Portal origin URL: NASA’s Juno Celebrates 10 Years With New Infrared View of Moon GanymedePortal origin nid: 473099Published: Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 17:07Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The spacecraft used its infrared instrument during recent flybys of Jupiter’s mammoth moon to create this latest map, which comes out a decade after Juno’s...
Portal origin URL: Huge Rings Around a Black HolePortal origin nid: 473071Published: Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 10:49Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Astronomers spotted an unusual set of rings in X-rays around a black hole with a companion star. These rings are created by light echoes, a phenomenon similar to echoes on Earth from sound waves...
A lot of power means a lot of heat. NASA’s future missions to explore the Moon and Mars will require enormous amounts of electrical power and hardware to support astronauts and drive new technologies. This increase in power, however, also increases the amount of heat generated—and then that heat needs to be removed so all the spacecraft systems can function. News Article...