Nancy Atkinson

Japan's New H3 Rocket Successfully Blasts Off

Japan successfully tested its new flagship H3 rocket after an earlier version failed last year. The rocket lifted off from…

9 months ago

NASA is Trying to Fix a Problem With one of Perseverance's Instruments

There's a problem with the Perseverance rover. One of its instruments, the laser-shooting SHERLOC, which is mounted on the end…

9 months ago

Space Force Chooses its First “Guardian” to go to Space

Although the U.S. Space Force is tasked with military operations in regards to space, they've never actually sent one of…

9 months ago

An Astronaut Controls a Robotic Dog From Orbit

Swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt took control of a series of robots in Germany while on board the International Space Station,…

9 months ago

The Extremely Large Telescope’s Dome is on the Move

Construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) reached a milestone, with the structure of the dome completed just enough where…

9 months ago

Atmosphere Pressure Changes Could Explain Mars Methane

One ongoing mystery on Mars is the sporadic detection of atmospheric methane. Since 1999 detections have been made by Earth-based…

9 months ago

The World's Largest Iceberg Sets Sail for Adventure Beyond Antarctic Waters

In November 2023, the monster iceberg A23e finally dislodged from the seafloor after being grounded and stuck there for 40…

9 months ago

NASA Lost Contact With its Ingenuity Helicopter Briefly, but it's Back

Imagine remotely flying a drone or small aircraft from a great distance and loosing contact with it during flight. You’d…

10 months ago

This Strange-Looking Galaxy is Actually Two. And They're Merging

This strange-looking galaxy seems to be a spiral with a long tidal tail stretching away. It's known as Arp 122,…

10 months ago

The Ice Sheet on Mars is Even Thicker Than Previously Believed

Maybe Mars isn’t as dry as we thought. ESA's Mars Express has revealed new details about a region near Mars’…

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