by sagesgroup | Jan 30, 2023 | Astronomy, bacteria, Mars, NASA, Science, Space Science, Syndicated
NASA and the China National Space Agency (CNSA) plan to mount the first crewed missions to Mars in the next decade. These will commence with a crew launching in 2033, with follow-up missions launching every 26 months to coincide with Mars and Earth being at the...by sagesgroup | Jan 29, 2023 | NASA, Physics, Space Science, Syndicated
Today, multiple space agencies are investigating cutting-edge propulsion ideas that will allow for rapid transits to other bodies in the Solar System. These include NASA’s Nuclear-Thermal or Nuclear-Electric Propulsion (NTP/NEP) concepts that could enable transit...by sagesgroup | Jan 29, 2023 | NASA, Science, Space Science, Syndicated, technology
Tractor beams make intuitive sense. Matter and energy interact with each other in countless ways throughout the Universe. Magnetism and gravity are both natural forces that can draw objects together, so there’s sort of a precedent. But engineering an actual tractor...by sagesgroup | Jan 27, 2023 | A1, Asteroids, Astronomy, Astronomy Explainers, Card story, ESA, homepage, NASA, Space Science
Every week, there seems to be another asteroid in the news that’s about to fly dangerously close to Earth. But it never comes near enough to smash our planet to smithereens — or even quietly burn up in the atmosphere. This week it’s asteroid 2023 BU, which will soar...by sagesgroup | Jan 27, 2023 | A1, Astronomy, Life in Space, Lucy Mission, NASA, Science, Space Science, Space Travel
In the absence of a time machine, astronomers turn to asteroids, comets, and other primordial bodies to trace the origins of our Solar System. NASA launched a spacecraft called Lucy on October 16, 2021. Later this decade, it will be the first to visit a fleet of...by sagesgroup | Jan 24, 2023 | Astrobiology, Astronomy, Chemistry, James Webb Telescope, Planets, Science, Space Science
Astronomers found some key ingredients for life, and for livable worlds, in a dark, dense cloud of gas about 550 light years away. The chemicals that astronomers recently found, clinging to tiny dust grains in a cold cloud of molecular gas, aren’t the building blocks...