The analysis by amateurs, with subsequent supervision by scientists, of 37,000 photographs taken over 19 years by the telescope Hubble, of the POT and the European Space Agency (ESA), has made it possible to catalog 1,031 asteroids small ones that had gone unnoticed. The discovery led by researchers from the Autonomous University of Madrid and […]
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Japanese satellite begins operation to reduce space debris
The Japanese company Astroscale together with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) They put the Adras-J (Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan) satellite into orbit, with the objective of inspecting the space debris orbiting the Earth. The satellite took off from a rocket on the Mahia Peninsula, in New Zealand, on a mission that seeks to […]
Europe regains autonomy in space with Ariane 6 and will launch Hera mission in 2024
The European Space Agency has a broad calendar of activities for 2024, which includes the recovery of autonomous access to space with the inaugural flight of Ariane 6 and the resumption of Vega-C activities, in addition to the launch of the Hera planetary defense mission. The graduation of the new class of ESA astronauts, including […]
Blue Origin returns to space after a year-long hiatus
A New Shepard rocket Blue Origin took off this Tuesday Texasa success that marks the return to space of the company founded by the American millionaire Jeff Bezos more than a year after an accident. Ten minutes after takeoff, the NS-24 unmanned mission capsule, containing scientific material, landed in the desert, according to a live […]
The US fines a company for the first time for debris in space
The authorities of USA have imposed a fine, the first of its kind, on a television satellites for having abandoned waste in spaceannounced the US telecommunications regulator. The operator Dish received a fine of US$150,000 for not having “exorbitant correctly” a satellite called EchoStar-7, in orbit since 2002, according to a statement from the Federal […]
Bone fat comes to the rescue of the health of astronauts in space
The missions to space have a physical cost to astronauts: loss of red blood cells and bone mass, although researchers have discovered that the fat that surrounds the marrow comes to the rescue to avoid health complications. The study, published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, continues a first investigation carried out by one of […]
The magic of working at NASA
From the preparation and management of launches to the manufacture of telescopes or the study of asteroids: at the Goddard Space Flight Center of the POT The real magic of space exploration milestones happens. Less than twenty kilometers from Washington is this enormous facility, the largest of the ten that NASA has in the country, […]
Biden and Modi talk about Ukraine and announce agreements in defense, space and technology
The president of USA, Joe Bidenand the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modithey talked this Thursday in the White House on war in Ukraine and made new collaboration announcements in defense, space and technology. In a joint press conference, the two leaders revealed that the war in Ukraine was part of the agenda. “Today we […]
They develop a 3D climate model to study twin planets Venus and Earth
An international scientific team is developing a global climate model in 3D of the exoplanet LP 890-9 c, a way to study distant twins of Venus and the earth and know its evolution. Despite the fact that more than 5,400 planets are known around distant stars, one of the current challenges in science lies in […]
China to build scientific exploration base on the south pole of the Moon
Updated on 05/01/2022 09:14 am China has approved the fourth phase of its lunar exploration program, which includes the construction over the next decade of a scientific exploration base at the south pole of the moon. According to the state broadcaster CGTN, the National Space Administration of China (CNSA) announced that the Asian country will […]