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The Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has recently provided measurements that show this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the largest on record. The hole reached a size of 26 million square kilometers on September 16, 2023, which is approximately three times the size of Brazil. This information raises concerns about the state of our […]

Mark your calendars, space enthusiasts! The highly anticipated fourth season of “For All Mankind” is set to make its debut on November 10th. This alternate space history series, created by Ronald D. Moore, explores a world where the Soviet Union beat the United States in the race to land a man on the moon. As […]

Moon Dust-Infused Timepiece: A Bridge Between Past and Future October 4, 2023 — There is an allure to moon dust. Just like its unique adhesive properties, causing it to stick to everything it touches, it tends to draw the attention of everyone who sees it, regardless of their walk of life. This fascination with moon […]

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is set to embark on his first spacewalk on October 12, 2023. During this spacewalk, Andreas will install a new high-definition camera on the International Space Station (ISS) and prepare an experiment for a future upgrade. The spacewalk will be conducted alongside NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara. Before the spacewalk, Andreas and […]

The Orion Nebula, located south of Orion’s belt, is one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky. Recently, new images of this stunning celestial object have been captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and included in ESA’s ESASky application, allowing users to visualize and download astronomical data with ease. At the core […]

Recent research conducted by NASA and its partners is uncovering the secrets behind Saturn’s iconic rings and mysterious icy moons. Using supercomputer simulations, scientists have determined that the rings formed from a massive impact between two icy moons, dating back to the time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The collision between the moons resulted in […]

Dream Chaser, the innovative spaceplane developed by Sierra Space, is bringing back the capability of returning experiments and equipment from the International Space Station (ISS) through Earth’s atmosphere for a runway landing. While it shares some similarities with NASA’s Space Transportation System, also known as the space shuttle, Dream Chaser is actually based on a […]

SpaceX is set to conclude the third quarter of 2023 with its 70th launch of the year. The upcoming mission, Starlink Group 6-19, is scheduled to take off this Friday, September 29th. This launch will mark another milestone for SpaceX as it continues to break records and push boundaries in the space industry. The weather […]

In a quest to combat bacterial contamination, the Biofilms study conducted by researchers from the German Aerospace Center, DLR, and the University of Saarland in Germany, has taken its cosmic journey to the International Space Station. The goal of this experiment is to understand how gravity affects biofilms, which are protective slime clusters created by […]

On September 27, 2023, history was made as the first American astronaut to spend a full year in space, along with two Russian cosmonauts, safely landed back on Earth. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin returned from their extended stay on the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Russia’s Soyuz […]