Sitting about 9.7 billion light-years from Earth lies a (very) hefty galaxy cluster with a mass equivalent to something like 3 million billion suns. It’s a cosmic clump lovingly nicknamed El Gordo, which translates from Spanish to “The Fat One.” Over the years, the Hubble Space Telescope has blessed us with some mesmerizing views of El Gordo — but now, there’s a new space observatory in town. On Wednesday (Aug. 2), scientists announced the James Webb Space Telescope has offered us a pretty mind-bending new perspective on El Gordo. With…
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NASA’S SpaceX Crew-7 Members Prepare for Their Mission
On April 28, 2023, the Crew-7 members (from left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa) took a moment to snap a photo atop an emergency egress vehicle at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read MoreScience, Hardware Launch on NASA’s Northrop Grumman Cargo Mission
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pounds of NASA science investigations and cargo after launching at 8:31 p.m. EDT Tuesday from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Read MoreMassive sun ‘umbrella’ attached to asteroid could help fight global warming, scientist says
To help combat the effects of global warming, scientists are toying with an innovative idea to shield our planet from the sun with a spaceborne “umbrella” of sorts. “In Hawaii, many use an umbrella to block the sunlight as they walk about during the day,” István Szapudi, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy, said in a statement. “I was thinking, could we do the same for Earth and thereby mitigate the impending catastrophe of climate change?” The reason carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases contribute to…
Read MoreMystery of space debris found on Australian beach may be solved
The mystery of a huge piece of “space junk” that washed up on a beach in Western Australia may have finally been solved. The Australian Space Agency first issued a statement about the cylindrical metal debris on July 17. On Monday (July 31), the agency said that the mysterious wreckage is likely a section of the third stage of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). “We have concluded the object located on a beach near Jurien Bay in Western Australia is most likely debris from an expended third-stage of a…
Read MoreAmazon’s Project Kuiper opens satellite facility at Kennedy Space Center
Amazon’s Project Kuiper is making progress in its goal of deploying a full satellite constellation as it begins construction of a cutting-edge satellite-processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility, located at Kennedy Space Center. This ambitious project is an essential component of Project Kuiper‘s low Earth orbit satellite network, which hopes to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite system in providing global broadband internet service. Designed to help pair Kuiper satellites with rockets from both Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA), the facility represents a significant long-term investment…
Read MoreJoin NASA Administrator, Artemis II Moon Crew for Mission Update
NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to provide Artemis II mission preparations and crew training updates. Artemis II will send a crew of four astronauts on a journey around the Moon and bring them back safely, paving the way for future long-term human exploration missio
Read MoreTerra Observes Shark Bay, Australia
Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve, seen here in an image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra spacecraft on Dec. 30, 2010, is a special site.
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