Tag: Space

Space – Un ‘Sole’ giovane e vicino (Global Science)

Valeria Guarnieri writes: Com’era il Sole durante la sua ‘adolescenza’? Ce lo dice Kappa 1 Ceti, una stella junior e vicina, che gli astronomi ritengono molto simile alla...

Space – MaGIXS vola sul mistero del Sole (Global Science)

Giuseppe Nucera writes: Se volessimo assaggiare un piatto di spaghetti appena scolati, intuitivamente prenderemmo uno degli spaghetti più superficiali o, ancora meglio, uno sulla...

Space – Ghiaccio sulla Luna: ombre e gas sciolgono l’enigma (Global Science)

Barbara Ranghelli writes for Global Science: «Se l’acqua fosse disponibile sulla Luna sotto forma di brina nelle regioni illuminate dal sole, i futuri esploratori potrebbero usarla...

Space – Una stella in fuga dalla Via Lattea (Global Science)

Valeria Guarnieri writes: Si trova ad una distanza di circa 2mila anni luce dalla Terra, nella costellazione dell’Orsa Minore, e si sta letteralmente catapultando verso i confini della Via...

Space – Un aiuto dallo spazio per la lotta agli incendi boschivi (Global Science)

Barbara Ranghelli writes: Uno strumento della Nasa, l’ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (Ecostress), sta fornendo dati essenziali per combattere la propagazione dei...

Space – 29 raptor per il Super Heavy (Global Science)

Global Science writes: È atteso entro la fine dell’anno il primo volo orbitale di Starship, la navicella riutilizzabile per lo spazio profondo che sta...

Space/Defense – DIU’s Butow Pushes Space Force Case On ‘Tactical ISR’ Mission (Breaking Defense)

THERESA HITCHENS writes: Defense Department space leaders are pressing their case for the Space Force to take on responsibility for buying commercial satellite imagery and...

USA/Defense/Space – SPACECOM Head Touts Space, High Seas Parallels (Breaking Defense)

THERESA HITCHENS writes: Space, including cislunar space, is as strategically important as the high seas, and Space Command has much to learn from naval operations over...

Space – See galactic triplets play tug-of-war in Hubble’s latest snapshot (Popular Science)

ERIN FENNESSY writes: Sibling skirmishes don’t just happen on Earth, but in space, too. Last week, the Hubble Space Telescope, a joint project run...

Space – How old is the universe? Our answer keeps getting better (Popular Science)

CHARLIE WOOD  writes: In milliseconds, Google can serve up a fact that long eluded many of humanity’s deepest thinkers: The universe is nearly 14...

Space – Staring at the Sun (NASA)

NASA writes: On April 29, 2015, NuSTAR, Hinode, and Solar Dynamics Observatory all stared at our Sun.  go to NASA: Staring at the Sun |...

Space – Clays, Not Water, Are Likely Source of Mars ‘Lakes’ (NASA)

NASA writes: Where there’s water, there’s life. That’s the case on Earth, at least, and also why scientists remain tantalized by any evidence suggesting...

USA/Space – Space Force launches small satellite to test new sensor possibilities (Defense News)

Nathan Strout writes: The U.S. Space Force launched a new experimental satellite July 29 that will test the possibility of installing large, deployable weather...

Space – Juice takes the heat (ESA)

ESA writes: ESA's Jupiter Icy moons Explorer, Juice, has successfully completed rigorous thermal tests simulating the extreme coldness of space and the warmth of...

Space – Jupiter mission passes space vacuum test (ESA)

ESA writes: ESA’s Juice mission to Jupiter has successfully endured a month of space-like conditions inside the Large Space Simulator, the largest vacuum chamber in Europe. go...

Space – Bright Rays and Dark Shadows in a Nearby Galaxy (NASA)

NASA writes: From 156 million light-years away the heart of active galaxy IC 5063 reveals a mixture of bright rays and dark shadows coming from...