By performing a series of real and ‘fake’ flybys, ESA’s Mars Express has revealed how Mars’ largest moon, Phobos, interacts with the solar wind of charged particles thrown out by the Sun – and spotted an elusive process that has only been seen at Phobos once before. París, The solarContinuar Leyendo
Data from ESA’s Gaia mission is re-writing the history of our galaxy, the Milky Way. What had traditionally been thought of as satellite galaxies to the Milky Way are now revealed to be mostly newcomers to our galactic environment. París, Nov 24, 2021.- A dwarf galaxy is a collection ofContinuar Leyendo
París, Nov 19, 2021.- Solar Orbiter is returning to Earth for a flyby before starting its main science mission to explore the Sun and its connection to ‘space weather’. During the flyby Solar Orbiter must pass through the clouds of space debris that surround our planet, making this manoeuvre theContinuar Leyendo
The world will be watching the milestone launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART, spacecraft on Wednesday, 24 November, intended to alter one small part of the Solar System forever. París, Nov 18, 2021.- DART will collide with the small moon of an asteroid in order to shift itsContinuar Leyendo
From panoramas to close-ups, from 3D maps to a wheel selfie, the Earth-bound twin of ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover is testing the wide range of photo settings that will deliver the greatest science possible during the ExoMars mission on the Red Planet. París, Nov 08, 2021.- The scientific eyes ofContinuar Leyendo
The galaxy Messier 87 (M87) is located 55 million light years away from Earth in the Virgo constellation. It is a giant galaxy with 12,000 globular clusters, making the Milky Way’s 200 globular clusters appear modest in comparison. A black hole of six and a half billion sun masses isContinuar Leyendo
Most elements lighter than iron are forged in the cores of stars. A star’s white-hot center fuels the fusion of protons, squeezing them together to build progressively heavier elements. But beyond iron, scientists have puzzled over what could give rise to gold, platinum, and the rest of the universe’s heavyContinuar Leyendo
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
