Ingenuity Back in Contact with Perseverance
Ingenuity missed a planned communications session with Perseverance, leading the discovery that dust is beginning to affect the helicopter’s solar array.
Rocket Update: 10 May 2022
Three launches happened over the past weekend: two from China, including a resupply to Tianhe, and another Starlink launch from SpaceX.
Community Scientists Find 1700 Asteroids
Community scientists identified more than 1,000 possible trails of asteroids in Hubble images, leading to the discovery of 1,701 trails in all.
Star Blasts Star Away
Back in 2013, a bright supernova appeared in NGC 3287, and now, an ultraviolet light source has been revealed to be a companion star to that nova.
Review: Canon RF 24 to 105mm IS STM
This week, Erik reviews a Canon full-frame mirrorless mount lens, the all-in-one RF 24 to 105mm IS STM, which is small but expensive.
Finding the Limits of Ocean Worlds
Lab experiments with saltwater solutions have provided researchers with a range of temperatures where water remains liquid under icy world conditions.
Earth 2.0 Could be Young, Rocky Exoplanet
New research narrows down candidates for other Earths by restricting them to younger, rocky planets still capable of mantle degassing.
Crew Dragon Endurance Returns Four to Earth
Early in the morning of May 6, SpaceX’s Dragon C210, Endurance, brought back the four members of NASA’s Crew-3 mission from the ISS.
Pristine Apollo-era Moon Rocks Being Analyzed
Moon rocks collected during the Apollo 17 mission and frozen to preserve their volatiles have been brought out for a full analysis, 40 years later.
Fireball Leads to Meteorite Find in Mississippi
Reports of a fireball on April 27 over parts of the southern U.S. have led to at least three meteorite finds in the region thanks to radar data.
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