As space debris poses more and more problems, the International Space Station recently performed a maneuver to avoid one. Previously identified, this object did not represent any danger, however, because NASA was following its trajectory. An avoidance precedes an important mission According to the

Seven astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) were forced to take refuge in their spacecraft early Monday, November 15, as the station passed through a cloud of debris. A Russian anti-satellite test was then in question. The United States denounces an act dangerous and irresponsible “.

Earlier this week, an anti-satellite test had forced seven SS astronauts to take refuge in their ship to protect themselves from the debris generated by the impact. These will increase the number of avoidance maneuvers carried out by satellite operators by more than 100% in the coming years. Russia

According to a researcher, the upper layer of the Moon alone could provide enough oxygen to sustain eight billion people for 100,000 years, but still would need- he can extract it. Researchers are working on it. Several agencies aim to establish themselves permanently on the Moon:the United States

If we remember Laïka as the first mammal in history to have left Earth for space, the fate of the animal remains unfamiliar to the general public. Yet the tragic fate of the dog sadly illustrates the commonplace sacrifice of the animal world for scientific advances. His death is also anchored in the

The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or more simply VIPER, will land on the lunar south pole around 2023. Its main objective will be to map and analyze water ice concentrations in near real time. The distribution and availability of water could support future human settlements in spa

NASA has just successfully launched its long-awaited Lucy mission which aims to fly by up to eight Trojan asteroids during its journey through the Solar System. On the probe, the engineers of the American agency have also installed a plate on which are drawn several messages intended for the descend

Asteroid 2021 TG14 passed close to Earth on Sunday less than 250,000 km away. For comparison, the Moon evolves at an average distance of almost 385,000 km from our planet. This rock, on the other hand, posed no danger to humanity. In 2005, the US Congress asked NASA to identify and track 90% of all

According to a Financial Times report, China successfully tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic weapon two months ago, surprising White House officials who are once again concerned about the countrys dazzling progress in this area. According to a Financial Times article on Sunday, October 17, China l

Based on data from the TESS telescope, a team of astronomers announces that they have observed a white dwarf suddenly turn on and off for the first time. Details of the study are published in the journal Nature. Unheard of on this scale White dwarfs are the fate of most stars, including the Sun, af

The German company Hookie has just presented the first concept of a two-wheeled lunar vehicle. Called the Tardigrade, their lunar motorcycle, which is currently only a fictitious concept, would be able to evolve on the Moon at a maximum speed of fifteen kilometers per hour. The lunar rover is a bug

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) held a hearing a few days ago on Monday to allow the public to express their opinions on the flights planned under the program SpaceX Starship from Texas. While the vast majority of stakeholders supported the project, some people were still very critical of

The top US Senate committee is asking NASA to choose a second company to build its new lunar lander as part of its Artemis program. To do this, the American agency will have to deal with a (small) budget extension. In April 2021, NASA announced that SpaceX would be its sole contractor to supply the

Supposed to launch the first Artemis mission in November, NASAs Space-Launch System (SLS) launcher will finally take off next February. The objective of this mission will be to send an unmanned Orion capsule around the Moon. Objective Moon The SLS, NASAs new super-heavy launcher, is the one that wi

A team from the University of Hawaii announces that they have isolated a planet formed only a few million years ago. Relying on the powerful Subaru telescope, the astronomers were able to directly photograph the object in formation. Details of the study are published in the Monthly Notices of the Ro

Blue Origin and Sierra Space Corporation recently announced plans to build an orbital space station. Named Orbital reef, the structure should evolve at an altitude of 500 km and will be able to accommodate up to ten people. According to the two companies, it will be operational during “ the second h

A team of astronomers announces that they have unearthed the very first planet outside the Milky Way. This potential world could be evolving in a binary system 27 million light-years from Earth in the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), also known as the Whirlpool galaxy. Since the detection of the fir

If youve always wanted to search for new planets, your time may have come. The team of astronomers in charge of the Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) needs help to process the enormous volume of data collected by its network of telescopes. Your mission, if you accept it, will be to recheck and c

According to new research, a strange radio signal previously believed to be a possible sign of extraterrestrial intelligence in the Proxima Centauri system was actually of terrestrial origin. An extraterrestrial signal? A few months ago, a team of astronomers announced the detection of a strange ra

Bill Nelson wants to believe it. The NASA boss returned a few days ago to the wave of high-profile UFO sightings by US Navy pilots. He does not exclude the idea that these phenomena can actually testify to the presence of an extraterrestrial life form on Earth. A few months ago, UFO specialist Jere