The Perseus Molecular Cloud complex, one of the nearest star forming regions and rich in young … [+] stellar objects. getty The ingredients for life may have formed in interstellar space alongside stars or planets and be far older than scientists thought, according to new research by chemists. It suggests that the James Webb Space …
Colombian robotics expert Daniela Osorio Payan Daniela Osorio Payan A 19-year-old Colombian mechatronics prodigy has applied her talents to a edible mushroom project that could help future astronauts avoid vitamin D deficiency. Daniela Osorio “Dani” Payán, an analog astronaut and Mechatronics Engeering student at the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente in Cali, Colombia explains that she’s …
The International Space Station in orbit around Earth. NASA Thanksgiving dinner in space sounds a bit fancier than a standard meal on Earth. Quail, seafood and pumpkin spice cappuccino are on the menu this year for the seven-person crew of the International Space Station. That might sound lavish, but astronauts have to make culinary compromises. …
ESA satellite view of Mount Etna shows lava flow on November 13, 2023 from an eruption. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2023), processed by ESA Italy’s Mount Etna doesn’t mess around. The volcano erupted on November 12, kicking out lava and ash in a spectacular display of its might. Etna’s eruptions can look impressive from …
The perspective makes this frog look gigantic as it sits atop the protective dome of an all-sky … [+] camera. NASA It’s Halloween and the folks at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center are probably feeling a chill up their spines thanks to some spooky images captured by sky-watching cameras. The cameras are designed to …
The outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector after its return to Earth. The crumbly black material … [+] is from asteroid Bennu. NASA/Erika Blumenfeld/Joseph Aebersold Dark bits and pieces of a faraway space rock will go on display on November 3 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., marking the public …
A sounding rocket toting a special imaging and spectroscopy instrument will take a brief trip to space Sunday night to try and capture as much data as it can on a long-admired supernova remnant in the Cygnus constellation. Its target, a massive cloud of dust and gas known as the Cygnus Loop or the Veil …
Data from a meteorite impact on Mars that was recorded by NASA’s InSight lander in 2021 is now helping to clear up some confusion about the red planet’s interior makeup. A pair of studies published today in the journal Nature separately determined that Mars’ iron-rich core is smaller and denser than previous measurements suggested, and …
Space isn’t hard only on account of the rocket science. The task of taking a NASA mission from development and funding through construction and launch — all before we even use the thing for science — can span decades. Entire careers have been spent putting a single satellite into space. Nobel-winning NASA physicist John Mather, …
A cropped version of ESA’s Sentinel-1 satellite image shows the northern section of the Panama Canal … [+] with ships as colorful objects. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020-22), processed by ESA This is the Panama Canal like you’ve never seen it before. An image captured from space contains hundreds of ships on their way …