Elon Musk‘s aerospace firm SpaceX has been awarded a $178 million (£129 million) contract for NASA‘s first mission to Europa, Jupiter’s fourth largest moon. SpaceX will provide ‘launch services’ for the Europa Clipper mission, which is due to blast off in October 2024 to study Europa through a series of fly-bys, NASA said. The spacecraft will … Read more
NASA‘s Ingenuity helicopter has flown its tenth flight on Mars, clocking up a total of one mile since its first flight in April. On Saturday (July 24), the robotic copter reached a height of 40 feet (12 metres) – its highest point yet – over a region on the planet called Raised Ridges. Raised Ridges is … Read more
Asteroid the size of the Giza Pyramids to make ‘close’ pass by Earth at speed of 18,000 miles per hour An asteroid is between 318 to 720 feet in length, and will pass by the Earth as it travels at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour GO20 is expected to come as close as … Read more
Asteroid the size of the Giza Pyramids to make ‘close’ pass by Earth at speed of 18,000 miles per hour An asteroid is between 318 to 720 feet in length, and will pass by the Earth as it travels at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour GO20 is expected to come as close as … Read more
NASA‘s Ingenuity Mars helicopter will hit double figures this weekend as it makes its tenth flight on the Red Planet, investigating ‘raised ridges’ in the Jezero crater. The tiny 4lb chopper could return to the Martian skies as early as tomorrow, according to the US space agency, almost three weeks after its last trip. The … Read more
NASA‘s Ingenuity Mars helicopter will hit double figures this weekend as it makes its tenth flight on the Red Planet, investigating ‘raised ridges’ in the Jezero crater. The tiny 4lb chopper could return to the Martian skies as early as tomorrow, according to the US space agency, almost three weeks after its last trip. The … Read more
NASA is using artificial intelligence to take better pictures of the sun as space telescopes can be damaged by staring at the massive star NASA is using artificial intelligence to get a better view of the sun It’s using machine learning on the Solar Dynamics Observatory and its Atmospheric Imagery Assembly imaging instrument It lets … Read more
NASA shares image of the moon’s shadow over the Arctic during last month’s solar eclipse that looks like a smudge NASA shared an of the moon’s shadow hovering over the Arctic during last month’s solar eclipse The image was taken June 10 by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera This instrument is on NOAA’s Deep … Read more
The inner structure of the planet Mars has been revealed thanks to the NASA InSight lander, showing the size of the core, mantle and crust for the first time. Using data on ‘marsquakes’ experienced by the NASA robot, were able to find evidence of three layers of crust stretching down 41 miles below the surface. … Read more
The inner structure of the planet Mars has been revealed thanks to the NASA InSight lander, showing the size of the core, mantle and crust for the first time. Using data on ‘marsquakes’ experienced by the NASA robot, were able to find evidence of three layers of crust stretching down 41 miles below the surface. … Read more