A violent dust storm has been observed on a planet outside our own Solar system for the first time. The phenomenon was detected on the exoplanet known as VHS 1256b, which is about 40 light years from Earth. The remarkable capabilities of the new Telescope James Webb Space (JWST) were needed to make the discovery. …
James Webb records dust storm on exoplanet – 03/23/2023 – Science Read More »
In 2021, PhD student Alexia Lopez was analyzing light coming from distant quasars when she made a startling discovery. she found a giant arc of galaxies, almost symmetrical, 9.3 billion light-years from Earth, in the constellation Boieiro. At a massive 3.3 billion light-years across, the structure covers 1/15 of the radius of the observable Universe. …
Understand what galaxy arcs are – 03/18/2023 – Science Read More »
Meta’s corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California on Nov. 9, 2022. JOSH EDELSON / AFP Ten thousand more redundancies. This was announced on Tuesday, March 14, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Meta, just four months after parting with 11,000 employees. With this second wave of job cuts, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp …
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The Crew Dragon capsule arrives successfully 0:52 (CNN) — The four astronauts that make up the Crew-5 crew aboard the International Space Station returned home this Saturday after a five-month stay in space and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule disembarked from the space station at 2:20 a.m. ET; the …
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The second mission of the program will place four humans in orbit around the Earth satellite, two years after Artemis 1. They will not land on the Moon, this will be the objective of Artemis 3, for which there are still missing bricks. Exactly two years after the first Artemis mission, at the end of …
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last week confirmed the construction of Tesla’s fifth gigafactory and the first in Mexico, an announcement widely awaited in the nation, where the million-dollar investment is expected to boost the expansion of the automotive industry and the economic development of the country. It was on Tesla Investor Day, when the director and founder of the …
What time is it on the moon? Since the dawn of the space age, the answer has been: it depends. For decades, the lunar missions operated in the time of the country that launched them. But with several lunar explorations heading to the launch pad European Space Agency (ESA) deemed the current system unsustainable. The …
Moon may have its own time zone – 08/03/2023 – Science Read More »
A second attempt to launch Japan’s state-of-the-art H3 rocket failed on Tuesday shortly after liftoff, when the Japanese space agency ordered self-destruction after determining the device would fail to complete the mission. The failure deals a blow to the Japanese space agency Jaxa, which has heralded the H3 as its great low-cost, flexible symbol. The …
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“It’s the best job in the world”, declared Doctor Nicola Fox, on the microphone of BBC Radio 4 Today, on March 4. At NASA, this 54-year-old woman has just taken over the post of director of scientific operations, and therefore the management of the main branch of the American space agency, with an annual budget …
O Hubble Space Telescopeknown for capturing awe-inspiring images of the cosmos while advancing the field of astronomyis under threat. Private companies have launched thousands of satellites into space that are bombarding the telescope with light, producing long bright, curved streaks that can be impossible to remove. And the problem only gets worse. One studypublished last …
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