The solar wind is a ubiquitous feature of our solar system. This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from the sun fills interplanetary space. On Earth, it triggers geomagnetic storms that can disrupt satellites and it causes the dazzling auroras ...
NASA has just released its monthly update on what to look out for in the skies over the next few weeks, with Saturn, the Perseid meteors, and a “super blue moon” all featuring. Saturn With Venus and Mars having slipped ...
Everyone’s favorite Mars double act, the Ingenuity helicopter and the Perseverance rover, have been traveling together recently after spending several months apart. As they explore the site of an ancient river delta in the Jezero crater, the pair have snapped ...
A Japanese startup appears to have failed in its effort to become the first to achieve a privately funded moon landing. Tokyo-based ispace was attempting to land the Hakuto-R Series 1 lander on the surface of the moon at 9:40 ...
An attempt at the first privately funded lunar landing is about to take place, and you can watch a livestream of the effort on Tuesday. Japan’s iSpace launched its Hakuto-R Series 1 lander to the moon aboard a SpaceX Falcon ...
