You’re no doubt familiar with the dry, dusty look of Mars as it looks today – but scientists have found evidence of a vast ocean existing on the Red Planet’s surface around…
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Astronaut candidate fly-shaped class patch is a lunar “slam dunk”
October 31, 2022 – NASA astronaut candidates are giving a new definition for “flying me to the moon” with their newly revealed class patch. The 12 spaceflight trainees – 10 from the…
Mars Express got so close to Phobos it had to be reprogrammed to keep the Moon in focus
Let’s talk about Phobos. We know it is a Mars moon and orbits the planet once every 7.4 hours. It has a huge impact crater called Stickney. It measures about 9 km…
The significance of what the Dart mission portends for humanity
(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The success of NASA’s recent Dart (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, which saw a spacecraft deliberately crash into an asteroid to push it into a faster orbit, marked the…
Discover glowing planets and a rare ‘fireball swarm’ as the ‘blood moon’ calls to you: what’s in the night sky this week?
The peak of the 2022 Taurid meteor shower is expected to include a rare outburst. Getty Every Monday, I select the northern hemisphere celestial high points (mid-northern latitudes) for the coming week,…
Too many supernovae can slow star formation in a galaxy
Interstellar winds are powerful agents of change. On the one hand, they can interrupt or completely stop the process of star birth. That’s what a team of astronomers using the Karl Jansky…
Would Mark Watney have survived in real life, and what it can tell us about sending humans to Mars
We eventually want to send humans to Mars, and while it will be both a historic and exciting journey, it could also be tragic and terrible, and we also need to address…
Stem cells reveal: How neurons in PTSD patients respond to stress
In a new study, scientists have found that stem cell-derived neurons from veterans with PTSD respond differently to a stress hormone than those from veterans without PTSD. First induced pluripotent stem cell…
Top 8 Latest Astronomy Stories
Al Woods words 2022 has seen some pretty exciting things happen. From exciting scientific discoveries to eclipses and super moons. It has truly been a year for stargazers, stargazers and space enthusiasts….
Spritacular: NASA’s new citizen science project to capture elusive electrical phenomena in the upper atmosphere on camera – SpaceRef
Red sprites form above thunderstorms in the southeastern Aegean Sea, captured in the eastern suburbs of Athens, Greece, December 4, 2021. Credits: Copyright Thanasis Papathanasiou Nasa A flash, and then – something…