A Rocket Lab Electron rocket stands on Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand, just ahead of a successful launch on Friday, May 26, with NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) CubeSats payload.
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España es el 25.º signatario de los Acuerdos de Artemis
En una ceremonia celebrada el martes en el Palacio de la Moncloa de Madrid, España se convirtió en el vigésimo quinto país en firmar los Acuerdos de Artemis. El administrador de la NASA, Bill Nelson, participó en la ceremonia de firma por parte de la agencia, y Diana Morant, la ministra de Ciencia e Innovación española, firmó en nombre de España.
Read MoreNASA Welcomes Spain as 25th Artemis Accords Signatory
During a ceremony at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on Tuesday, Spain became the 25th country to sign the Artemis Accords. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in the signing ceremony for the agency, and Diana Morant, Spain’s science and innovation minister, signed on behalf of Spain.
Read MoreNASA’s UFO task force meets on May 31 and you can watch it online with this free livestream
NASA will hold a historic public meeting on UFOs this week and you can watch it all live online in a free webcast. The agency will hold a meeting of the “independent study group” it formed nearly a year ago in June 2022 in order to study data related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), a new term that encompasses objects or occurrences in the sky, underwater or in space that can’t be immediately identified. The meeting will mark the first time the group has discussed the results of its UAP…
Read MoreWatch China launch Shenzhou 16 astronauts to Tiangong space station tonight
China’s next crew of three astronauts is all set to launch for the country’s Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou 16 spacecraft atop of a Long March 2F rocket is set to launch from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 9:31 p.m. EDT on May 29 (0131 GMT, 9:31 a.m. local time on May 30). You can watch live here at Space.com, courtesy of CCTV, or directly from the Chinese broadcaster. Coverage will begin around 6:25 EDT (2225 GMT), just over three hours before liftoff. China’s Shenzhou 16 mission will be…
Read MoreNational Memorial Day Parade honored Apollo astronauts in US capital (video)
Three Apollo lunar module pilots will be joined by an active member of NASA’s astronaut corps as they help lead the National Memorial Day Parade today (May 29) in Washington, D.C.. Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke and Apollo 17 geologist Harrison Schmitt have been named this year’s Grand Marshals. The three “Legends of Apollo” will be accompanied by Randy “Komrade” Bresnik, a shuttle mission specialist and space station commander who is helping to lead NASA’s return to the moon as part of the Artemis program. …
Read MoreClimate change could trigger gigantic deadly tsunamis from Antarctica, new study warns
Climate change could unleash gigantic tsunamis in the Southern Ocean by triggering underwater landslides in Antarctica, a new study warns. By drilling into sediment cores hundreds of feet beneath the seafloor in Antarctica, scientists discovered that during previous periods of global warming — 3 million and 15 million years ago — loose sediment layers formed and slipped to send massive tsunami waves racing to the shores of South America, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. And as climate change heats the oceans, the researchers think there’s a possibility these tsunamis could…
Read MoreJames Webb telescope discovers gargantuan geyser on Saturn’s moon, blasting water hundreds of miles into space
An illustration of NASA’s Cassini orbiter soaring through a giant vapor jet over the moon Enceladus (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Scientists caught Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus spraying a “huge plume” of watery vapor far into space — and that plume likely contains many of the chemical ingredients for life. Scientists detailed the eruption — glimpsed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in November 2022 — at a conference at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore on May 17. “It’s immense,” Sara Faggi, a planetary astronomer at NASA’s Goddard Space…
Read MoreThe Euclid spacecraft will transform how we view the ‘dark universe’
This article was originally published in The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid satellite completed the first part of its long journey into space on May 1, 2023, when it arrived in Florida on a boat from Italy. It is scheduled to lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket, built by SpaceX, from Cape Canaveral in early July. Euclid is designed to provide us with a better understanding of the “mysterious” components of our universe, known as dark matter and dark energy. Unlike…
Read MoreAntarctic currents supplying 40% of world’s deep ocean with nutrients and oxygen slowing dramatically
Warming temperatures are increasing the flow of less-dense meltwater and slowing down deep ocean currents in Antarctica. (Image credit: UniversalImagesGroup / Contributor) Deep ocean currents around Antarctica that are vital to marine life have slowed by 30% since the 1990s and could soon grind to a complete halt, a new study finds. These currents, known as Antarctic bottom waters, are powered by dense, cold water from the Antarctic continental shelf that sinks to depths below 10,000 feet (3,000 meters). The water then spreads north into the Pacific and eastern Indian…
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