[ad_1] On a clear day, when conditions are ideal and there is not much light to obscure the view, the starry sky is a breathtaking sight. If you live in a rural area or if you stop for a city break, you will see a sky covered with stars. You might even be able to … Read more
[ad_1] For the Indian Space Research Organization, this may be the last chance to establish a form of communication with the Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan 2, the lunar night settling at the landing site before Saturday, plunging the temperature at -180 degrees. A national committee is still examining the cause of the loss of communication … Read more
[ad_1] JApan's spacecraft Hayabusa 2 deployed two target markers around the asteroid Ryugu. The deployment took place at 17:17 BST on 17 September at an altitude of 1 km. In the tiny gravity of the asteroid, unpowered markers always fall to its surface. They should land during the weekend or the beginning of next week … Read more
[ad_1] All parking strategies are not equal. A new study published Thursday in the Journal of Statistical Mechanics divides the way people park in categories and finds a superior one. "Do you have to park far from the target, where to find a place is easy, but then be faced with a long walk? Or … Read more
[ad_1] The fast asteroid stands higher than the Big Ben clock tower and is heading towards a "near approach" trajectory. NASA expects the asteroid to approach Earth around 22:19 BST (1:19 UTC) on Sunday 22 September. When approaching, the asteroid will fly at speeds of 8.19 km per second or 19 484 km / h … Read more
[ad_1] The asteroid, baptized 2019 OK, swept our planet on July 25th, but the rock was not spotted until it was closed on Earth. NASA then confirmed that the asteroid was traveling the planet from a dangerously close distance of just 40,400 miles, one-fifth of its distance from the moon. A similar surprise in 2013 … Read more
[ad_1] According to a new study, underground continents located in the belly of the Earth could have formed when an ancient ocean of magma solidified on the planet's surface of babies. The discovery was detailed in a fascinating story on the blog of the American Geophysical Union GeoSpace. As journalist Abigail Eisenstadt explains, scientists know … Read more
[ad_1] The planet we know is a dry, dusty and barren place. In almost all the images on the planet, it is a pale orange hue, but some parts of the neighboring world have unique and colorful personalities of their own. In a new blog post, NASA highlights one of these areas, Danielson Crater. The … Read more
[ad_1] Ken Bowersox, Acting Head of NASA's Operations and Human Operations Missions, listens to a hearing on Wednesday before Space and Aerospace Subcommittee of House Science, Space and Technology Committee . Credit: NASA / Aubrey Gemignani NASA hopes to have a new head of the agency's manned flight department by the end of the year … Read more
[ad_1] This is an illustration of the collision of giant asteroids in the space that produced the dust that led to an ice age on Earth. Credit: (c) Don Davis, Southwestern Research Institute About 466 million years ago, well before the age of the dinosaurs, the Earth froze. The seas have started to frost at … Read more