Space, the final frontier
- China's Smart Dragon-3 launches 8 satellites from sea platform
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- China launched the last pair of Beidou navigation satellites
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- LandSpace's Zhuque 3 VTVL-1 completes 10km vertical flight
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- Satellites Discovered Something Bizarre in the 1960s — We Finally Know What It Iswww.inverse.com Satellites Discovered Something Bizarre in the 1960s — We Finally Know What It Is
Researcher’s from NASA recently launched a rocket high into the sky over the Arctic to measure the electrical charge of Earth’s atmosphere.
- Galactic Energy launches six satellites with third sea launchspacenews.com Galactic Energy launches six satellites with third sea launch
Galactic Energy launches six satellites with third sea launch China’s Galactic Energy conducted its third Ceres-1 solid rocket sea launch Thursday, successfully sending six satellites into orbit.
- New strategy for producing water on the Moonomniletters.com New strategy for producing water on the Moon
Chinese researchers have created a method to produce water on the Moon on a large scale, using the reaction of lunar regolith with endogenous hydrogen.
- Mineral with water molecules discovered in Chang'e-5 lunar sample
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- India delays planned space station and moon base by 5 yearswww.theregister.com India delays planned space station and moon base by 5 years
As results from 2023's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggest south pole Moon magma
- The Webb Telescope Further Deepens the Biggest Controversy in Cosmologywww.quantamagazine.org The Webb Telescope Further Deepens the Biggest Controversy in Cosmology | Quanta Magazine
A long-awaited study of the cosmic expansion rate suggests that when it comes to the Hubble tension, cosmologists are still missing something.
- You've never seen a prettier radiation-spewing supermassive black holewww.popsci.com You've never seen a prettier radiation-spewing supermassive black hole
A spiral galaxy with an ‘active galactic nucleus’ shows off in a new JWST image.
- Venus may be able to support life, new atmospheric evidence suggestswww.space.com Venus may be able to support life, new atmospheric evidence suggests
"Whether it's in penguin poop or badger guts, we don't know why bacteria make phosphine, but they do."
- Chinese scientists discover naturally occurring "few-layer graphene" while analyzing the sample Chang'e-5 collected from the Moon's surface in December 2020.ca.news.yahoo.com China Finds Something Strange in Sample Retrieved From Moon
Lunar Graphene Chinese scientists have made an unusual discovery while analyzing the sample Chang'e-5 collected from the Moon's surface in December 2020. They found naturally occurring "few-layer graphene" for the first time, as state-run news agency Global Times reports, which could have major impl...
- A cave discovered on the Moon opens up new opportunities for settlement by humanstheconversation.com A cave discovered on the Moon opens up new opportunities for settlement by humans
The caves would protect astronauts from meteorite strikes and cosmic radiation.
- China's 30-satellite information superhighway to connect Earth, mooninterestingengineering.com China's 30-satellite information superhighway to connect Earth, moon
Chinese scientists propose a 30-satellite network to establish an "information superhighway" between Earth and the moon.
- Scientists discover that a type of moss can grow on Marswww.bbc.co.uk Scientists discover that a type of moss can grow on Mars
Scientists in China say they have discovered that a type of moss would survive on Mars. Syntrichia caninervis is type of moss usually found in regions such an Antartica or the Mojave desert. But now, scientists has been found that it can survive Mars-like-conditions including drought, high levels ...
- China Planning to Smash Asteroid in Planetary Defense Testfuturism.com China Planning to Smash Asteroid in Planetary Defense Test
China is planning to send an satellite into orbit that will then study and smash to bits a nearby asteroid in a test mission to defend Earth.
- The Head of NASA Is Being Awfully Catty About China's Amazing New Moon Samplesfuturism.com The Head of NASA Is Being Awfully Catty About China's Amazing New Moon Samples
In a spiteful retort earlier this week, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the agency was willing to work with China to examine Moon rocks.
- There's an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can't Study China's Amazing New Moon Rocksfuturism.com There's an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can't Study China's Amazing New Moon Rocks
The US enacted a law in 2011 that forbids NASA from cooperating with China, which means it may not be able to study the latest Moon rocks.
- China calls on scientists of all nations to study lunar samples, but notes obstacle with the USapnews.com China calls on scientists of all nations to study lunar samples, but notes obstacle with the US
China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from across the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that cooperation, specifically with the U.S.
