space

NASA's Bennu samples contain life's building blocks, including amino acids and DNA/RNA nucleobases

Samples contain all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA, supporting theory that asteroids may have seeded Earth with life's essential ingredients.

Asteroid the size of 289 Squishmallows has 'very small' chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Using the ESA's measurement, asteroid 2024 YR4 may range anywhere from 200 to 500 Squishmallows, or roughly half of the size of the average child's collection.

30/01/2025

110 million people come together: World's largest human gathering captured from space

NASA astronaut Don Pettit shared a view of the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 from the vantage point of the International Space Station.

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

Italy to collaborate with SpaceIL on Beresheet 2 moonshot

The Beresheet 2 mission will perform two landings on the moon and scientific experiments on and around the moon.

By GALI WEINREB/GLOBES/TNS
28/01/2025

German engineer sets record, living 121 days in an undersea capsule off Panama's coast

Rüdiger Koch lived in a 30-square-meter capsule 11 meters deep, lacking shower facilities and monitored 24/7 to verify his feat.

Mapping 2 billion stars: How Gaia transformed our view of the Milky Way

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia spacecraft concluded its sky-scanning mission after mapping the Milky Way for more than 10 years.

Ancient wave ripples in Mars indicate the presence of an ancient lake with up to 2 meters of water

"The shape of the ripples unequivocally indicates the presence of water in lakes that was subjected to wind influence".

After 10 years and 1,000 orbits, Hubble's mosaic reveals 200 million stars in Andromeda

The result is an impressive panorama, revealing approximately 200 million stars and extending six times the apparent diameter of the full Moon in the night sky.

Webb Telescope reveals intricate structures in Cassiopeia A supernova

A light echo is created when a star explodes or erupts, flashing light into surrounding clumps of dust and causing them to shine in an ever-expanding pattern.

Pakistan launches first indigenous electro-optical satellite EO-1 with China's assistance

Pakistan describes this success as a major step towards self-reliance and technological excellence.

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