[ad_1] NASA is looking to get back into #vanlife. The space agency issued a request for information (RFI) requesting ideas for an Artemis crew transport vehicle to succeed the iconic “Astrovan” used in the space shuttle era. The Astrovan was last used in 2011. (Tom Pennington / Getty Images) NASA is preparing to send astronauts … Read more
[ad_1] NASA’s next mission might look like a scene from a sci-fi disaster movie. The agency said on Sunday it was sending a spacecraft above Earth crashing into an asteroid moon to alter the body’s trajectory. The mission, a Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), will be the agency’s first use of the kinetic impactor technique, … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public domain The goal of tackling global warming by turning carbon dioxide into fuel could be a step further with researchers using a supercomputer to identify a group of “single atom” catalysts that could play a key role. Researchers from QUT’s Materials Science Center, led by Associate Professor Liangzhi Kou, participated in … Read more
[ad_1] Cruise beyond Mercury. © ESA / BepiColombo / MTM If Mars has become too crowded for you, with what all the the vagabonds (and helicopters) buzzing (or collection dust), why not take your vacation on Mercure? Or at least dream of doing it. A new image of the planet, returned by the Japanese common … Read more
[ad_1] More than half a century after being first unearthed in a Welsh quarry, four small fossil fragments have finally been attributed to a new species of dinosaur. Researchers at the Natural History Museum in London say Pendraig milnerae is the oldest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered in the UK. It existed over 200 million years … Read more
[ad_1] As a celestial body, it’s not always easy to cling to your atmosphere – just ask Mars – and a new study suggests that the gases surrounding Pluto are now disappearing, turning to ice as the planet dwarf moves away from the Sun. Pluto’s already thin atmosphere is made up largely of nitrogen with … Read more
[ad_1] NASA’s DART mission fires rocket at asteroid in “planetary defense” testThe Washington Post NASA’s DART mission will deliberately crash into an asteroid moon in the name of planetary defenseCNN NASA plans ‘Armageddon’ style mission to crash into asteroid moonNew York Post Destruction of small late celestial asteroids can protect EarthFloridanewstimes.com NASA to launch dual … Read more
[ad_1] Expedition 65 Soyuz MS 19 hatch opens – October 5, 2021NASA Video Soyuz MS-19 Manually Docked to ISS Due to Auto Docking System Malfunction – CEOTASS Launch of Expedition 65 Soyuz MS 19 – October 5, 2021NASA Video Expedition 65 Soyuz MS 19 Mooring – October 5, 2021NASA Video See full coverage on Google … Read more
[ad_1] This side view of Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus shows what it looks like with a stereomicroscope. Ninon Robin (Harvard / NJIT) A long, long time ago, a tiny animal found its end in a sticky tree resin trap. Sixteen million years later, this tiny tardigrade fossil was discovered in Dominican amber. He is now a sort … Read more
[ad_1] Representative image of meteor shower (Fred Bruenjes / NASA) October marks the recession of the monsoon, making it one of the best months for sky watchers to witness phenomenal celestial events, without the constant interference of clouds. The month also features unique and spectacular sky events, from full moon to planets, providing a glimpse … Read more