Ultima Thule is shaped like two lumpy pancakes0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 13, 2019
New images reveal the skinny side of the Kuiper Belt object
New images reveal the skinny side of the Kuiper Belt object
Opportunity has been silent for months after a global dust storm on Mars.
New research suggests liquid water is present beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars. Now, a new study argues there needs to be an underground source of heat for liquid water to exist underneath the polar ice cap.
It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it’s a wild possibility scientists are actually exploring: how to fit a space station inside an asteroid.
Assessment pushes new rock up the danger list, but possibility remains very remote. Andrew Masterson reports.
A clever use of non-science engineering data from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has let a team of researchers, including an Arizona State University graduate student, measure the density of rock layers in 96-mile-wide Gale Crater.
Nearly 10 liters of water leaked as astronauts installed a new enclosure.
NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston had a bit of a scare this week when an astronaut at the International Space Station accidentally called 911.
NASA uses CubeSats for new science missions and to test new electronics, sensors and software that might be included on larger missions.
Astronomers using ALMA have detected various complex organic molecules around the young star V883 Ori. A sudden outburst from this star is releasing molecules from the icy compounds in the planet forming disk. The chemical composition of the disk is similar to that of comets in the modern Solar System. Sensitive ALMA observations enable astronomers to reconstruct the evolution of organic molecules from the birth of the Solar System to the objects we see today.