Atlas V Rocket Launches With NASA's Earth-Monitoring Landsat 9 Satellite
28 Sep 2021, 00:20 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On Monday, September 27th, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base with NASA's Landsat 9 Earth-monitoring satellite
Terminator Tape Draws Satellites Back to Earth Faster to Their Fiery Doom
23 Aug 2021, 21:52 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, has successfully proven its Terminator Tape ability to safely and quickly de-orbit an inactive satellite.
Chances of Hazardous Asteroid Hitting Earth Are Higher Than Scientists Thought
12 Aug 2021, 09:31 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / In a new study published on Tuesday in the journal Icarus, NASA has used data from the agency's OSIRIS spacecraft to better estimate Bennu's orbital trajectory.
June's Solar Eclipse Made This Amazing Dark Smudge on Our Planet
26 Jul 2021, 10:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The annular eclipse that took place in June was captured on film by a specialized camera located almost one million miles away from Earth
Tokyo Olympics Had a Lit Start, More Than 1,800 Drones Put on an Epic Show
24 Jul 2021, 13:31 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Yesterday, July 23rd, the official opening ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games took place. The ceremony ended with 1,800 drones up the sky.
Spacecraft Captures First Footage of Powerful Eruption on the Sun's Surface
18 May 2021, 08:55 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The Solar Orbiter spacecraft caught its first footage of a coronal mass ejection; data help scientists understand better how the Sun interacts with space
Earth Now Has Under 3 Percent of Land Areas With Intact Fauna
20 Apr 2021, 14:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A recently published study claims that "no more than 2.9% of the land surface can be considered to be faunally intact" on our planet
So, Earth Is Breathing Again. What’s Next?
22 Apr 2020, 12:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The stop of activity and traffic worldwide led to a dramatic drop in pollution levels, by as much as 60 percent in some places
Fastest Spacecraft in History Completes First Orbit of the Sun
4 Feb 2019, 15:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / During its 24 runs around the Sun, the probe will use four instrument suites to gather data relevant to the understanding of the Sun’s fundamental physics