Month: May 2020
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The Hunt For New Life
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) will examine 400,000 stars across the sky to capture a glimpse of a planet moving across its star’s face. The TESS Habitable Zone Star Catalog contains the most promising target stars identified by a team of astronomers from Vanderbilt University, Cornell University, and Lehigh University. The lead author of the…
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SpaceX’s 20th Station Shipment Arrives With Candy, Science
A SpaceX cargo ship has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering experiments, candy and other goods. By Associated Press, Wire Service Content March 9, 2020, at 7:09 a.m. More SpaceX’s 20th Station Shipment Arrives With Candy, Science More In this image taken from NASA video, NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir use the…
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NASA’s Space Snowman Reveals Secrets: Few Craters, No Water
NASA’s space snowman is revealing fresh secrets from its home far beyond Pluto. By Associated Press, Wire Service ContentFeb. 13, 2020, at 2:36 p.m. More NASA’s Space Snowman Reveals Secrets: Few Craters, No Water More This Jan. 1, 2019 image from NASA shows Arrokoth, the farthest, most primitive object in the Solar System ever to…
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First Space Force Mission Has Virus Precautions
The United States Space Force launched its very initial national security satellite with a smaller staff because of the social distancing protocols for COVID-19. The satellite is worth about 1 Billion USD and it is the last one in the Advanced Extremely High-Frequency Series. Another result of the pandemic is the postponement of the station’s…
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Unexpected Carbon Monoxide Content in Comet Borisov
During Borisov’s short travel through the inner part of the solar system, it was surrounded by its own delicate cloud of gas that was created as the sun heated up the ice on its surface. Observations of the gas cloud show that the carbon monoxide was more than three times as elevated as any local…