From 2014 to 2024, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been studying the outer planets under a program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) to obtain long-time baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in order to understand their atmospheric dynamics and evolution. Hubble is the only telescope thatContinuar Leyendo
A team of astronomers has found that Venus has never been habitable, despite decades of speculation that our closest planetary neighbour was once much more like Earth than it is today. Cambrigde, Dec 07, 2024.- The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, studied the chemical composition of the Venusian atmosphereContinuar Leyendo
Tucson, Nov 07, 2024.- In the 1997 movie «Contact,» adapted from Carl Sagan’s 1985 novel, scientist Ellie Arroway, played by Jodi Foster, takes a space-alien-built wormhole ride to the star Vega. She emerges inside a snowstorm of debris encircling the star – but no obvious planets are visible. According toContinuar Leyendo
Stare deeply at these galaxies. They appear as if blood is pumping through the top of a flesh-free face. The long, ghastly ‘stare’ of their searing eye-like cores shines out into the supreme cosmic darkness. París, November 01, 2024.- These galaxies have only grazed one another so far, with theContinuar Leyendo
The two CubeSat passengers aboard ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence have exchanged their first signals with Earth, confirming their nominal status. The pair were switched on to check out all their systems, marking the first operation of ESA CubeSats in deep space. París, October 28, 2024.- “Each CubeSat was activatedContinuar Leyendo
An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect the first rich population of brown dwarf candidates outside the Milky Way in the star cluster NGC 602. París, October 24, 2024.- Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy roughly 200Continuar Leyendo
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided a dramatic and colourful close-up look at one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars. Hubble’s images capture its details and its evolution is featured by a unique timelapse video. París, Oct 16, 2024.-Continuar Leyendo
París, October 14, 2024.- ESA has taken another important step on the road towards sustainability in space with its first in-orbit servicing mission RISE. A €119 million contract was signed with D-Orbit as the co-funding prime contractor. RISE is a commercial in-orbit servicing mission that will demonstrate that it canContinuar Leyendo
París, Oct 07, 2024.- At ESA’s ESOC mission control centre, in Darmstadt, Germany, every launch is preceded by the pre-launch briefing – and the all-important team photos. The next spacecraft to be flown from ESOC, Hera, is scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a SpaceX FalconContinuar Leyendo
Looking deep into the early universe with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to its gas outshining its stars. París, Sept 25, 2024.- Found approximately one billion years after the big bang, galaxy GS-NDG-9422 (9422)Continuar Leyendo