- Astronomers think they’ve figured out how and when Jupiter’s Red Spot formedarstechnica.com Astronomers think they’ve figured out how and when Jupiter’s Red Spot formed
Astronomers concluded it is not the same and that Cassini's spot disappeared in 1708.
- Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real timewww.eso.org Astronomen sehen das Erwachen eines massereichen Schwarzen Lochs in Echtzeit
Ende 2019 begann die zuvor unauffällige Galaxie SDSS1335+0728 plötzlich heller zu leuchten als je zuvor. Um den Ursachen auf den Grund zu gehen, haben Astronomen Daten von mehreren Weltraum- und Bodenobservatorien, darunter das Very Large Telescope (VLT) der Europäischen Südsternwarte (ESO), verwend...
- 7 solar system mysteries scientists haven’t solved yetwww.vox.com 7 solar system mysteries scientists haven’t solved yet
Why is our moon so weird? Was there ever life on Mars? Big cosmic questions lurk in our celestial backyard.
- Human missions to Mars in doubt after astronaut kidney shrinkage revealedwww.yahoo.com Human missions to Mars in doubt after astronaut kidney shrinkage revealed
‘An astronaut could make it to Mars but they might need dialysis on the way back,’ scientist warns
- "Once-in-a-lifetime" cosmic explosion is likely this summer, NASA says. Here's what to know.www.cbsnews.com "Once-in-a-lifetime" cosmic explosion is likely this summer, NASA says. Here's what to know.
A dramatic cosmic explosion is expected this summer. NASA says the event will be visible to even the naked eye.
- Webb telescope reveals asteroid collision in neighboring star systemhub.jhu.edu Webb telescope reveals asteroid collision in neighboring star system
The observations spotlight the volatile processes that shape star systems like our own, offering a unique glimpse into the primordial stages of planetary formation
- Hong Kong’s first astronaut to join Chinese space programme, agency confirmswww.scmp.com Hong Kong’s first astronaut to join Chinese space programme, agency confirms
Chief Executive John Lee says resident will serve as payload specialist in China’s manned space programme, calling it ‘glorious’ moment in history.
- Chinese Lander Instrument Detects Negative Ions on Far Side of Moonfuturism.com Chinese Lander Instrument Detects Negative Ions on Far Side of Moon
An ESA scientific instrument dropped off by China's lunar lander detected negative ions on the far side of the Moon.
- China’s Chang’e-6 lifts off from far side of Moon with rock sampleswww.aljazeera.com China’s Chang’e-6 lifts off from far side of Moon with rock samples
Probe’s successful departure brings China closer to becoming the first country to return samples from far side of Moon.
- China's spacecraft carrying rocks from the far side of the moon leaves the lunar surfaceapnews.com China's spacecraft carrying rocks from the far side of the moon leaves the lunar surface
China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off from the lunar surface to start its journey back to Earth.
- FAST discovers the most distant neutral hydrogen galaxieswww.eurekalert.org FAST discovers the most distant neutral hydrogen galaxies
Dr. XI Hongwei from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), and his collaborators have revealed the properties of six new high-redshift galaxies, using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in China’s Guizhou Provi...
- Chang’e-6 lands on far side of the moon to collect unique lunar samplesspacenews.com Chang’e-6 lands on far side of the moon to collect unique lunar samples
Chang’e-6 lands on far side of the moon to collect unique lunar samples China’s Chang’e-6 mission made a successful soft landing on the far side of the moon late Saturday.
- China's Chang'e 6 probe to land on far side of the moon this weekend to return lunar samples to Earthwww.space.com China's Chang'e 6 probe to land on far side of the moon this weekend to return lunar samples to Earth
Touchdown will apparently occur on Saturday night (June 1).
- Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)www.space.com Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)
The spacewalk today (May 28) lasted about 8.5 hours.
- When Was Earth Last Struck by a Supernova?www.scientificamerican.com When Was Earth Last Struck by a Supernova?
A supernova showering Earth with radioactive debris is a surprisingly common cosmic occurrence
- Why physicists now question the fate of the Universebigthink.com Why physicists now question the fate of the Universe
For nearly 25 years, we thought we knew how the Universe would end. Now, new measurements point to a profoundly different conclusion.