This Week in Space History: Mars Observer
This week in space history, we look back at NASA’s Mars Observer, designed to be faster, better, and cheaper but failing to orbit the red planet.
1,873 Fast Radio Bursts from the FAST Telescope
Using China’s FAST radio dish, almost 2,000 fast radio bursts were discovered in spring 2021, and not all of them matched previous FRB objects.
Quasar’s Light Echoes After 6.73 Years
Researchers followed the brightness of a gravitationally lensed galaxy for 14.5 year and found the time delay between the shortest and longest light paths.
Ryugu Samples Reveal Asteroid’s Origin Story
An analysis of grains sampled from the asteroid Ryugu finds that the parent body likely formed about two million years after the formation of the solar system.
Juno Spacecraft to Fly Close to Europa
NASA’s Juno will make a close flyby of Jupiter moon Europa on Thursday, September 29, as part of the spacecraft’s 45th orbit of the gas giant.
DART to Impact Dimorphos Next Week
On September 26, the DART spacecraft is expected to impact Dimorphos, the moonlet of the asteroid Didymos, in a planetary defense first.
JWST Captures Stunning Image of Neptune
JWST images have captured the ice giant Neptune, its ring system, and several of its moons in a stunning infrared images released this week.
Scientists Discover Meteor Impacts with InSight Lander
A new paper details how marsquakes detected by NASA’s InSight lander on Mars were the result of meteor impacts on the surface of the red planet.
Cat’s Eye Nebula Imaged in 3D
A student in secondary school recently processed Hubble images of the Cat’s Eye Nebula with spectra to create a 3D model of the system.
Take a 3D Virtual Hike Through Jezero Crater
By combining images from two Mars orbiters with altitude measurements, researchers have build a 3D interactive map of Jezero crater.
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