space

readbeanicecream , 11 months ago

Science enabling heat and air conditioning for long-term space habitats is almost fully available: Experiment on International Space Station aims to investigate how reduced gravity affects condensation
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2023/Q3/science-enabling-heat-and-air-conditioning-for-long-term-space-habitats-is-almost-fully-available.html

#space #spaceexploration #nasa #iss #airconditioning #spacetravel

readbeanicecream , 11 months ago

Trans-Atlantic joint venture aims to build new ‘international’ space station: Airbus replaces Lockheed Martin as habitat builder for the planned Starlab space station.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/trans-atlantic-joint-venture-aims-to-build-new-international-space-station/

#space #spacestation #airbus #lockheedmartin #starlab #starlabspacestation #nasa #spacexploration

readbeanicecream , 11 months ago

Most Americans support NASA but don't think it should prioritize sending people to space: Most Americans (69%) believe it is essential that the United States continue to be a world leader in space. But only a subsection of that group believes NASA should prioritize sending people to the moon.
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-americans-nasa-dont-prioritize-people.html

#space #spaceexploration #astronomy #nasa #moon

readbeanicecream , 11 months ago

New exoplanet discovery builds better understanding of planet formation: An international team of scientists has discovered an unusual Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a low-mass star.
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-exoplanet-discovery-planet-formation.html

#space #spaceexploration #exoplanet #planetaryscience #astronomy #nasa

readbeanicecream , 11 months ago

Japan gearing up to launch small moon lander next month: SLIM is scheduled to lift off on Aug. 25.
https://www.space.com/japan-slim-moon-lander-launch-august-2023

#spaceflight #spaceexploration #jaxa #moonlanding #space

readbeanicecream , 11 months ago

NASA power outage temporarily halts contact with space station: A NASA power outage disrupted communication between Mission Control and the International Space Station on Tuesday.
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-nasa-power-outage-temporarily-halts.html

#nasa #spacestation #iss #poweroutage #space

readbeanicecream , 11 months ago

Archaeology on the moon: How to preserve spaceflight artifacts from Apollo era: A new study suggests we should get archaeologists involved in mission planning. https://www.space.com/moon-spacecraft-prevent-destroy-apollo-artifacts

#space #nasa #missions #spaceexploration #history #archaeology

readbeanicecream , 11 months ago

NASA thinks space is teeming with planets that have gone rogue: Over the years, scientists have found worlds that appear to aimlessly wander space alone, called rogue planets. https://mashable.com/article/nasa-rogue-planets

#nasa #rogueplanets #space #spaceexploration #exoplanets

readbeanicecream , 11 months ago

Hubble images a starstruck galaxy: The irregular galaxy Arp 263 lurks in the background of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, but the view is dominated by a stellar photobomber, the bright star BD+17 2217. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-hubble-images-starstruck-galaxy.html

Stellar Photobomber

#nasa #esa #hubble #spacetelescope #stars #galaxy #space

readbeanicecream , 1 year ago

Unexpectedly calm and remote galaxy cluster discovered: Astronomers have discovered the most distant "relaxed" galaxy cluster to date—the farthest cluster ever spotted that is not being disrupted by violent collisions with other clusters of galaxies. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-unexpectedly-calm-remote-galaxy-cluster.html

#astronomy #spacediscoveries #newglaxies #space