ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and his NASA crew mates Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron are all smiles as they arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA on 26 October 2021. París, October 27, 2021.- Collectively, the astronauts make up Crew-3 and will travel to the InternationalContinuar Leyendo
New images have revealed detailed clues about how the first stars and structures were formed in the Universe and suggest the formation of the Galaxy got off to a fitful start. Nothhingam, October 21, 2021.- An international team of astronomers from the University of Nottingham and Centro de Astrobiología (CAB,Continuar Leyendo
In the early solar system, a «protoplanetary disk» of dust and gas rotated around the sun and eventually coalesced into the planets we know today. Cambridge, MA, October 18, 2021.- A new analysis of ancient meteorites by scientists at MIT and elsewhere suggests that a mysterious gap existed within thisContinuar Leyendo
The magnetic and particle environment around Mercury was sampled by BepiColombo for the first time during the mission’s close flyby of the planet at 199 km on 1-2 October 2021, while the huge gravitational pull of the planet was felt by its accelerometers. Paris, October 15, 2021.- The magnetic andContinuar Leyendo
Parìs. October 14, 2021.- Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope recently revealed water vapour in the atmosphere of Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s moons. A new analysis of archival images and spectra has now revealed that water vapour is also present in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. TheContinuar Leyendo
The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived safely at Pariacabo harbour in French Guiana. ESA in close collaboration with NASA will now prepare this once in a generation mission for its launch on Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport this December. París, October 12, 2021.- Few space science missions have been asContinuar Leyendo
Since the Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater on Mars in February, the rover and its team of scientists back on Earth have been hard at work exploring the floor of the crater that once held an ancient lake. Perseverance and the Mars 2020 mission are looking for signs ofContinuar Leyendo
Princeton, October 06, 2021.- A promising method for producing and observing on Earth a process important to black holes, supernova explosions and other extreme cosmic events has been proposed by scientists at Princeton University’s Department of Astrophysical Sciences, SLAC National Acceleraor Laboratory, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) PrincetonContinuar Leyendo
In a distant star system — a mere 1,300 light years away from Earth — UNLV researchers and colleagues may have identified the first known planet to orbit three stars. Las Vegas, October 03, 2021.- Unlike our solar system, which consists of a solitary star, it is believed that halfContinuar Leyendo
La misión BepiColombo con destino Mercurio, de la ESA/JAXA, efectuará el próximo 1 de octubre el primero de los seis sobrevuelos a este planeta de destino antes de entrar en órbita en 2025. París, 30 de Septiembre de 2021.- Tras su reciente sobrevuelo de Venus realizado en agosto, el próximoContinuar Leyendo
