China’s Shenzhou 20 astronauts head home to Earth after space-debris scare
The three astronauts of China’s Shenzhou 20 mission headed back to Earth today (Nov. 13) after a week-long delay caused by a debris strike on their spacecraft.
NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind
NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission launched at 3:55 p.m. EST atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space…
Canada’s SBQuantum wins contract to supply ESA magnetometer
SAN FRANCISCO – Canada’s SBQuantum has won an €800,000 ($932,000) European Space Agency contract to deliver a prototype quantum magnetometer for space-based Earth observation. Under the 21-month contract, announced Nov.…
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4702-4708: It’s Only Spooky Here on Earth Today!
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4695-4701: Searching for Answers at Monte Grande
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4689-4694: Drill in the Boxwork Unit is GO!
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4682-4688: Seven Mars Years
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5 reasons why Blue Origin’s New Glenn Mars launch was a big deal
The Nov. 13 launch of two Mars probes atop Blue Origin’s powerful New Glenn rocket was a big deal for a variety of reasons. Here’s a brief rundown.
New Research Helps Narrow the Search for Elusive Neutrino Sources
A research team has conducted the first systematic search for optical counterparts to a neutrino “multiplet,” a rare event in which multiple high-energy neutrinos are detected from the same direction…
Could alien life be found in the clouds of an exoplanet?
It’s based on the colorful microorganisms that live in the clouds on Earth.