A team of astronomers announces that they have detected the first Jupiter-like planet shrouded in a cloudless atmosphere. The results of this study are published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. WASP-62b is a gas giant first detected in 2012. However, its atmosphere had never been closely stud

For almost a decade, the Curiosity rover has been delivering important data about Mars. These relate in particular to the physics and chemistry of the rocks of the Gale crater, which once contained a large body of water. US researchers have recently found similar rocks on Earth to assess the actual

A team of astronomers announces the discovery of a system hosting six planets, five of which are in an exceptionally regular orbital configuration. Details of the study are published in the journal Astronomy &Astrophysics. Initially, astronomers thought this star named TOI-178 was wrapped around tw

Kraken Mare, a sea of ​​liquid methane found on Titan ( Saturns moon), would have a depth of at least one hundred meters at the center, according to an analysis of data collected by the Cassini probe in 2014. At 5150 kilometers wide, Titan is the second largest moon in the Solar System, just behind

NASA will conduct a second hot-firing test of its SLS super-heavy launch vehicle later this month. For now, the Artemis I mission is still scheduled to be launched in November, despite a very tight schedule. On January 16, NASA fired up the four main engines (RS-25s) of the central stage of the SLS

Two high school students from Massachusetts recently led to the discovery of four new planets. Their work was published on January 25 in The Astronomical Journal . Its a discovery theyll probably remember for the rest of their lives. Kartik Pinglé (16) and Jasmine Wright (18), joined the Student Re

SpaceX will offer a first entirely civilian mission in space this year. The ship will be piloted by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. The latter will also donate the three other available seats, and will donate several million dollars to the fight against cancer. Billionaire Jared Isaacman –

As strange as it may seem, Japanese researchers plan to launch a first wooden telecommunications satellite as early as 2023. That said, their project still has many areas of concern. shadows. Wooden satellites? A few weeks ago, researchers at Kyoto University, in partnership with the Japanese compa

China is expected to launch the first module of its future orbital station in a few weeks. A manned mission – the first since 2016 – will also be operated this year. The International Space Station is now the one and only operational station in orbit, but not for long. A Chinese station called Tian

Tracking the recent and intriguing radio signal detected by SETI is problematic. And for good reason:it only appeared once, hampering the ability of researchers to precisely isolate its provenance. In the future, it would be ideal if they could rely on several dishes simultaneously. A signal that c

Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX, recently reflected on the companys accomplishments in 2020, including the first manned missions to the ISS. She also says she is very confident about the Starships ability to reach Earth orbit this year. A totally crazy year Shotwell, an aerospace engin

Astronaut Anne McClain will be on NASAs next Artemis mission which aims to put humans on the moon again and eventually d establish a base there. In an interview, she delivered his impressions of the evolution of spaceships and spoke at length about SpaceXs Dragon capsule. An evolution with the Sp

Preserving lunar sites from the Apollo missions is now legally mandatory. The United States has indeed enacted a first law obliging companies working with NASA on new missions to stay away from these areas visited more than fifty years ago. Commercial U.S. companies and other entities seeking contr

NASA plans to conduct a hot-firing test of the SLSs center stage – its superheavy launch vehicle tasked with sending crews to the Moon – next January 17. During this test, the boosters four main engines will burn for approximately eight minutes. The Space Launch System (SLS) is a launch vehicle dev

NASA has just extended the missions of two of its interplanetary explorers:the Juno spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, and the InSight lander, currently on Mars . Juno is playing overtime until 2025 On one side we have Juno. Launched on August 5, 2011, the spacecraft went into orbit around Jupit

Astronomers announce the discovery of a new magnetar 21,000 light years from Earth. Observations made with the Chandra X-ray telescope support the idea that it is also a pulsar. Details of the study are published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Pulsars and magnetars A neutron star forms when

Russia plans to impose fines on those who subscribe to Western-based satellite internet services. The bill notably targets SpaceXs Starlink service. Subscribing to SpaceXs Starlink internet service in Russia will be possible, but beware of penalties. According to a report by the Russian edition of

Astronomers from the University of Arizona have isolated the presence of a quasar 13.03 billion light-years from Earth, evolving as the universe was only 5% of its current age. It is to date the most distant quasar ever discovered. A quasar is a very energetic galaxy with a very active nucleus at

The InSight missions HP3 heat flux sensor - dubbed the mole by NASA - was just declared dead by the US agency on Thursday after failing to burrow deep into the Red Planets soil. The American lander InSight successfully landed in November 2018 on the surface of Mars. Its main objective:to detect tin

A team of astronomers announces the discovery of a rocky super-Earth planet orbiting one of the oldest stars in the Milky Way. On the other hand, the chances that it is inhabited are almost nil. To fully understand the processes of planetary formation and evolution, researchers must observe and cha