Image: Through the heat barrier
ESA's next CubeSat mission seen enduring the scorching heat of simulated atmospheric reentry inside the world's largest plasma wind tunnel.
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Image: Fireball moon Venus
Sometimes, nature is the best art director!
Space objects will still be hard to protect despite new policy
A new space traffic management policy signed by President Donald Trump could help prevent thousands of space objects from colliding, but sufficient technical solutions are lacking, says Carolin Frueh, Purdue assistant professor ...
US stepping up Earth's protection from asteroids, comets
The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to protect the planet from incoming asteroids that could wipe out entire regions or even continents.
Martian dust storm grows global; Curiosity captures photos of thickening haze
A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two weeks and prompted NASA's Opportunity rover to suspend science operations. But across the planet, NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been studying ...
