications, will look like when completed at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone, California, complex. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The agency’s DSN provides critical communications and navigation services to dozens of space missions, and it’s being modernized to…