Astrophysicists now have the data and models to uncover subtle imprints from our galaxy’s past.
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Evidence Found for Life on Enceladus?
Breaking — see how an overabundance of methane at Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus may be evidence for life there!
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HOW ON EARTH did China succeed in landing Zhurong rover on Mars? Review of CNSA deep space missions
As the first Mars rover probe launched by China, Tianwen-1 Zhurong rover has completed the three major technical steps of Mars exploration at one time. The three steps are Orbiting, landing, and patrolling, which are, entering Mars orbit, landing on the surface of Mars, and the rover walking and patrolling around. Why did China’s space agency successfully break the so-called “Mars curse” with its very first Mars rover landing mission? How did the various aerospace technologies involved in the Zhurong landing process develop?
Hubbles Main Computer Is Offline, And NASA Is Desperately Attempting to Fix It
The Hubble Space Telescope is currently offline.
On Sunday 13 June, the telescope’s payload computer went offline, and engineers here on Earth are currently performing operations to get it up and running again.
The payload computer, as you might expect, is vital to Hubble’s continued science operations. It’s the ‘brains’ of the instrument, coordinating and controlling the various instruments with which Hubble is equipped. It also monitors the telescope for issues.
Astronomers Find a Blinking Star Near the Center of the Milky Way
In this week’s edition of new unexplained astronomical phenomena, a team of astronomers led by Dr. Leigh Smith from Cambridge found a star 100 times larger than our sun that nearly disappears from the sky every few decades. They also have no idea why it does so.
The star, called VVV-WIT-08, is located 25000 light years away, and decreases in brightness by a factor of 30 rather than disappearing altogether. It’s not the first star to be discovered with this changing brightness pattern, but evidence is beginning to mount that this might just be another example of a new class of stars.
VVV-WIT-08’s name itself is calling out for an explanation. The “WIT” in the middle actually stands for “what is this”, which is what astronomers call stars that are difficult to classify into any particular established category.
The Keynote Speakers at the 2021 Space Renaissance Congress “Civilian Space Development” Opening Session
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We’re proud, honored and very excited to guest some of the most active space advocats, who are working restless since many years, to kick off the expansion of civilization into the outer space.
They will share their understanding of the current time, so critical and so rich of great opportunities, their suggestions about what all of us can do to make the future happen NOW, going through the first essential steps of Space Settlement before 2030!
A Ginormous Arc of Galaxies Was Just Detected in The Distant Universe
The Universe is a large place, and there are a lot of large things in it. Not just galaxies, but groupings of galaxies, and the cosmic web that connects them all together.
Scientists have just discovered what appears to be one of these groupings, and it could have serious implications for our understanding of the evolution of the Universe. It’s an almost-symmetrical arc of galaxies at a distance of 9.2 billion light-years away, and, at 3.3 billion light-years across, it’s one of the biggest structures ever identified.
Astronomers are calling it the Giant Arc, and, if confirmed, it joins a growing number of these giant structures. This number represents a dilly of a cosmological pickle.
Shenzhou-12 crew begins three-month mission
The Shenzhou-12 crew, astronauts Nie Haisheng (commander), Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo, opened the hatch and entered the Tianhe core module on 17 June 2021, at 10:48 UTC (18:48 China Standard Time). Shenzhou-12 (神舟十二号) will spend three months attached to the Tianhe core module (天和核心舱), the first and main component of the China Space Station (中国空间站), informally known as Tiangong (天宫, Heavenly Palace).
Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China National Space Administration (CNSA)