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NASA’s Lucy mission prepares to fly over Trojan asteroids

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[ad_1] Lucie mission derives its nickname from the fossilized partial skeleton of an ancient human ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis, discovered in 1974, which changed ideas about the origins and evolution of man. The research team hopes this spacecraft will do for planetary science what this skeleton did for paleoanthropology, giving us insight into the formation and … Read more

New theory of the multiple origins of life

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[ad_1] The history of life on Earth has often been compared to a four billion year old torch relay. A flame, lit at the beginning of the chain, continues to transmit life in the same form all the way to the bottom. But what if life were best understood by the analogy of the eye, … Read more

The dinosaur-killer asteroid likely came from the outer asteroid belt

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[ad_1] Where did the dinosaur killer asteroid come from? It is a question of great scientific interest and fascinating to the public. We know that 66 million years ago, a 10-kilometer-sized asteroid crashed into Earth just off the coast of what is today the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico, carving out the Chicxulub … Read more

After a dozen flights, the NASA helicopter has yet to come a cropper

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[ad_1] Enlarge / This image shows the ground traces of NASA’s Perseverance rover (white) and the Ingenuity Mars helicopter (green) since their arrival on Mars on February 18. The upper yellow ellipse represents the “South Séítah” region, which Ingenuity flew over on its 12th sortie. NASA / JPL-Caltech NASA’s small helicopter on Mars, which has … Read more

This weird star nursery shows how the solar system obtained radioactive elements

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[ad_1] A turbulent cloud complex, thickened by the turbulence of star formation, provides new clues to the formation of our solar system. Gamma ray analysis from the Ophiuchus star formation complex has given us even more evidence that short-lived radioactive elements in the early solar system were delivered via supernova explosions from nearby stars when … Read more

Vega launches the second Pléiades Neo imaging satellite

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[ad_1] TAMPA, Florida – Arianespace launched a second satellite for the Pleiades Neo imagery constellation on August 16 on a Vega rocket. The Pléiades Neo 4 satellite took off from French Guiana at 9:47 p.m. EST, successfully separating from the rocket about an hour later. The satellite will join Pléiades Neo 3, which launched on … Read more

Vega launches the second Pléiades Neo imaging satellite

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[ad_1] TAMPA, Florida – Arianespace launched a second satellite for the Pleiades Neo imagery constellation on August 16 on a Vega rocket. The Pléiades Neo 4 satellite took off from French Guiana at 9:47 p.m. EST, successfully separating from the rocket about an hour later. The satellite will join Pléiades Neo 3, which launched on … Read more