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Roland’s new software instrument Galaxias offers access to 20,000 sounds
Roland just unveiled its latest software instrument, called Galaxias. The plugin offers 20,000 presets, leading the company to call it a super instrument. You can also layer up to four instruments to create unique soundscapes.
NASA discovered that an asteroid named Dinky actually has its own moon
NASA has discovered that an asteroid named Dinky is orbited by a tiny moon, forming a binary asteroid pair. In other words, it’s an even dinkier Dinky.
NASA's James Webb Telescope may have found the source of Europa's carbon
Europa is one of the objects in our solar system that's under observation for potentially having the conditions to support life.
James Webb telescope captures surreal images of Jupiter's auroras
The James Webb telescope has captured photos of Jupiter that highlight the planet's ghostly auroras.
James Webb telescope can take detailed photos of our own solar system's planets and moons
NASA has released images of Jupiter taken during James Webb's commissioning period.
Europa's resemblance to Greenland bodes well for possible life on Jupiter's moon
Europa has features similar to Greenland, and they add to evidence that Jupiter's moon could support life.
Listen to the 'sound' of Jupiter's moon Ganymede thanks to the Juno probe
NASA's Juno probe has 'heard' Jupiters' giant moon Ganymede by recording magnetic field activity during a fly-by.
Juno probe provides the first 3D view of Jupiter's atmosphere
NASA's Juno probe has offered the first 3D view of Jupiter's atmosphere, showing a flurry of activity beneath the surface.
NASA launches mission to explore Solar System 'fossils'
NASA has launched Lucy, a mission that will explore the 'fossils' of Solar System planetary formation among Jupiter's asteroids.
Hubble finds evidence of water vapor on Jupiter's largest moon
Researchers re-examined new and archival datasets to make the discovery.
SpaceX will launch NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will be launching NASA's long-awaited Europa Clipper mission.
There could be as many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy
The findings could have a big impact on future space missions.
Astronomers spot a strange, first-of-its-kind asteroid near Jupiter
Scientists have discovered a strange, unique object near Jupiter that's a cross between an asteroid and comet.
NASA gives four projects $3 million to develop potential space missions
NASA has announced four projects as part of its Discovery Program, which sees the space agency asking scientists to pitch focused, relatively low-cost missions for it to take on and develop into full-fledged missions. "Although they're not official missions yet and some ultimately may not be chosen to move forward, the selections focus on compelling targets and science that are not covered by NASA's active missions or recent selections," NASA writes on its website.
The Hayden Planetarium’s new show celebrates unmanned space probes
The astronomy I learned as a kid was pretty limited — the Earth revolves around the Sun and, of course, the whole "My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" thing. Of course, that expression no longer applies because our understanding of the solar system is a lot more nuanced these days. Not just because we're adults now, but because the entire field has been revolutionized by probes, plumbing the depths of distant bodies and returning that data to us over decades. That deeper understanding of our solar system is at the heart of the American Museum of Natural History's new space show, Worlds Beyond Earth, but its unsung hero is the technology that made it possible.
NASA confirms mission to Jupiter's moon Europa
NASA has been talking for years about sending a probe to Europa, and now it's locking down those plans. The agency has confirmed the next phase of its Europa Clipper mission, which will send a spacecraft to the Jovian moon to determine if it could support life. The move allows progress toward finishing and testing a final design for the spacecraft. The administration is developing for a 2023 launch target to ensure a "cost-effective" process, but it's prepared to launch as late as 2025.
There's table salt on one of Jupiter's moons
The ocean that scientists believe exists underneath Europa's thick icy crust might be more like our own than previously thought. According to a new study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers used the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) instrument to scan Jupiter's moon in infrared light. The team found what's called the "spectral signature" of irradiated sodium chloride, also known as table salt.
NASA is testing Jupiter moon probe's data-beaming antenna
What the Europa Clipper finds when it starts orbiting Jupiter's icy moon won't be of any use to us if it can't send data back to Earth. In order to beam back information from that far into the solar system, the Clipper will be equipped with a high-gain antenna (HGA) that the space agency is currently testing. NASA is evaluating a full-scale 10-foot-tall prototype of the HGA -- a directional antenna that allows precise targeting of radio signals -- at the Experimental Test Range (ETR) at NASA's Langley Research Center.
Trump asks for $9.6 billion to bolster cybersecurity in 2020 budget
President Donald Trump has revealed his proposed budget for the 2020 fiscal year, which "supports the creation" of Space Force (USSF) as the sixth branch of the armed forces. The White House also hopes to bolster cybersecurity and NASA exploration missions.
NASA and Autodesk are testing new ways to design interplanetary landers
Autodesk, the software company behind AutoCAD, has teamed up with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to look at news ways to create an interplanetary lander that could potentially touch down on the moons of Saturn or Jupiter. When Mark Davis, the senior director of industry research at Autodesk, first approached JPL about the collaboration, NASA wasn't too interested. But when Autodesk showed that it was possible to achieve a 30 percent or more performance improvement by way of new designs and materials, Davis' team had JPL's attention.
