UK scientists will help NASA’s Perseverance rover select Martian rock and soil

Rock and soil taken from Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover in the search for ancient microbial Martian life will be selected by UK researchers.  Scientists at Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum will help Perseverance select the Martian samples, which will eventually be brought back to Earth for scientific study.  Perseverance blasts off from Florida … Read more

Woman with rare genetic condition wears ‘space helmet’ to protect her skin from the sun

A woman with a rare genetic condition has shared how she wears a mask that looks like a ‘space helmet’ to protect her skin from damaging UV rays – and hasn’t left the house without it for 20 years.  At just two-years-old, Fatima Ghazaoui, 28, from Mohammedia, Morocco, was diagnosed with the rare skin condition Xeroderma … Read more

Woman with rare genetic condition wears ‘space helmet’ to protect her skin from the sun

A woman with a rare genetic condition has shared how she wears a mask that looks like a ‘space helmet’ to protect her skin from damaging UV rays – and hasn’t left the house without it for 20 years.  At just two-years-old, Fatima Ghazaoui, 28, from Mohammedia, Morocco, was diagnosed with the rare skin condition Xeroderma … Read more

NASA to use stratospheric balloon the size of football field to study light from newborn stars

NASA to use a stratospheric balloon the size of football field to study infrared light from newborn stars ASTHROS will launch a cutting edge telescope attached  to a 400-foot balloon The mission will hoist the telescope into the stratosphere There the telescope will observe gases and star formation  It will create a 3D map of distant … Read more

NASA captures summer on Saturn in an amazing new snapshot from the Hubble Space Telescope 

NASA captures summer on Saturn in an amazing new snapshot from the Hubble Space Telescope The newly-released image was taken by the orbiting observatory on July 4, 2020 The gas giant’s northern hemisphere appears redder in the summer sunlight Meanwhile, its ring are bright like ‘freshly fallen snow’ and the south pole is blue Two of the … Read more

Incredible images captured from Mars ‘remastered’ in ultra HD

Mars as you’ve never seen it before: Incredible images captured from the Martian surface by NASA rovers are remastered in stunning ultra high definition by space fans YouTubers ElderFox Documentaries created panoramas from Martian images  The pictures were all taken by Curiosity, Opportunity and Spirit rovers on Mars The team ‘upscaled’ the images into ultra … Read more

Incredible images captured from Mars ‘remastered’ in ultra HD

Mars as you’ve never seen it before: Incredible images captured from the Martian surface by NASA rovers are remastered in stunning ultra high definition by space fans YouTubers ElderFox Documentaries created panoramas from Martian images  The pictures were all taken by Curiosity, Opportunity and Spirit rovers on Mars The team ‘upscaled’ the images into ultra … Read more

Pentagon moves to design a mini ‘orbital outpost’ for government experiments 

Is the US creating the first military space station? Pentagon moves to design a mini ‘orbital outpost’ for government experiments The Department of Defense announced last year it wants to build a space station The group has awarded the contract to aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp The firm will transform its Shooting Star cargo ship … Read more

Pentagon moves to design a mini ‘orbital outpost’ for government experiments 

Is the US creating the first military space station? Pentagon moves to design a mini ‘orbital outpost’ for government experiments The Department of Defense announced last year it wants to build a space station The group has awarded the contract to aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp The firm will transform its Shooting Star cargo ship … Read more

NASA delays launch of James Webb Telescope AGAIN pushing target date back by seven months

NASA delays launch of James Webb Telescope AGAIN pushing the Hubble successor’s target date back by seven months due to coronavirus and ‘technical challenges’ NASA’s James Webb telescope will be delayed by seven months It now has an estimated launch date of October 31st, 2021 Technical challenges are the coronavirus pandemic are to blame, says … Read more