Several years ago, NASA set its sights on Jezero Crater as a playground for its Perseverance rover, whose goal is to probe the presence of past life on Mars. The site had been chosen based on satellite images suggesting that the area once housed an ancient lake. Researchers now have more direct evid

In December 2020, Chinas Change-5 mission brought 1.731 kg of lunar rock back to Earth. It was the first return of samples from the Moon in 44 years. As reported in the journal Science, early analyzes show that the material is much younger than the Apollo samples. China has already landed several

William Shatner, the actor who played the famous Captain Kirk of the sci-fi series Star Trek , broadcast from 1966, will fly into space this Wednesday, October 13, 2021 aboard Blue Origins New Shepard spaceship. Aged 90, he will occasionally become the oldest person to go into space. Actor William

Disappointed by the lack of results from the space agency Roscosmos, President Vladimir Putin plans to cut funding for its activities over the next three years. According to several Russian papers, the reductions will reach around 16% per year. In its year 2020, the Russian space agency Roscosmos r

A team of astronomers announces that they have detected a strange radio source coming from the center of the Milky Way. The signal repeats seemingly randomly and cannot be attributed to any known astronomical object, leading this team to believe that it may be evidence of a new phenomenon. The sign

A team of astronomers recently used a radio technique to probe the activity of a variety of nearby red dwarfs. In some cases, they suspect that these radio signals may indicate the presence of previously undetected exoplanets. In 2020, a team observed unusual radio signals from a nearby red dwarf s

A team of astronomers announces the discovery of an exoplanet that survived the death of its star. This Jupiter-like world now evolves around its corpse:a white dwarf. You will find all this beautiful world 6,500 light years from Earth, towards the center of the Milky Way. In several billion years,

US researchers have somehow simulated a remake of the famous movie Armageddon . The goal was to understand how humans could react as quickly as possible to an asteroid heading straight for Earth. After performing several simulations, scientists believe that atomizing the object is the most effective

A recent study suggests that the clouds of young Venus formed primarily on the night side of the planet, limiting the reflection of sunlight into the space. As a result, Venus would never have cooled enough to support liquid water necessary for the development of life as we know it. A few months ag

China has successfully launched its second crew of three astronauts to its new Tianhe space station. The taikonaut Wang Yaping, who will spend six months on board with her male colleagues Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu, will also become the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. A new Chinese cre

SpaceX boss Elon Musk is reportedly considering building a tunnel from the southern tip of South Padre Island to the northern end of Boca Chica Beach , Texas, through his company The Boring Company. The objective would be to no longer impede the movement of premises, while facilitating that of Space

Is it possible to send astronauts to the planet Mars? A study estimates that it is possible, but it is advisable to leave at the right time and not to exceed a certain time limit. NASA, SpaceX or even China, there are many players considering a manned mission to Mars over the next fifteen years. B

Astronomers have relied on two of the worlds largest radio telescopes to take a close look at the mysterious colors of a burst of fast radio bursts (FRBs). This work brings us a little closer to the origin of these signals. Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are among the most energetic explosions in the cos

Russian cosmonauts have isolated new cracks that may widen in the future in a segment of the International Space Station (ISS), a senior official said on Monday. head of the Roscosmos agency. The announcement comes as Russia continues to distance itself from the United States over its partnership ar

After successfully completing its final tests, the James Webb Telescope is being prepared for shipment to its launch site in Guyana, where it will be launched into space aboard an Arianne 5 rocket. In the papers since the 90s, the James Webb Telescope was expected to cost less than a billion dollar

Perseverance is preparing for its second attempt to sample the Red Planet. This time, the rover targets a rock found more than 450 meters from the first. The team also modified the process in order to put the odds in its favor. Landed on Mars in February 2021, Perseverance has been focusing for se

NASAs Space-Launch System (SLS), which was supposed to launch the first Artemis mission in November, wont take flight until next year , according to a NASA source. The SLS, the new super-heavy launcher developed by NASA, is the one that will send the next crews to the Moon, and why not later to Mar

At the request of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a group of scientists is currently working on the development of an ultra-large spacecraft. Preliminary research will focus on examining the challenges of lightweight structure development and in-orbit assembly. An ultra-large spac

According to a New Yorker report, the first tourist flight operated by the Virgin Galactic company, which included company founder Richard Branson, could have gone very wrong . What exactly do we know about this incident? Virgin Galactic operated its first official crewed mission on July 11. On boa

Specialized in the elimination of orbital debris, the Astroscale company has just validated the magnetic capture system of its ELSA-d demonstration satellite by catching simulated debris directly in orbit. However, other steps still need to be validated before the commissioning of this new system ai