Category: NASA

In the early 2030s, NASA plans to deliver pieces of Mars to Earth. This decade will see missions to Titan and Europa, the moons of Saturn and Jupiter, where life may well exist. Anthony Ricardi, professor of invasive ecology and aquatic ecosystems, suggests that without technical analysis it will be difficult to distinguish alien organisms…

One of the most terrifying scenarios for NASA and other space agencies is the unexpected spread of an alien virus on Earth. With each mission, the agency is making more and more efforts to ensure that none of these scenarios become a reality. However, some researchers believe that the current threat prevention standards are not…

After analyzing the lunar soil brought by the Chinese Chang’e-5 spacecraft, their team found that the sample contains compounds rich in iron and titanium substances that can work as a catalyst to produce desired products, such as oxygen, using sunlight and carbon dioxide. Based on these observations, the team proposed a strategy for “extraterrestrial photosynthesis…

One of the stars in it changes brightness once in 62 minutes. This is probably due to the fact that one of its sides is much brighter than the opposite. And the reason for this is the radiation of the pulsar tearing it. It probably represents the pulsar “black widow”, which is slowly absorbing its…

According to NASA experts, asteroid 2009 JF1 will fly by the Earth at a minimum distance tomorrow. Scientists said that if a celestial body collides with our planet, the force of the explosion will reach 230 kilotons in TNT equivalent, which is ten times more than in the explosion in Hiroshima in 1945. However, the…

Launching satellites using traditional rockets is quite expensive. In this regard, many engineers are looking for alternative ways: for example, to launch miniature rockets from high-flying aircraft. Spin Launch is developing one of these alternative methods. According to its concept, the device is unwound in a centrifuge with centripetal acceleration up to 10 thousand g,…

They managed to figure it out thanks to a large-scale computer model that has been run more than 400,000 times. According to calculations, the last day for life on Earth should come in the year 1000 002 021. It is at this moment that deoxygenation will reach peak values – an inevitable consequence of an…

“Elon Musk’s idea of a million people settling on Mars is a dangerous misconception. Living on Mars is no better than living at the South Pole or on top of Mount Everest,” Rees said during a speech at the World Government Summit in Dubai. American astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson agreed with him. In his opinion,…

In about one billion years, the Earth’s atmosphere will be almost completely deprived of oxygen and enriched with methane, planetary scientists said. “One of the indicators of extraterrestrial life is the oxygen-rich atmosphere, which suggests the presence of plants and photosynthesis. The modern atmosphere of the Earth with a high oxygen content is a distinctive…

It is a red dwarf located 32 light-years from the Sun. The planets have a dense rocky shell. They are larger and twice as massive as the Earth. The planet closest to the star was designated HD 260655 b. Its radius is about 1.24 Earth’s, and its mass is 2.14 times the mass of our…