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ISS astronauts find tomato that disappeared 8 months ago, former suspect can now sleep peacefully. The 2.5 cm (1 inch) wide Red Robin dwarf tomato was part of the last harvest for the Veg-05 experiment, which was overseen by American astronaut Frank Rubio, Space.com reports. After the harvest on March 29, 2023, each ISS astronaut […]
SpaceX has made two attempts to launch the Starship spacecraft into orbit. As part of the third test, the aerospace company and NASA plan to test the refueling technology in orbit. NASA wants to test the viability of the concept of orbital refueling of the spacecraft. At the same time, the agency has not yet […]
NASA’s interplanetary station Psyche has transmitted the first images from its cameras to Earth. Calibration and testing showed that the multispectral cameras (the spacecraft has two identical ones) are working within normal limits and are ready to perform the mission. Checking other systems also raised no questions. The device will begin its scientific work in […]
NASA’s Chandra Space X-ray Observatory has detected a cluster of pulsars, or “spiders,” that are swallowing up their satellite stars in the Omega Centauri globular cluster, Space.com reports. The observations should help scientists better understand how rapidly rotating neutron stars, called “spiders,” consume their neighbors, destroying the surrounding stars with intense radiation. The five spider […]
LandSpace Technology, one of China’s private space companies based in Beijing, is preparing to launch a satellite into orbit as part of a key commercial test of its methane and liquid oxygen rocket. This was reported by Reuters. Investors and rocket developers have said that methane can help reduce costs and provide more environmentally friendly […]
Breathtaking photos of the Blue Marble-like Earth surrounded by the black abyss of space were taken by the first ultra-high-resolution camera orbiting our planet. As a result, the footage shows a bright blue planet surrounded by blackness, the Daily Mail reports. The photo was taken using a 360-degree measurement launched into space by a private […]
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a picture of a glowing cloud surrounding a newborn star, Space.com reports. This is the so-called Herbig-Aro object, which is formed when stellar wind and gas jets burst out of newborn stars, causing shock waves. They crash at high speeds into the gas and dust from which the […]
Astronauts have problems with their finger nails during spacewalks. Space is not the most comfortable environment for humans. If there are no normal earthly conditions, including the usual gravity, then a person begins to experience health problems. First of all, it concerns the loss of bone and muscle density. Studies show that another disadvantage of […]
Researchers from the Telescope Array have detected an ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) with an energy of approximately 244 exa-electron volts, or about 40 Joules. Gizmodo writes about it. According to the researchers, this is one of the highest energy levels ever observed for cosmic rays. It is about a million times higher than what […]
Researchers from the American Space Agency have achieved impressive success in optical communication, transmitting messages from the Psyche spacecraft to Earth from a distance of 16 million kilometers. The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) system used a near-infrared laser encoded with test data to transmit a message from Psyche to a distance 40 times the […]