ESA"s riskiest flyby
The chance that ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft will encounter space debris during its upcoming Earth flyby is very, very low. However, the risk is not zero and is greater than any other flyby ESA has performed. That there is this risk at all highligh.....»»
See a flyby of Io, a hellish moon with lakes of lava and an otherworldly mountain
NASA's Juno spacecraft has been investigating Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, and has observed some dramatic features......»»
Watch NASA begin testing its Orion capsule for lunar flyby
NASA has started testing the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts on a voyage around the moon in the Artemis II mission scheduled for 2025......»»
Juice aces Callisto flyby test
Seven years from now, in April 2031, ESA's Juice mission will fly past Jupiter's moon Callisto, offering scientists a tantalizing glimpse at the mysterious, cratered alien world......»»
EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others
Lawmaker hails "world's first binding law on artificial intelligence." Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | BeeBright) The European Parliament today voted to approve the Artificial Intelligence Act, which will ban uses of AI.....»»
Did the Galileo mission find life on Earth?
In the fall of 1989, the Galileo spacecraft was launched into space, bound for Jupiter and its family of moons. Given the great distance to the king of planets, Galileo had to take a roundabout tour through the inner solar system, making a flyby of V.....»»
NASA"s Juno probe makes another close flyby of Io
The Juno spacecraft has revealed some fascinating things about Jupiter since it began exploring the system on July 4th, 2016. Not only is it the first robotic mission to study Jupiter up close while orbiting it since the Galileo spacecraft, which stu.....»»
See the dramatic, volcanic moon Io in new Juno images
NASA's Juno spacecraft recently made a close flyby of the solar system's most volcanic body, the Jovian moon of Io......»»
Juno makes its first ultra-close flyby of the volcano-covered moon Io
"The cumulative effect of all that radiation has begun to show." Enlarge / Juno flyby of Io on Dec. 30, 2023. (credit: NASA) On Saturday NASA's Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter for the better part of a d.....»»
NASA’s Juno spacecraft to pass within 1,000 miles of volcanic moon Io
NASA's Juno spacecraft, current in orbit around Jupiter, will soon be making a close flyby of one of the planet's most dramatic moons, Io......»»
NASA"s Juno to get close look at Jupiter"s volcanic moon Io on Dec. 30
NASA's Juno spacecraft will on Saturday, Dec. 30, make the closest flyby of Jupiter's moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20 years. Coming within roughly 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) from the surface of the most volcanic world in our solar s.....»»
NASA asteroid sampling mission renamed OSIRIS-APEX for new journey
The former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis and take advantage of the asteroid's 2029 flyby of Earth, the likes of which hasn't happened since the dawn of recorded history......»»
Juice burns hard toward first-ever Earth–moon flyby
On 17 November 2023, ESA's Juice spacecraft carried out one of the largest and most important maneuvers in its eight-year journey to Jupiter......»»
Daily Telescope: Lucy continues to surprise astronomers with its first flyby
"We never suspected anything so bizarre!" Enlarge / This image shows the asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) as NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft departed the system. (cre.....»»
NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby
The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists......»»
NASA"s Lucy spacecraft discovers 2nd asteroid during Dinkinesh flyby
On Nov. 1, NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary pair......»»
One of California"s riskiest volcanoes is very active. Is an eruption coming?
One of California's riskiest volcanoes has for decades been undergoing geological changes and seismic activity, which are sometimes a precursor to an eruption, but—thankfully—no supervolcanic eruptions are expected......»»
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will soon make its first flyby of an asteroid
The Lucy spacecraft is on its way to the orbit of Jupiter to study the Trojan asteroids there. But first it will make a flyby of an asteroid called Dinkinesh......»»
Juno completes its closest flyby of Io yet
Jupiter's ocean moons capture most of our attention because of their potential habitability. But Io, Jupiter's bad-boy volcanic moon, is in a class of its own. There's nothing else like it in the solar system, and NASA's Juno spacecraft captured new.....»»
NASA"s Lucy spacecraft preparing for its first asteroid flyby
NASA's Lucy spacecraft is preparing for its first close-up look at an asteroid. On Nov. 1, it will fly by asteroid Dinkinesh and test its instruments in preparation for visits in the next decade to multiple Trojan asteroids that circle the sun in the.....»»
Parker makes its closest and fastest solar flyby
The Parker Solar Probe is the little engine that just keeps going and going by the sun. On September 27th, it made its 17th close approach and skimmed just 7.26 million kilometers (4.51 million miles) above the sun's "surface" layer (called the photo.....»»