The latest international group to employ ESA’s hypergravity-generating Large Diameter Centrifuge is an all-female team from Bolivia, with access sponsored by the United Nations and ESA. The researchers are investigating whether the high gravity levels experienced during rocket launches might contribute to the anemia afflicting many astronauts in space.
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Gaia's 10th anniversary
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Ten years ago, on 19 December 2013, ESA’s billion star-mapping satellite Gaia launched. Since then, Gaia has been scanning the sky and gathering an enormous amount of data on the positions and motions of 1.8 billion stars, enabling numerous discoveries about the history of our galaxy.
Hera’s wings of power
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Space X Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 6-34 mission. Image: Spaceflight Now.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Monday night after high winds kept the rocket grounded last week. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 with 23 Starlink satellites occurred at 11:01 p.m. EST (0401 UTC).
Millions of Satellites Could Have a Profound Effect on the Earth’s Ionosphere
Hardly a day goes by where a story hits the headlines about our abuse of the Earth’s precious environment be that the atmosphere or the oceans, forests or desert. When it comes to the atmosphere we all tend to immediately turn our attention to pollution, to gasses being released and disturbing the delicate balance. Yet a paper recently published points to a new demon, megaconstellations of satellites damaging the ionosphere – the ionised part of the upper atmosphere.
The Holographic Secret of Black Holes
As weird as it might sound, black holes appear to be holograms.
Space weather will drag NASA's NEOWISE asteroid-hunting probe back to Earth in 2025
After more than a decade of hunting for asteroids and comets, the days of NASA's NEOWISE mission are officially numbered, thanks to our increasingly active sun.
The rings of Uranus look positively festive in epic James Webb Space Telescope holiday photo
The observations are vital for piecing together the science objectives for a future mission to Uranus.
Toxic Gas is Leaking out of Enceladus. It’s also a Building Block of Life.
Enceladus’ status as a target in the search for life keeps rising. We’ve known for years that plumes erupting from the ocean under the moon’s icy shell contain important organic compounds related to life. Now, researchers have found another chemical in the plumes which is not only highly toxic but also critical in the appearance of life.
Astronomers Scan Hundreds of Stars for “Anomalous Transits”
Telescopes have been collecting copious amounts of data on exoplanets in recent years. One of the most common datasets tracks what are known as “transits,” where an exoplanet crosses in front of its host star and dims the star’s light slightly as it does so. The majority of exoplanets have been found this way, but other interesting details might be hidden in the data. For example, what would it mean if the transits happened in a way that disagreed with typical Newtonian physics? One answer to that question is that there might be an intelligent force behind the discrepancy – and that’s what a group of researchers at Breakthrough Listen began looking for in a paper recently published on arXiv.
SpaceX gearing up for 3rd Starship flight (photos)
A month after its latest liftoff, SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is getting ready to fly again.
China's space plane apparently deployed 6 'mysterious wingmen' in orbit
Just four days after being launched on its third mission, China's mysterious reusable space plane seems to have placed six unknown objects in orbit around it.
As an Asteroid-Hunting Mission Approaches Its End, What's Next?
The pioneering NEOWISE observatory celebrates a milestone, even as the end of the mission draws near.
Western Europe's 1st vertical spaceport cleared for launch, hopes to see rockets fly in 2024
Western Europe's first vertical spaceport receives a launch license, paving the way for the continent's debut rocket flight next year.
Everything we know about Star Wars Eclipse
With many new Star Wars games in the works, Star Wars Eclipse promises to be a different type of action-adventure experience.
Best external hard drives 2023: Top HDD and SSD models
We've selected the best hard drives and SSDs on the market — here are our top picks for backing up your photos, videos and other data.
Blue Origin calls off 1st New Shepard rocket launch since 2022 failure due to 'ground system issue'
Blue Origin scrubbed its first mission since Sept. 2022 this morning (Dec. 18), with no new launch date announced. It could attempt flying again as early as this week, however.
Hubble Space Telescope zooms in on member of galactic quartet (image)
The Hubble Space Telescope photographed NGC 2814, an irregular galaxy that belongs to a group of four "late-type galaxies" collectively called Holmberg 124.
2023: ESA's year in space
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2023’s highlight was the highly anticipated launch of Juice, Europe’s Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer. The Juice spacecraft was placed on course to Jupiter on the second-to-last Ariane 5 launch vehicle in April. After an eight-year journey, Juice will begin observing the giant gas planet and its three large ocean-bearing moons – Ganymede, Calisto and Europa.
Webb rings in the holidays with the ringed planet Uranus
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope recently trained its sights on weird and enigmatic Uranus, an ice giant that orbits on its side. What Webb found is a dynamic world with rings, moons, storms and other atmospheric features – including a seasonal polar cap. The image expands upon a two-colour version released earlier this year, adding additional wavelength coverage for a more detailed look.
