Hubble celebrates 34th anniversary
Tuesday, 23 April 2024 13:00
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In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of the legendary NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 24 April, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The photogenic nebula is a favourite target of amateur astronomers.
China reorganizes its military, impacts likely for space operations
Tuesday, 23 April 2024 11:41
NASA continues work on response to biological and physical sciences decadal survey
Tuesday, 23 April 2024 10:37
Space Team Europe for Ariane 6: Julien Guiridlian
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They say it takes a village to raise a child. To launch a rocket, we have the combined expertise and passion of Space Team Europe. Julien Guiridlian is one of many making the first Ariane 6 launch possible and has been interviewed as part of a series highlighting some of the people that make up this dream team.
Working for France’s space agency CNES, Julien is Ariane launch complex assistant, which means he takes care of the ground segment for the combined tests on Europe’s new rocket. Julien takes care of coordinating everything from the fuel for the
PLD Space raises funding to expand facilities for Miura 5 rocket
Tuesday, 23 April 2024 07:42
Health science in orbit
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Missions to the International Space Station focus on conducting science at Earth’s orbiting laboratory. One of the science pillars for Andreas Mogensen’s Huginn mission was health where researchers study the effects of microgravity on the human body in space. Here is an overview of some of the science that Andreas performed during his six-month mission.
Pentagon eases cloak of secrecy around space warfare training
Monday, 22 April 2024 20:20
NASA's Voyager 1 resumes sending engineering updates to Earth
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For the first time since November, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science data again. The probe and its twin, Voyager 2, are the only spacecraft to ever fly in interstellar space (the space between stars).
Voyager 1 stopped sending readable science and engineering data back to Earth on Nov. 14, 2023, even though mission controllers could tell the spacecraft was still receiving their commands and otherwise operating normally. In March, the Voyager engineering team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed that the issue was tied to one of the spacecraft's three onboard computers, called the flight data subsystem (FDS).
Simulated microgravity affects sleep and physiological rhythms, study finds
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No more jammer sales: it’s time for global enforcement
Monday, 22 April 2024 15:00
Meteor shower to peak today: Here's when and the best way to watch
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One of the oldest known meteor showers is streaking through the sky above California. The Lyrid meteor shower was first recorded in 687 B.C. and has been studied for more than 2,000 years, according to NASA. The meteor shower occurs every April, peaking this year on April 22.
Question: What is a meteor?
Answer: Meteors are essentially debris in the sky. They come from leftover comets and broken asteroids, NASA states.
When the Earth makes passes through the meteors each year, they disintegrate.
"As they burn up in Earth's atmosphere, the meteors leave bright streaks in the sky commonly referred to as 'shooting stars,'" NASA said on its website.
This is the reason meteor showers occur around the same time of year, according to NASA.
Q: When is the Lyrid meteor shower?
A: The Lyrid meteor shower occurs every year between April 16 and April 25, according to NASA.
This year, it will peak on Monday night.
"As with most meteor showers, the peak viewing time will be before dawn, but the Lyrids will become visible beginning at about 10:30 p.m.
Putting cremains on the moon is disrespectful – and bad policy
Monday, 22 April 2024 13:18
ESA’s astronaut class of 2022 graduate
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On Monday 22 April ESA celebrated the graduation of its class of 2022 astronaut candidates. The ceremony, held at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, signified the successful completion of basic training for the five European astronaut graduates and the Australian Space Agency’s first astronaut, all now eligible for spaceflight assignments.
Tracing life's origins: Cambridge team explores early Earth conditions
Monday, 22 April 2024 12:38 Write a comment
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a model illustrating how conditions conducive to life may have arisen naturally. Their study focuses on the synthesis of essential life components like proteins, phospholipids, and nucleotides, crucially involving nitrogen-rich molecules such as nitriles and isonitriles.
Past studies have highlighted these molecules' potential in fo