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in News, NASA, AmericaSpace, Space, Science, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dawn, Space Exploration, press release, astronomy, Technology, Exploration, Solar System, Research, News Release, European Southern Observatory (ESO)The Changing Bright Spots of Ceres: New Evidence for Geological Activity?
Ceres is the king of the asteroid belt, being the largest object in that region of the Solar System, and the Dawn spacecraft has shown it to be a very interesting world. While it is relatively small, classified as a dwarf planet, and very cold being so far from the Sun, there are hints that […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, Space, Science, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, Space Exploration Technologies, press release, Earth, Technology, Exploration, asteroids, Comets, Solar System, Research, News Release, Stardust, OSIRIS-RExCalling All Artists: Send Your Artwork to Asteroid Bennu on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
This coming September, a new NASA spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, will be heading toward an asteroid to collect samples which will later be brought back to Earth. This is the first time for such a sample return mission to an asteroid by a U.S. spacecraft, but there’s also another unique aspect to this mission: Artists, and space enthusiasts in […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Space, Science, JPL, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, press release, astronomy, European Space Agency, Technology, Exploration, Exoplanets, Astrobiology, Solar System, Neptune, Research, News Release, habitability, Super EarthsHubble Space Telescope Analyzes Atmosphere of Super-Earth Exoplanet for First Time
Exoplanets are now being discovered by the thousands, but most are so far away that determining anything specific about their composition or atmosphere is currently very difficult. But technology keeps advancing, and scientists are now starting to be able to learn more about them, at least ones which are a bit closer to our own […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, Space, Science, Space Exploration, astronomy, Technology, Exploration, Research, black holes, Universe, cosmology, astrophysics‘We did it!’ Gravitational Waves Confirmed for First Time After Being Predicted by Einstein
Today was a big day for physicists and space science, with the announcement of the first confirmed detection of gravitational waves, 100 years after they had been predicted by Albert Einstein as a major aspect of his general theory of relativity. The gravitational waves detected were produced the final fraction of a second of the merger […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Mars, Space, Science, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, Mars Exploration Rovers, Space Exploration, Mars Phoenix Lander, press release, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Earth, Technology, Exploration, Mars Express, Solar System, Research, News Release, InSight, InSight, Mars OdysseyNASA’s InSight Mission to Mars Suspended Due to Vacuum Leak in Critical Seismometer Instrument
NASA officially announced at a media teleconference yesterday that the InSight mission to Mars has now been postponed, for at least two years, due to a leak in a seismometer instrument which cannot be repaired in time for the planned launch in March 2016. The lander had just been delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base on Dec. […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Mars, Space, Science, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, Mars Exploration Rovers, Space Exploration, Mars Phoenix Lander, press release, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Earth, Technology, Exploration, Mars Express, Solar System, Research, News Release, InSight, InSight, Mars OdysseyNASA’s InSight Lander Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Prepares for Launch to Mars
Update: Just after this article was published, it was announced that there may be a launch delay due to the problem with a vacuum leak in the seismometer instrument. Today, NASA has officially announced at a media teleconference that the mission has now been postponed, for at least two years, since the leak cannot be […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Space, Science, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, Cassini, press release, Technology, Exploration, Astrobiology, American Geophysical Union, Europa, Saturn, Solar System, Research, News Release, habitability, EnceladusCassini Prepares for Last Epic Flyby of Saturn’s Ocean Moon Enceladus
The Cassini spacecraft’s discoveries about the tiny moon Enceladus have been some of the most exciting of the entire mission at Saturn. What was once thought to likely be little more than a frozen ice world has turned out to be one of the best places in the Solar System to search for evidence of […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Mars, Space, Science, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, Mars Exploration Rovers, Space Exploration, Mars Phoenix Lander, Space Exploration Technologies, Earth, Technology, Exploration, Mars Express, Solar System, Research, MAVEN, InSight, habitability, InSight, Mars OdysseyWelcome to Bagnold: Curiosity Rover Reaches Massive Dark Sand Dunes Near Mount Sharp
Since landing in 2012, the Curiosity rover has seen a lot of varied terrain within Gale crater, including ancient riverbed gravel, sandstone and mudstone rock outcrops, sand ripples finely sculpted by the Martian wind, and, of course, Mount Sharp looming above. Now the rover has reached a new type of landform previously only seen from […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Mars, Space, Science, JPL, Lockheed Martin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, Curiosity, Mars Exploration Rovers, Space Exploration, Mars Phoenix Lander, Space Exploration Technologies, press release, Earth, France, Technology, Exploration, Mars Express, CNES, Solar System, Research, MAVEN, News Release, InSight, habitability, InSight, Mars OdysseyVacuum Leak Discovered in Key Science Instrument for InSight Mission to Mars
One of the science instruments being installed on the InSight lander is experiencing a vacuum leak, according to an update posted Dec. 3 on the JPL website. The leak is in the vacuum container carrying the main sensors for the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS). The seismometer is one of the instruments which will be used […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Moon, Mars, Space, Science, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, Curiosity, Mars Exploration Rovers, Space Exploration, Mars Phoenix Lander, Space Exploration Technologies, Cassini, press release, Earth, Technology, Exploration, Exoplanets, Astrobiology, asteroids, Europa, Jupiter, Comets, Saturn, Solar System, Research, News Release, InSight, habitability, EnceladusNASA Developing New ‘Chemical Laptop’ to Search for Evidence of Alien Life
One of NASA’s primary objectives, and the one which most excites the general public, is the search for evidence of life elsewhere, whether in our own Solar System or on some distant exoplanet. However, the best way to go about that is a subject of much debate. Now, researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Mars, Space, Science, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, Curiosity, Mars Exploration Rovers, Johns Hopkins University, Space Exploration, Mars Phoenix Lander, press release, Earth, Technology, Exploration, Astrobiology, Life on Mars, Mars Express, Solar System, Research, MAVEN, News Release, InSight, habitability, InSight, Mars OdysseyNASA’s Curiosity Rover Approaching Active Martian Sand Dunes After Latest Drilling Completed
Mars is often referred to as a desert world, being bone-dry for the most part, with dust and sand blanketing most of the surface. Some regions are covered in vast sand dunes, reminiscent of deserts like the Sahara on Earth, only much colder. Gale crater, where the Curiosity rover landed in 2012, features extensive dune […] More
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in News, Tech, NASA, AmericaSpace, Space, Science, JPL, James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, press release, Kepler, astronomy, Earth, Technology, Exploration, Exoplanets, Astrobiology, Solar System, Research, News Release, Venus, James Webb Telescope, habitabilityGJ 1132b: Nearest Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered So Far May Be a ‘Venus Twin’
Astronomers have discovered another Earth-sized exoplanet that is the closest one to our own Solar System found so far, but it might not be a nice place to live or even visit, with conditions thought to be more like Venus than our home world. More
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