NASA's InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw a recent drop in power generated by its solar panels as a continent-size dust storm swirls over Mars' southern hemisphere. First observed on Sept. 21, ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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Observations from the spacecraft's pass of the moon provided the first close-up in over two decades of this ocean world, resulting in remarkable imagery and unique science.
Space Exploration
Oct 5, 2022
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The asteroid that got smacked by a NASA spacecraft is now being trailed by thousands of miles of debris from the impact.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 4, 2022
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The asteroid is flying through space in the grainy black and white video, when suddenly a massive cloud of debris sprays out in front of it, meaning only one thing: impact.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 28, 2022
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While observing the star system HD 23472 with the ESPRESSO spectrograph (ESO), a team led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço's (IA3) researcher Susana Barros (IA & Dep. de Física e Astronomia—Faculdade ...
Astronomy
Sep 27, 2022
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NASA will on Monday attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test of our ability to stop cosmic objects from devastating ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 26, 2022
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NASA has called off the scheduled Tuesday launch of its historic uncrewed mission to the Moon due to a tropical storm that is forecast to strengthen as it approaches Florida.
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2022
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Bet the dinosaurs wish they'd thought of this.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 23, 2022
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After NASA deliberately smashes a car-sized spacecraft into an asteroid next week, it will be up to the European Space Agency's Hera mission to investigate the "crime scene" and uncover the secrets of these potentially devastating ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 23, 2022
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NASA is now targeting September 27 as the earliest possible launch date for its uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, the agency said in a blog post Monday.
Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2022
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