The way a planet is tilted on its axis of rotation relative to its orbital plane around a star, the axial tilt, could be the key to the emergence of complex life. Until proven otherwise, Earth is the only planet known to host a biosphere, and whats more, an incredibly rich biosphere complex. This i

Chinas National Space Science Center plans to fire more than 20 rockets into space to divert the trajectory of the asteroid Bennu, which could represent a threat to life on Earth. If the name Bennu means something to you, thats normal. The asteroid (500 meters wide) has just received a visit:that o

NASA has just formalized a contract worth 935 million dollars with Northrop Grumman to build and integrate the first habitation module of the future station lunar. Eventually, this gateway will serve as a hub between Earth and the Moon, promoting deep space exploration. The United States plans to r

According to The Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk will launch into space aboard Virgin Galactics VSS Unity. The SpaceX boss is said to have already made a deposit of US$10,000. Richard Branson and his crew successfully soared into space aboard the VSS Unity this Sunday, marking the companys first off

Jupiters moon Europa and its global ocean are likely to provide conditions for life…provided you avoid the surface! According to a recent study, the impacts of micrometeorites and the high energy radiation accelerated by Jupiter would indeed prevent any microbe from flourishing until at least thirty

A team of astronomers announces the discovery of a Type Ia proto-supernova in our cosmic backyard. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that there will still be people on Earth to enjoy the fireworks. A supernova is a star of at least eight stellar masses that dies. Two main mechanisms can produce

A few days ago, someone paid $28 million in an auction for the luxury of s into space with Blue Origin. Finally, this anonymous passenger will not be able to participate in this flight. He just bequeathed his ticket to an 18-year-old Dutch student. A new passenger in space with Blue Origin The firs

Researchers in New Zealand spotted a few days ago a sketch of a coma emerging from the giant comet C/2014 UN271, which continues to enter the System internal solar. As a reminder, it could be the largest comet ever observed to date. Identified in Dark Energy Survey data captured between 2014 and 20

After more than a month in safe mode, the Hubble Space Telescope is finally on the mend. The observatory had ceased operation on June 13 due to a problem with its payload computer. Hubble is getting old! Hubble had ceased operations on Sunday, June 13, 2021 due to an issue with its payload computer

The first commercial flight of the New Shepard launcher, developed by Jeff Bezos company Blue Origin, is scheduled for this Tuesday, July 20, 2021, marking the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. A week ago, Sir Richard Branson and his crew successfully took off aboard the VSS Unity, m

When Blue Origins New Shepard rocket launches into space this Tuesday, July 20, all crew members will have received just a few hours of training . An imminent flight for Blue Origin The first commercial flight of the New Shepard launcher, developed by Blue Origin, is scheduled for July 20 at 3 p.m

Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic… Beyond the technological prowess, sending tourists into space also raises environmental issues, especially in the current context. Regarding the flight that interests us today, to what extent will the Blue Origin launcher pollute the planet? The first commercial flight

Astrophysicists have recently used new models to map the tiny landforms developed on the surface of neutron stars. According to this work, the latter would be extraordinarily small due to the intense gravitational attraction of these objects, reaching less than a millimeter in height. Some massive

Aboard the International Space Station there is a special place where astronauts grow different vegetables. They are conducting several experiments there to identify plants with good potential for cultivation in space. Lately, space radishes have been brought back to Earth and a crop of chili pepper

New images obtained using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) show us a powerful relativistic jet ejected from the supermassive black hole of the galaxy Centaurus A with a resolution sixteen times sharper than before. This data could help unravel the mystery of how matter behaves around these cosmic o

A unique telescope is set to launch from New Zealand in April 2022. Called SuperBIT, the instrument will be suspended by a helium balloon in Earths stratosphere . Once deployed, it should get high resolution images rivaling those from Hubble. Superpressure balloons Durham, Toronto, and Princeton un

An amateur astronomer recently isolated the presence of a previously unknown small moon around Jupiter in data collected by Canada France Hawaii Telescope in February 2003. This object joins the Carmé group, which includes several satellites moving retrograde around the planet. Four years ago, we t

Landed on Mars in February 2021, the Perseverance rover is preparing to take its first rock sample. This sample, and others that will follow, will then be brought back to Earth for analysis. The main objective will be to search for traces of past microbial life. While Perseverances first months on

Unless shielded by an incredibly powerful magnetic field, no life form could survive the end-of-life stages preceding its stars transition to the planet. dwarf state, according to a study. Life potentially identified on planets orbiting white dwarfs will therefore probably have evolved after the dea

Relying on the ALMA antenna network, in Chile, a team recently detected very clearly the presence of a disk around an exoplanet . This disc, the researchers note, would be massive enough to support the formation of several satellites. We know that planets are born in disks of gas (circumplanetary d