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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is setting out again to reach the asteroid Apophis, which will pass close to Earth in 2029

OSIRIS-REx is heading towards the asteroid Apophis

02/10/2023

A team of researchers has provided a likely explanation for the deformation of the Milky Way caused by dark matter

Dark Matter Has Deformed the Milky Way

30/09/2023

James Webb Space Telescope has detected evidence that carbon is present in ice ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa

James Webb Detects First Evidence of Carbon on Europa

29/09/2023

ASTRONEWS

Scientific discoveries

A research topic based on simulations and data from the Gaia space telescope has identified black holes near Earth

Black Holes Discovered Near Earth

20/09/2023

A team of scientists led by Evgenii Krestianinovla has analyzed a meteorite found in the Sahara dated 4.6 billion years ago

Meteorite 4.6 billion years old

09/09/2023

A team of Polish scientists, analyzing 50 years of data, have found a correlation between cosmic rays and powerful earthquakes

Relationship between cosmic rays and major earthquakes

25/06/2023

Updates from the new space telescope

James webb space telescope

A research team has tested James Webb 's capabilities to determine if it could detect traces of life on Earth

Could James Webb Detect Life on Earth ?

23/09/2023

Un team di ricerca usando il telescopio spaziale James Webb ha scovato un pianeta ricoperto di oceani d'acqua che potrebbe ospitare la vita

James Webb and the Ocean Covered Planet

19/09/2023

A study conducted by the University of Cardiff with the James Webb has captured spectacular images of supernova 1987A

James Webb observes supernova 1987A

02/09/2023

UPDATES from the American company

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Meticulous investigations by the United States FAA have concluded, the Starship launch will proceed after the 63 required modifications

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FAA concludes its investigation into the first Starship launch

16/09/2023

Elon Musk's SpaceX has stacked the two stages of Starship and is ready for the second orbit test launch in this year

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SpaceX ready for the second Starship launch

11/09/2023

To address the issue on April 20th, SpaceX has installed a hot staging to Booster9, which will allow the two stages to separate during flight

Hot staging installed on Booster9

24/08/2023

Space exploration

Technologies & Missions

Samples of asteroid Bennu, collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx, have arrived on Earth after a journey of billions of kilometers

OSIRIS-REx Lands Samples of Asteroid Bennu on Earth

26/09/2023

ESA 's spacecraft, Hera, is the follow-up to the DART mission that struck the asteroid Dimorphos last year, Didymos' smaller companion

ESA assembles Hera spacecraft for DART mission

05/09/2023

Indian probe Chandrayaan-3 landed on the Moon on August 23 at 12:33 GMT near the south pole of our satellite

Chandrayaan-3 probe lands on the Moon

26/08/2023

News from mars

CURIOSITY & FRIENDS

cientist Schulze-Makuch speculates that NASA's Viking missions may have found and accidentally then killed life on Mars

NASA may have discovered and inadvertently killed the life on Mars

12/09/2023

First tests have begun on the engines that will equip the Mars Ascent Vehicle as part of the Mars Sample Return mission

Mars Ascent Vehicle, first tests on rocket engines

21/08/2023

A device called MOXIE on the Perseverance rover transforms the thin atmosphere of the planet, rich in carbon dioxide, into oxygen

MOXIE sets new record for oxygen production on Mars

04/07/2023

News from NASA’s space program

artemis program

NASA technicians at Kennedy Space Center have completed the assembly of the heat shield on Orion, which is part of the Artemis 2 mission

Heat shield mounted on Orion for Artemis 2 mission

13/07/2023

Company Maxar will produce robots, called Light Bender, to reflect sunlight in the dark areas of the Moon during the Artemis missions

Light Bender robot will aid the Artemis missions

09/07/2023

Fleet Space is developing a network of seismographs, named SPIDER, to detect earthquakes on the Moon during the Artemis missions

SPIDER: Seismographs of Artemis Missions

06/07/2023

“Space trivia

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Alien mummies presented to members of Congress in Mexico have gone around the world, but no, they are not aliens !

Fake news of alien mummies in Mexico

17/09/2023

Indian probe Chandrayaan-3, which landed on the lunar south pole on August 23rd, has detected a moonquake after decades

Chandrayaan-3 detects a moonquake

14/09/2023

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured images of the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 landed near the South Pole

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted Chandrayaan-3

10/09/2023