Astronomers have determined the source of an incredibly bright X-ray, optical and radio signal appearing from halfway across the Universe. Birmingham, Dec 09, 2022.- The signal, named AT 2022cmc, was discovered earlier this year by the Zwicky Transient Facility in California. Findings published today in Nature Astronomy, suggest that itContinuar Leyendo
A contract signed today between ESA and Arianespace has ensured rides into orbit for five Copernicus Sentinels: Sentinel-1D, Sentinel-2C, Sentinel-3C, and the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide-A and -B satellites. All the satellites will be launched on Vega-C rockets from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana and are scheduled to take placeContinuar Leyendo
París, Dec 05, 2022.- Today at 17:43 CET (16:43 GMT) the European Service Module for Orion fired its main engine at less than 127 km from the Moon’s surface to put the Artemis spacecraft on a collision course with Earth. Over the last 20 days in space, Orion has venturedContinuar Leyendo
París, December 01, 2022.- Earlier this year, the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) was alerted after an unusual source of visible light had been detected by a survey telescope. The VLT, together with other telescopes, was swiftly repositioned towards the source: a supermassive black hole in aContinuar Leyendo
The impact experiment conducted on the asteroid Ryugu by the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission which took place two years ago resulted in an unexpectedly large crater. With the use of simulations, a team led by the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has recentlyContinuar Leyendo
An international team of astronomers have turned a new technique onto a group of galaxies and the faint light between them — known as ‘intra-group light’ — to characterise the stars that dwell there. Sydney, Nov 27, 2022.- Lead author of the study published in MNRAS, Dr Cristina Martínez-Lombilla fromContinuar Leyendo
Today at 22:52 CET (21:52 GMT) the European Service Module’s auxiliary thrusters fired to put NASA’s Orion spacecraft into a lunar orbit, ten days after liftoff on Earth. París, Nov 25 , 2022.-The European Service Module is powering Orion to the Moon and back, providing electricity, propulsion, keeping electronics andContinuar Leyendo
The European Space Agency has chosen 17 new astronaut candidates from more than 22 500 applicants from across its Member States. In this new 2022 class of ESA astronauts are five career astronauts, 11 members of an astronaut reserve and one astronaut with a disability. París, November 23, 2022.- ESAContinuar Leyendo
Astronomers using the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have discovered the closest-known black hole to Earth. This is the first unambiguous detection of a dormant stellar-mass black hole in the Milky Way. Its close proximity to Earth, a mere 1600 light-years away, offers an intriguing target of studyContinuar Leyendo
Today at 13:44 CET (12:44 GMT) the Artemis spacecraft Orion powered its main thruster on the European Service Module to slingshot around the Moon, just five days after liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. París, November 22, 2022.- The European Service Module is powering Orion around theContinuar Leyendo
