A team of astronomers reports the detection of two new planets orbiting the Sun-like star HD 137496. One is classified as a hot super-Mercury, the other as a cold Jupiter. The discovery is detailed in an article published on arXiv.org. The Kepler space telescope, which shut down in October 2018, wa

Compared to NASAs Mars 2020 mission, the first scientific results of the Chinese Tianwen-1 mission seem to be overdue. Why is China taking so long to publish the Martian findings of its Zhurong rover? Results that are slow to arrive As part of the Tianwen-1 mission to the red planet, the Chinese ro

Astronomers from the University of Copenhagen announce that they have isolated two previously invisible galaxies more than thirteen billion light-years away nestled behind veils of dust. To perceive them, the researchers relied on radio waves. This new discovery suggests that the early Universe cont

An international team of astronomers announces that they have identified a long filament of dense gas connecting two of the spiral arms of the Milky Way. This work, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, also points to a sine wave-like pattern. We have a fairly rough idea of ​​the size and

By remotely analyzing a Martian surface sample collected by the Curiosity rover in 2017, a NASA team recently identified new organic molecules. The latter had never been detected until now on the surface of Mars. Details of the study are reported in the journal Nature. An exciting discovery Wet che

A few months ago, Blue Origin filed a lawsuit against NASA in federal court, arguing that the agency ignored its own demands by only awarding to SpaceX the lunar lander contract for the Artemis program. The court has just confirmed this decision. Second setback for Blue Origin Blue Origin, which wo

According to a recent study, mysterious pieces of twisted glass strewn across the Atacama Desert in Chile may have been shaped by a comet exploding in the Earths atmosphere about 12,000 years ago. For the past decade, geologists have wondered about the origin of a vast corridor about 75 kilometers

Compete mainly Along with SpaceX and OneWeb, Amazon will rely on small rockets to send the first two prototypes of its constellation of Kuiper satellites into space as early as next year. For a few years, SpaceX has been developing its Starlink project, aimed at providing broadband Internet connect

On the sidelines of COP26, the European Unions Copernicus atmosphere monitoring service is working on the development of new satellites to measure its progress towards achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. Satellites to monitor anthropogenic GHG emissions Under the Paris Agreement, signatori

Astronauts from the Shenzhou 13 mission aboard the Chinese space station performed their first spacewalk this Sunday, November 7, marking the first spacewalk for a chinese female astronaut. The Shenzhou 13 capsule was successfully launched on October 15 from the Jiuquan Center in the Gobi Desert, c

American Heinz on Monday unveiled its first bottle of Marz Edition ketchup, a sauce made from tomatoes grown under Martian conditions. This somewhat special condiment is the result of two years of research by a team from the Aldrin Space Institute, Florida Institute of Technology. Established in 20

NASA has launched many spacecraft since its inception, but never before like this. At the end of November, the DART mission will attempt a unique feat:colliding with an asteroid to modify its orbit. While NASA has located over 90% of all asteroids larger than a kilometer in diameter, astronomers ar

On Tuesday, NASA officials provided an updated timeline for the return of humans to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Due to numerous delays related to legal issues, this new foot on our satellite will not be able to take place in 2024 as originally planned. NASA is aiming for 2025, at the

was the first man in space or to set foot on the lunar surface? People with even a remote interest in space history know the answers to these trivial questions. But what about the first woman in orbit or the first shuttle commander? These are much more difficult questions for stargazers. However, ma

NASA needs a new telescope powerful enough to unearth and analyze Earth-like planets. Thats the takeaway from the agencys new report outlining astronomys priorities for the next decade. Every decade, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine advises government agencies on what go

There are many different systems in the galaxy. Some stars have many planets while others have very few or none at all. As a general rule, however, all these planets have one thing in common:they evolve in the flat plane of their star. However, there are exceptions. The HD 3167 system, found 150 lig

Our ability to directly explore the cosmos has been limited to a small number of lunar and interplanetary missions. NASAs Starlight program points to a way forward for sending small spacecraft to other stars using remotely directed energy propulsion. These miniaturized spacecraft will be capable of

A team of astronomers announces they have observed thirty-five new bursts of gravitational waves, tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime. On this sample, one of them is still questioning the specialists. Gravitational waves are generated when two very massive black holes approach each other in spa

According to a study published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment, a near-Earth asteroid named Kamo`oalewa is the first known space rock made of what looks like a piece of the Moon . For the researchers, the object could have separated from our satellite during an old collision. A stran

Comet 67P, nicknamed “Tchouri” has just approached Earth like never before. The object is now moving away from the sun with two former passengers of human origin on board. See you in two centuries Discovered in 1969, comet 67P/Tchourioumov-Guérassimenkoa, nicknamed Tchouri, made its closest approac