Studying the water cycle on Mars is essential for assessing its potential habitability, and a new study reveals that significant quantities are present as transient frost on mountain peaks.
Russia’s S-300 missile system can be tracked with publicly available data.
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Back when Henk Hoekstra started his PhD, atmosphere turbulence and optical imperfections prevented us from accurately observing dark matter. He tells us why Euclid is a game changer.
Expect lots of space missions to launch this coming year, with exciting new science to follow.
Kilian Jornet pendant l'ultratrail du Mont Blanc en 2018: 170 kilomètres en altitude et dans des conditions météorologiques difficiles.
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Missions to asteroids are opening up the secrets of the Solar System
With NASA planning more missions to space in the future, scientists are studying how to mitigate health hazards that come with space flight.
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Space can damage everything from your cardiovascular and nervous systems to your mental health – long voyages can feel isolating for many.
The exoplanet K2-18b might host a water ocean.
Credits: Illustration: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI), Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University)
The Euclid mission is preparing to launch on July 1.
Jupiter has more than 80 moons, the largest of which were discovered by Galileo. Many will be studied in depth by the scientific instruments of ESA’s JUICE mission.
ESA, NASA, JPL, ATG, DLR, University of Arizona, University of Leicester
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer and Europa Clipper missions will arrive at Jupiter in the 2030s and provide researchers with unprecedented access to the icy moons orbiting the gas giant.
An artist’s impression of the 30,000 or so space debris orbiting around the Earth.
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ARC Laureate Fellow and Winthrop Research Professor at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, UWA., The University of Western Australia