Astronomy

Lunar Trailblazer Vanishes after Launch, Leaving NASA Puzzled
TEHRAN (ANA)- After losing contact with Lunar Trailblazer on February 27, NASA engineers are still attempting to reestablish communication.

Researchers Reveal: Adsorptive Regolith on Mars Soaks up Water
TEHRAN (ANA)- A research group from Tohoku University has helped shed light on improving an existing Mars climate model.

NASA’s Genius Plan to Use Gravity to Reach Moon
TEHRAN (ANA)- NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer is gearing up for launch, riding on a SpaceX Falcon 9 as part of the IM-2 mission.

Iran to Inaugurate Strategic Space Center in May
TEHRAN (ANA)- Hassan Salarieh, the head of the Iranian Space Agency, announced that a strategic under-construction space center will be inaugurated in May.

Glowing Dark Tower Sparks New Stars in Scorpius
TEHRAN (ANA)- A stellar nursery hidden in Scorpius, the Dark Tower is a glowing, wind-sculpted cloud of gas shaped by young stars’ radiation.

NASA Finds Sun’s Secret Warning before Massive Solar Flares
TEHRAN (ANA)- Scientists have long struggled to accurately predict solar flares, but a recent breakthrough using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has uncovered a promising new sign: flickering coronal loops.

Scientists Discover Space Chorus Far from Earth
TEHRAN (ANA)- An international research team has discovered chorus waves more than 160,000 km away from Earth -- a space phenomena previously believed to occur only near Earth's dipole magnetic field regions.

Scientists Unveil Stunning New Images of Hidden Exocomet Belts around 74 Nearby Stars
TEHRAN (ANA)- Astrophysicists have achieved a major breakthrough by capturing images of exocomet belts around 74 nearby stars.

Scientists Develop Research Platform for Artificial Sun
TEHRAN (ANA)- A linear plasma generator has reached the design specifications, making China the second country in the world, after the Netherlands, to develop such a high-flux plasma generator, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science under the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced.

Shenzhou-19 Crew Set for Second Extravehicular Activities
TEHRAN (ANA)- The Shenzhou-19 crew members on board China's space station will conduct their second extravehicular activities (EVAs) within the next few days, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Sunday.