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On January 29, SpaceX launched two batches of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit from different launch sites in the United States, Space reports. The first Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites was launched from NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:15 Kyiv time. The second Falcon 9 rocket launched another 22 […]
In a new study, scientists have linked faults located in the moon’s South Polar Region to one of the most powerful lunar earthquakes recorded by Apollo seismometers more than 50 years ago. According to a new study, the Moon is gradually shrinking, leading to a growing number of landslides that could endanger future astronauts. The […]
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a photo of a 250 thousand meter long star bridge. light years, stretching between two galaxies from the Arp 295 group, NASA reports. When galaxies are so close that they gravitationally affect each other’s shape, they are called interacting galaxies. The process of interaction takes place over billions […]
Scientists plan to send a new robot surgeon to the ISS. Its successful test will pave the way for the use of similar facilities on Earth. A manipulator will also be sent into space to move various cargoes in zero gravity. A robotic surgeon may soon enter the orbit of our planet. Although it won’t […]
Modern astronomers are getting closer to solving the mystery of the origin of the most massive and ancient black holes in the Universe. Thanks to the data obtained during observations using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have gathered irrefutable evidence that black holes of extremely large size existed in the young Universe. Although […]
The Jezero crater in the northern part of Mars, formed by a meteorite, once contained a huge lake and a river delta, which gives hope for finding remnants of life in the past. According to Science Daily, this was confirmed by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover using a special radar. Over the centuries, sedimentation and erosion […]
Recently, the eighth time in history that an asteroid was detected in a short period of time – only 95 minutes before its approach – was recorded, and it happened in the sky over Germany. After its explosion in the atmosphere, an active search campaign began for the remnants that could have survived reentry and […]
Swedish photographer Peter Rosen witnessed a unique optical phenomenon when he observed the planet Venus emitting green light, which is a rather rare atmospheric phenomenon. Rosen, who had planned to take pictures of Venus and the moonrise over Stockholm, instead captured this rare green flash, which has been photographed only a few times in history. […]
The Japanese space agency JAXA has announced the details of the SLIM module’s landing on the Moon. The landing went smoothly, but as a result, the vehicle overturned. Apparently, at an altitude of 50 meters, while performing an obstacle avoidance maneuver, the thrust of one of the module’s two main engines disappeared, leading to an […]
In 2021, a historic event took place on Mars: aviation appeared on it. It was Ingenuity – literally a smartphone with a propeller – and this Martian helicopter has been traveling around Mars for the past three years. But he recently flew a flight: at the end of his 72nd flight, he damaged the propeller […]