A satellite orbiting Mars has captured the best images ever of a giant “scar” carved across the Red Planet’s surface. The dark rift, which is surrounded by unusual zebra-like stripes, is likely the result of extreme volcanic activity millions of years ago. The striking surface feature, called Aganippe Fossa, is a rift – a “trench-like … Read more
Google is gearing up to unveil the Pixel 9 series at a major launch event. However, numerous leaks and rumors have already given a glimpse of what to expect. This roundup consolidates the key information about the Google Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL. According to sources like “The Elec,” Samsung’s … Read more
Astronomers have discovered two new satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. The findings could help us better understand dark matter: the mysterious stuff that makes up about 85% of the matter in the universe, but remains essentially invisible to us. The discoveries also bring scientists one step closer to solving a persistent problem with the … Read more
Astronomers have discovered two new satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. The findings could help us better understand dark matter: the mysterious stuff that makes up about 85% of the matter in the universe, but remains essentially invisible to us. The discoveries also bring scientists one step closer to solving a persistent problem with the … Read more
Earlier this year the The peace of a Florida neighborhood was disturbed when a piece of junk from the international space station crashed through a house. This was followed in May by a 90-pound piece of a SpaceX Dragon ship crashing into a camping resort in North Carolina, raising the question: are space agencies doing … Read more
WASHINGTON – European weather satellite operator Eumetsat has shifted the upcoming launch of a weather satellite from an Ariane 6 to a Falcon 9, a move that surprised and frustrated European space officials. In a statement late June 28, Eumetsat said the geostationary weather satellite Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) will now be launched on … Read more
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were strapped into their “lifeboat vehicles” and prepared for an emergency evacuation after a defunct Russian satellite broke into hundreds of pieces. That also applied to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which officials said could have reached Earth if debris had crashed into the ISS. “We used Starliner for that … Read more
The position of a newly found dwarf galaxy (Virgo III) in the constellation Virgo (left) and its members (right; the stars circled in white). The member stars are concentrated within the dotted line in the right panel. Credit: NAOJ/Tohoku University For years, astronomers have worried about how to explain why the Milky Way has fewer … Read more
Thousands of satellites are currently in low Earth orbit, and some will eventually become defunct and fall back into our planet’s atmosphere. When they reenter the atmosphere, satellites leave behind a trail of chemicals that eat away at the ozone layer. A new study warns that the growing number of internet satellites have contributed to … Read more
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A defunct Russian satellite has disintegrated into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an hour and adding to the mass of space junk already in a orbit around the Earth is enlarged. agencies said. There … Read more