Space news weekly recap: Planet killer asteroid, merging galaxies and more

Space news weekly recap: Planet killer asteroid, merging galaxies and more

This week is a happy one for all the UFO enthusiasts out there as a declassified version of the United States defence-intelligence report on UFOs is expected to be made public in the coming days. While it is unlikely that we will hear about aliens in the report, it could still present interesting insights into […]

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Time to say goodbye to NASA’s InSight Mars lander

Time to say goodbye to NASA’s InSight Mars lander

After nearly four years spent on the Martian surface, NASA’s InSight lander is coming to the end of its life as the spacecraft’s power generation continues to decline because of dust blown on the lander’s solar panels. The InSight team is now taking steps to make sure the lander continues working as long as possible […]

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NASA’s InSight lander is stuck under a continent-sized dust storm on Mars

NASA’s InSight lander is stuck under a continent-sized dust storm on Mars

NASA’s InSight lander, which is on its last legs went through a drop in power generated by its solar panel recently because of a continent-sized dust storm that is swirling over Mars’ southern hemisphere. The storm was first observed on September 21 this year by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and is roughly 3,500 kilometres away […]

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Space news weekly recap: Artemis I cryogenic test to Webb images of Mars

Space news weekly recap: Artemis I cryogenic test to Webb images of Mars

NASA’s Artemis 1 cryogenic tanking demonstration test After the demonstration, launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson said that all the objectives have been met. After hours of issues, NASA eventually managed to load nearly 1 4 million litres of fuel into the rocket. After the aborted launch attempt on September 3, the space agency had replaced two […]

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NASA’s InSight lander detects space rocks as they slam into Mars

NASA’s InSight lander detects space rocks as they slam into Mars

Mars, by virtue of its tenuous atmosphere and proximity to our solar system’s asteroid belt, is far more vulnerable than Earth to being struck by space rocks – one of the many differences between the two planetary neighbors. Scientists are now gaining a fuller understanding of this Martian trait, with help from NASA’s robotic InSight […]

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