BepiColombo Is Finally Meeting Mercury for the First Time
BepiColombo will fly by Mercury for the first time today, the first of six flybys it will make on its mission to begin researching the…
Astronomy
8-Year-Old Asteroid Hunter from Brazil Is “World’s Youngest Astronomer”
Despite just spending 8 years on Earth, one girl has already left a significant impact on the solar system. Nicole Oliveira, a Brazilian astronomer, has…
US Space Force awards $87.5M to Rocket Lab, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and ULA for Next-Gen Rocket Testing
The United States Space Force, which was set off from the Air Force in December 2019, has revealed the recipients of its latest round of…
DCVC Partner and Planet Labs co-founder Chris Boshuizen Bound for Space on Blue Origin’s Second Human Flight
When Blue Origin’s second human spaceflight takes off, it will be led by Dr. Chris Boshuizen, co-founder of Planet Labs and current partner at venture…
Strongest, Longest Marsquakes Yet Detected by NASA’S Insight Lander
NASA’s InSight Mars lander produced one of the strongest and longest marsquakes ever observed on its 1,000th sol on the Red Planet. The earthquake, which…
Solar-driven Change on the Moon Discovered by Planetary Scientists
Scientists have discovered that solar radiation may be a more important source of tiny lunar iron nanoparticles than previously thought. Because the moon lacks the…
Mellow Supermassive Black Holes emit Gamma Rays and Neutrinos
The size of black holes varies. At the heart of most local, massive galaxies are thought to be a supermassive black hole (hundreds of thousands…
Lunar Crater Named after African-American Arctic Explorer Dr. Matthew Henson
The International Astronomical Union has announced that a previously unnamed impact crater on the Moon will be named after Dr. Matthew Alexander Henson, an African-American…
New Method Established for Weighing the Universe’s Most Extreme Black Holes
Quasars are fuelled by some of the universe’s most intense black holes. Astronomers have developed a novel approach to determine how heavy these supermassive black…
Inspiration4 Crew is Safely Back on Earth having Smashed Records and Fundraising Goals
After a historic three-day space adventure, the four members of the Inspiration4 crew have safely returned to Earth. The mission set a number of records…
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