NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully landed on the surface of Mars. It landed around 3:55 PM ET, after a smooth descent to the surface. Perseverance’s engineering cameras shared images of the landing site shortly after the touch – NASA promised to share…
After a short and dramatic descent today, NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully landed on Mars, giving the space agency yet another set of instruments to explore the Red Planet. As NASA previously revealed, Perseverance is carrying an unprecedented experimental machine: Ingenuity, the…
DARPA announced the three companies selected to develop concepts for its LongShot program. The agency did not disclose the financial details of its selection, but said the contracts are for concepts of a UAV that would be launched into the air, after…
The image seen below is the spiral of the South Weathervane captured with the Dark Energy Camera originally designed for the Dark Energy Survey. The image is one of the deepest images ever captured of Messier 83, a spiral galaxy more commonly…
ESA is currently operating a scientific mission in space using the Solar Orbiter known as Solo by the team that operates it. The spacecraft has been in orbit for a year, having been launched on February 10, 2020. Its mission is to…
A common creature in California, known as the California black worm, eats microorganisms in ponds and is sometimes kept as tropical fish in aquariums. What is striking about the California black worm is that they mingle in a swarm of tens, hundreds…
NASA has announced that SpaceX will use its Falcon Heavy rocket to launch its Advanced Housing and Logistics Post (HALO) and the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), two “key” parts of the future Gateway station. The two components will be integrated into…
NASA’s innovative spacecraft with the goal of sifting through the secrets of Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids has been equipped with two very special cameras, such as the countdown to launch ticks below the twelve-month mark. Lucy, as the asteroid’s mission is known, will…
This week, the United Arab Emirates reached the orbit of the red planet Mars. The Hope spacecraft was launched in July 2020 and just arrived on Mars here on February 9, 2021. “This has been a remarkable journey for humanity,” said United…
The MIT researchers created a system called LaserFactory that can automate the process of making functional devices in a single system. LaserFactory produces customized functional devices and robots without human intervention. The unique system uses three ingredients, allowing users to create structural…
