[ad_1] Venus will encounter a thin crescent moon on Tuesday, April 2 and you will be able to catch the heavenly couple together in the dawn sky. The 27-day moon will pass about 2.5 degrees south of the brilliant planet Venus when it gets closer to the planet at 02:11 (EDT) (6:11 GMT), according to … Read more
[ad_1] What will the human settlements on Mars look like? NASA announces three finalists for its Martian Habitat Design Contest The finalists share $ 100,000 and highlight the finalists in a contest designed to design the habitats of Mars. They will then participate in the final phase of the contest, for an amount of $ … Read more
[ad_1] WRITTEN HISTORY FOR CAS NEWS AND USED WITH AUTHORIZATION Astronauts Nick Hague, Anne McClain and Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA The three US astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Monday that they were ready to sign up for a trip to the moon if NASA could achieve the recently … Read more
[ad_1] DePalma, a PhD student in paleontology, studied the site, which had recently been abandoned by a private fossil collector who had discovered fossils of fish that collapsed easily, a site not promising for salable specimens. At first, DePalma was disappointed when he arrived at a gray dome-shaped outcrop in distant pasture. But as he … Read more
[ad_1] Hotaka Shiokawa Astronomers working on a global network of cosmic observatories are due to make a "revolutionary" announcement on April 10, according to the European Southern Observatory. Since the Event Horizon telescope has the mission to capture the very first image of a black hole, it could be one of the greatest scientific discoveries … Read more
[ad_1] On the long list of things you should never, ever shine a laser pointer on an airplane is really very close to the top. They may seem harmless when you use a laser pointer to play with your cat, but the light beams produced by the small tools can interfere with the pilot's orientation … Read more
[ad_1] NASA official described the destruction of one of its satellites by India as "a terrible thing" that created 400 orbital debris and created new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Jim Bridenstine was speaking to employees five days after India shot down a low-orbit satellite in a missile test to prove … Read more
[ad_1] The Waita Glacier in West Antarctica is huge and is often described as the most dangerous glacier on the planet. It has also been dubbed the apocalyptic glacier. The glacier is two feet above sea level, but more importantly, it is the "safety net" of four other glaciers, with an additional rise in sea … Read more
[ad_1] NASA NASA's director, administrator Jim Bridenstine, called a recent Indian anti-satellite missile test, which destroyed a satellite in low Earth orbit and projected 400 debris into space, a "terrible thing" ". "This type of activity is not compatible with the future of manned spaceflight," said Bridenstine, speaking at a live meeting of NASA employees, … Read more
[ad_1] NASA has spent decades closely studying several planets in our solar system. Probes like Juno and Cassini have taught us a lot about the state of the planets where they are sent, but often the moons surrounding these planets are as interesting as the planets themselves. Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, is of particular … Read more