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Under the heavily cratered and icy surface of Mimas, one of Saturn’s smallest moons, scientists have found a vast ocean of liquid water. This is reported by Sciencedaily, Ukrinform reports. This discovery, led by Dr. Valérie Laney of the Paris Observatory PSL, makes Mimas a prime target for studying the origin of life in the […]
SpaceX has launched a new batch of Starlink Internet satellites into low Earth orbit, Space reports. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on February 10 at 02:34 a.m. Kyiv time. The launch took place on SpaceX’s third attempt, as the first two attempts were […]
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has captured the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, in infrared light, says Space. The aurora borealis is formed as a result of a solar flare. This flare releases electrically charged particles […]
The Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the crew of Axiom Space’s Axiom-3 commercial mission returned to Earth from the International Space Station after almost three weeks. This was reported by the media. The publication notes that at about 8:20 a.m. US East Coast time, the ship entered the dense layers of the atmosphere, and a few […]
Satellites are very expensive to build and send into orbit, and engineers work to ensure that they last as long as possible. However, there is one limiting factor – the need for fuel. Most satellites are passive objects orbiting the Earth. They need to maintain a position so that their solar panels are facing the […]
SpaceX plans to use its Falcon 9 rocket to send Intuitive Machines’ new Nova-C lander to the moon. The rocket is scheduled to be launched on February 14, at 08:57 Moscow time, from the John F. Kennedy Space Center. JFK in Florida. It will take Nova-C nine days to reach the Moon and attempt a […]
An international team of researchers discovered 18 tidal star destruction events (TDEs) by supermassive black holes that had previously gone unnoticed due to dust in space. These phenomena occur approximately once every 10,000-100,000 years in each galaxy and are accompanied by a huge release of energy. According to scientists, due to dust that hides radiation […]
SpaceX plans to launch a new batch of its Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on February 9, if weather conditions are favorable, says Space. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites is scheduled to launch no earlier than 02:56 Kyiv time from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. SpaceX will broadcast the launch live […]
Scientists have analyzed the fragments of a meteorite that fell near Berlin on January 21, 2024 They came to the conclusion that the celestial body belonged to a very rare type of asteroid – achondrites (aubrites). The study published on the official website of the SETI Institute for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. The found […]
Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have obtained stunning new images of the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io, which has the largest number of volcanoes on its surface among all the planets of the solar system. This was the second very close flyby of Io, but this time the Juno probe recorded […]