Webb finds most distant known galaxy
Thursday, 30 May 2024 13:00
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Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have found a record-breaking galaxy observed only 290 million years after the big bang.
Over the last two years, scientists have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to explore what astronomers refer to as Cosmic Dawn – the period in the first few hundred million years after the big bang where the first galaxies were born. These galaxies provide vital insight into the ways in which the gas, stars, and black holes were changing when the universe was very young. In October 2023 and January 2024, an international team of
ISS research shows spaceflight affects tumor-bearing fruit fly hosts and their parasites
Thursday, 30 May 2024 12:56
Like humans, fruit flies (a model organism for spaceflight research) also exhibit immune system dysfunction in space. Despite decades of studies on fruit flies and wasps, little was known about how their immune systems interact with natural parasites in space. Drosophila parasitoid wasps modify blood cell function to suppress host immunity.
South Korea targets Mars mission with new space center
Thursday, 30 May 2024 12:52
South Korea aims to make a Mars landing by 2045, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday, outlining plans to spend about $70 billion over the coming decades on space exploration.
The newly created Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) will lead the drive to make the land of K-pop a new space powerhouse, following the United States, Russia and China.
"I have always believed that there is an infinite dream and future in outer space," Yoon said on Thursday.
"KASA will strive to land a homegrown probe on the moon by 2032 and plant the Taegeukgi (South Korean flag) on Mars by 2045," he said.
South Korea sent up its first lunar orbiter, Danuri, in 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon rocket.
It also successfully launched its homegrown Nuri rocket and placed working satellites into orbit last year after two failed attempts.
Seoul is now gearing up for its fourth launch of the Nuri rocket in the second half of 2025.
Modeled after the United States' NASA, KASA says it will act as an "aerospace control tower", overseeing aerospace policy, satellite development and space missions, including moon exploration.
Will France opt in or out of the U.S. Space Command’s Operation Olympic Defender?
Thursday, 30 May 2024 11:00
Chinese reusable rocket maker to cooperate on new MEO constellation
Thursday, 30 May 2024 10:47
AI startup Wallaroo tapped to help Space Force operationalize machine learning
Thursday, 30 May 2024 09:00
Space industry faces new limits on hazardous chemicals
Thursday, 30 May 2024 08:40
Health and environmental challenges and regulations in ESA Member States regarding the use of hazardous chemicals are set to further impact space programmes, the space sector and its supply chains.
Ursa Major completes ground tests of new hypersonic rocket engine
Thursday, 30 May 2024 03:10
MDA Space joins Starlab Space commercial space station venture
Wednesday, 29 May 2024 21:17
Cargo Ship Departs, Two Rockets Near Launch During Busy Day on Station
Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:40
A cargo ship departed the International Space Station on Tuesday leaving four spacecraft parked at the orbital lab. Meanwhile, as the Expedition 71 crew keeps up its advanced microgravity research two more spaceships are counting down to their missions to the orbital outpost in less than a week.
A trash-loaded Progress 86 cargo craft undocked from the space station's Poisk module at 4:39 a HI-13 accelerator enhanced capability uncovers clues from supernovae in lunar dust
Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:40
Researchers at the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) have significantly enhanced the method of detecting iron-60 (60Fe), a rare isotope found in lunar samples, using the HI-13 tandem accelerator. This achievement paves the way for detecting 60Fe in lunar samples for a deeper understanding of cosmic events like supernovae that occurred millions of years ago.
The study, led by Bing Guo Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA's Magellan Data
Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:40
An analysis of data from Magellan's radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023 discovery of a different active volcano in Magellan data.
Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus has been observed for a second time. Scientists in Italy analyzed archival data from NASA's Magellan mission to reveal surface changes indicating the formatio Starless and forever alone: more 'rogue' planets discovered
Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:40
The Euclid space telescope has discovered seven more rogue planets, shining a light on the dark and lonely worlds floating freely through the universe untethered to any star.
Without being bound to a star, as the Earth is to the Sun, there are no days or years on these planets, which languish in perpetual night.
Yet scientists believe there is a chance they could be able to host life -