Der Transit der Sternenbegleiter

CHEOPS ist die erste von drei Missionen der ESA, die ab Herbst 2019 die Erforschung von Exoplaneten in den Blick nimmt. Das Weltraumteleskop des Satelliten soll die Größe und Beschaffenheit mehrerer hundert extrasolarer Himmelskörper untersuchen.

read more … https://ift.tt/2YPZOut
via ESA Germany https://ift.tt/2UcvtQF

Planetenjäger Cheops

Günther Hasinger, ESA-Direktor für Wissenschaft, erklärt, welche Rolle CHEOPS und die Folgemissionen für das Verständnis von der Entstehung der Planetensysteme spielen.

read more … https://ift.tt/30jP98e
via ESA Germany https://ift.tt/2UcvtQF

Elon Musk Floats ‚Nuke Mars‘ Idea Again (He Has T-Shirts)

Nuking Mars is still on Elon Musk’s wish list, it would seem.

read more … https://ift.tt/2KHgjR7
via Space.com https://ift.tt/2CqOJ61

Nuclear Propulsion Could Be ‚Game-Changer‘ for Space Exploration, NASA Chief Says

Humanity’s next giant leap could be enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.

read more … https://ift.tt/2Zf9zxC
via Space.com https://ift.tt/2CqOJ61

Meet Skybot F-850, the Humanoid Robot Russia Is Launching into Space

When a Russian Soyuz spacecraft launches from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station Wednesday, it will carry a humanoid robot called Skybo F-850.

read more … https://ift.tt/2MsWuyN
via Space.com https://ift.tt/2CqOJ61

NASA’s Next Space Telescope Could Reveal Details About the TRAPPIST-1 Planets, But There’s One Problem

The James Webb Space Telescope could gather critical information about the atmospheres of planets in the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, one new study finds.

read more … https://ift.tt/2ZguR2c
via Space.com https://ift.tt/2CqOJ61

Where Are New Stars Born? NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Investigate

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope as a sort of time machine, a team of researchers intends to look billions of years into the past to understand how stars like our Sun formed in the universe.

read more … https://ift.tt/2Z90JGv
via Webb Telescope Features http://www.nasa.gov/

Mirror to mirror

Space Science Image of the Week: Successful deployment of Webb’s secondary mirror marks major milestone for the revolutionary new observatory

read more … https://ift.tt/30bhj57
via ESA Space Science https://ift.tt/1urjQU2

NASA Rehearses Astronaut Launch — and Rescue — with SpaceX, Boeing (Photos)

Both SpaceX and Boeing are busily preparing for the first crewed launches of their commercial spacecraft, and in case something goes wrong, they’re simulating different types of emergencies.

read more … https://ift.tt/2HgK1de
via Space.com https://ift.tt/2CqOJ61

NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moon Clears Big Hurdle on Path to Launch

A highly anticipated NASA mission to Jupiter’s possibly life-supporting moon Europa remains on track for a mid-2020s launch.

read more … https://ift.tt/2P9v03s
via Space.com https://ift.tt/2CqOJ61