Tag: Space Exploration
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Latvia Joins Artemis Accords to Promote Peaceful Space Exploration
Latvia Signs Artemis Accords, Joining Global Efforts for Peaceful Space Exploration Latvia has announced its intention to sign the Artemis Accords, expanding the coalition of nations committed to peaceful, cooperative space exploration under NASA-led guidance. The move brings a new Baltic member into a pact that already includes dozens of countries spanning multiple continents. As…
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Europlanet Webinar: Cassini Detects Organic Compounds in Enceladus’ Fresh Plume
Overview: Cassini’s Fresh Plume and a New Detection The Europlanet Webinar on 5 November 2025 brings together researchers and enthusiasts to explore a startling development: the Cassini mission, which operated from 1997 to 2017, identified organic molecules in ice grains from the geysers that shoot from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Minutes after being ejected into space,…
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Europlanet Webinar: Cassini Detects Organic Compounds in Enceladus Plume
Overview of the Europlanet Webinar On 5 November 2025, at 11:00 CET (10:00 UTC), the Europlanet Webinar series highlighted a pivotal discovery about Enceladus, one of Saturn’s most intriguing moons. The session featured Thomas O’Sullivan from Freie Universitaet Berlin, who shared the latest results on organic molecules detected in ice grains ejected from Enceladus’ plumes.…
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Archaeology in Space: What 25 Years of ISS Teaches Us About Living and Working Off Earth
Introduction: A New Kind of Archaeology The International Space Station (ISS) has been humanity’s long-running orbital laboratory for a quarter of a century. While most people associate archaeology with ancient ruins on Earth, a growing field of space archaeology looks at how crewed missions, habitats, and workflows leave traces—both material and procedural—on living in microgravity.…
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Meet Point Nemo: The Island of Space, and the ISS’s Quiet Farewell in 2030
Introduction: A Quiet Milestone in a Trailblazing Era On a Sunday that marked a poetic milestone, the International Space Station (ISS) reached 25 years of continuous human occupation. Since humans first settled a persistent scientific outpost in orbit, the ISS has been more than a research lab; it has been a symbol of international collaboration,…
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Molecules on Titan Break a Core Chemistry Rule, Shaping Our View of the Moon’s Atmosphere
New Findings Challenge a Core Chemistry Principle on Titan Scientists have long trusted the rule of thumb in chemistry known as “like dissolves like”—the idea that substances with similar polarity or intermolecular forces mix or dissolve more readily than dissimilar ones. Recent observations and modeling conducted on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, suggest that its ultra-cold…
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25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us about living and working in space
The ISS as a Lab and Habitat Twenty-five years into the era of sustained human presence in low Earth orbit, the International Space Station (ISS) stands not only as a marvel of engineering but also as a living archaeological site. Archaeology, traditionally concerned with past cultures on Earth, now informs how we interpret long-duration spaceflight.…
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Meet Point Nemo, the Final Resting Zone for the ISS by 2030
Introduction: The ISS Era Nears its End For a quarter of a century, the International Space Station (ISS) has orbited Earth, serving as a beacon of international cooperation, scientific discovery, and human endurance in space. On the surface, the milestone of 25 years of continuous human occupation celebrated on a recent Sunday underscores the ISS’s…
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Titan’s Icy Seas: Water and Oil Mix Could Spark Exotic Chemistry
Introduction: A World of Icy Surprises Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is famous for its methane rain, hydrocarbon lakes, and a surface as cold as any in the solar system. Yet beneath its alien beauty lies a chemistry that challenges our Earth-centric intuition. Recent discussions among scientists suggest that in Titan’s unique environment, water ice and…
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PBS Marks 25 Years of the International Space Station with NOVA’s Operation Space Station
PBS Celebrates a Quarter-Century of the International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) has stood as humanity’s most ambitious off-world laboratory since its first module reached orbit in 2000. To commemorate a landmark 25-year milestone, PBS’s NOVA series presents Operation Space Station, a two-part documentary event premiering on November 5, 2025. The program offers…