#What a habitable alternative Earth would look like

#What a habitable alternative Earth would look like

“What a habitable alternative Earth would look like” Scientists think they’ve worked out what an Earth-like planet in our neighboring star system could look like. Astronomers are always hunting for exoplanets, which are just planets outside our Solar System, and they’re particularly interested in finding ones we could live on. An international team of researchers…

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#Asteroid discovered only two hours before Earth impact

#Asteroid discovered only two hours before Earth impact

“Asteroid discovered only two hours before Earth impact” An asteroid was recently discovered just two hours before it struck Earth’s atmosphere. On March 11, Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky from the Konkoly Observatory near Budapest uncovered a small asteroid heading towards our planet. Designated 2022 EB5, the small rocky object impacted Earth just north of Iceland….

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#California startup Astrolab unveils space rover

#California startup Astrolab unveils space rover

“California startup Astrolab unveils space rover” LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles-area startup founded by a veteran spaceflight robotics engineer unveiled on Thursday its full-scale, working prototype for a next-generation lunar rover that is just as fast as NASA’s old “moon buggy” but is designed to do much more. The company, Venturi Astrolab Inc, released photos and video showing its Flexible Logistics…

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#SpaceX mocks Russia during Starlink launch

#SpaceX mocks Russia during Starlink launch

“SpaceX mocks Russia during Starlink launch” SpaceX officials couldn’t resist poking fun at Russia during the firm’s recent launch of 48 Starlink satellites into orbit — escalating a feud with Russia’s space agency that has intensified since the Kremlin began its widely condemned invasion of Ukraine. Just seconds before Wednesday’s launch, a SpaceX director mocked…

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#NASA spacecraft expected to find over 12,000 planets by 2024

#NASA spacecraft expected to find over 12,000 planets by 2024

“NASA spacecraft expected to find over 12,000 planets by 2024” NASA has discovered thousands of new planets to date – and there are plenty more where they came from. According to scientists, the agency’s exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS will uncover upwards of 12,000 exoplanets by 2024. Launched four years ago, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)…

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