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A journal that is small is the best way to get a species protected
Researchers have found that a small percentage of citations received by European Space Agency (ESA) came from journals with an impact factor of more than 9. The team created an impact factor based on the fraction of papers that a journal publishes that are used by the ESA. Pacific Science was the top ranked journal…
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The launch of the dark-energy mapper in Euclid is about to probe the mysteries of the universe
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclidean Space Telescope will be launched in July to study the influence of dark energy on the acceleration of the Universe. The mission’s project scientist, René Laureijs, said it’s a “dark energy detector”. He added that the data will “show whether or not Einstein’s theory is the right explanation for…
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A European space probe looks at the Jupiter System
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Juno mission will be sending a probe to orbit Jupiter’s moons Europa and Ganymede in an attempt to find the moon, the largest in the entire solar system. The Juno mission will circle back and pass close to the Earth and the Moon in a year, which will help to…
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What time is it on the moon?
NASA is collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Lunar Communications Relay and Navigation Systems’ projects. They’re working to create a dedicated global satellite navigation system (GNSS) for the Moon similar to how GPS and other satellite navigation networks provide precise location tracking on Earth. However, space agencies haven’t decided whether…
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The pictures were taken when NASA’s Orion spacecraft reached the Moon.
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) CAPSTONE mission, which is set to explore Jupiter’s icy moons, is set to explore three of them. The mission, which is set to launch in 2021, will examine and map the icy moons. NASA’s Artemis I mission, which launched last month, is aimed at having US astronauts on the moon…