Sols 4345-4347: Contact Science is Back on the Table
Reported by NASA
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 The changes to the plan Wednesday, moving the drive a sol earlier, meant that we started off planning this morning about 18 meters (about 59 feet) farther along the western edge of Gediz Vallis and with all the da...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:45 +0000
Remember that “Alien Signal” Sent by the ExoMars Orbiter Last Year? It’s Just Been Decoded
Reported by Universe Today
In May 2023, the ESA’s Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), currently in orbit around Mars, sent a signal to Earth to simulate a possible extraterrestrial transmission. As part of the multidisciplinary art project “A Sign in Space,” the purpo...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:05 +0000
Add Astronaut Nutrition to the List of Barriers to Long-Duration Spaceflight
Reported by Universe Today
Though there are no firm plans for a crewed mission to Mars, we all know one’s coming. Astronauts routinely spend months at a time on the ISS, and we’ve learned a lot about the hazards astronauts face on long missions. However, Mars missions ca...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:19 +0000
This Ancient Supernova Remnant Looks Like a Stellar Dandelion
Reported by Universe Today
In 1181, Japanese and Chinese astronomers saw a bright light appear in the constellation Cassiopeia. It shone for six months, and those ancient observers couldn’t have known it was an exploding star. To them, it looked like some type of temporary sta...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:47 +0000
Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster
Reported by NASA
Most stars form in collections, called clusters or associations, that include very massive stars. These giant stars send out large amounts of high-energy radiation, which can disrupt relatively fragile disks of dust and gas that are in the process of coale...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:19 +0000
Watch How Students Help NASA Grow Plants in Space: Growing Beyond Earth
Reported by NASA
Since 2015, students from across the USA have been partnering with scientists at NASA to advance research on growing plants in space, ultimately to feed astronauts on long-distance space missions, as part of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s Growing Be...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:59 +0000