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InformationVideo published by Freethink This video presents one of NASA's projects, focused on the different possibilities for protecting us from the massive impact of an asteroid on our only planet. The project is called DART: Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which can be translated as a double asteroid redirection test. The different speakers...

The race for space exploration never slows down, and one of NASA's next targets is particularly intriguing: the near-Earth asteroid (99942) Apophis. Initially identified as a potential threat to Earth during its 2029 flyby, more recent calculations have ruled out any collision risk. However, this exceptional close approach offers an extraordinary...

InformationVideo published by CNET In the next chapter of exploration, NASA wants to send another Rover (currently planned for the summer of 2020). This new Rover is assembled in a meticulously sterilized room ("NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory" in Southern California), and engineers must be decontaminated when entering this room...

InformationVideo published by Guillaume Laffon In this time-lapse video, posted by Mr. Guillaume Laffon from the cockpit of a Boeing 777, we can admire the pilots' view as they fly over the planet at night. You can make out each illuminated city, giving a splendid result.

Astronomy is in the spotlight this week with the exciting confirmation of a discovery that could redefine our understanding of planetary formation. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have announced the detection of an unexpected, heavy-metal-rich atmosphere around an ultra-hot exoplanet, WASP-189b. This planet, already famous...