Blazar variability Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies that are accreting material. These…
New study investigates properties of the Melotte 105 cluster A new study recently conducted by astronomers has investigated the Melotte…
Mars 2020 rover to seek ancient life, prepare human missions The Mars 2020 rover, which sets off for the Red…
US astronaut sets record for longest spaceflight by a woman A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest…
China launches powerful rocket in boost for 2020 Mars mission China Friday launched one of the world’s most powerful rockets…
‘Ring of fire’ eclipse wows across Asia Skywatchers from Saudi Arabia and Oman to India and Singapore were treated to…
LAMOST first data release provides fundamental parameters of nearly 30,000 M dwarfs Based on the first data release (DR1) from…
Our favorite holiday gift? A box of Apollo moon soil Fortunately for today’s scientists, Apollo-era leaders had the foresight to…
Deaf people at risk of being ‘excluded from astronomy’ The deaf community risks being excluded from aspects of modern science…
Boeing capsule returns to Earth after aborted space mission (Update) Boeing safely landed its crew capsule in the New Mexico…
Image: Hubble’s close-up of spiral’s disk, bulge This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy…
Nightside barrier gently brakes ‘bursty’ plasma bubbles The solar wind that pummels the Earth’s dayside magnetosphere causes turbulence, like air…
Boeing sends ‘Rosie’ dummy to space in key crewless mission Boeing is set to launch its Starliner capsule Friday on…
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover completes its first drive NASA’s next Mars rover has passed its first driving test. A preliminary…
Solving the challenges of long duration space flight with 3-D printing The International Space Station has continuously been home to…
3-D print a piece of Mars for the holidays There’s a galaxy of gifts out there for space nerds. Researchers…
Researchers discover exoplanets can be made less habitable by stars’ flares The discovery of terrestrial exoplanets, planets that orbit stars…
How does our Milky Way galaxy get its spiral form? A question that has long puzzled scientists is how our…
RIT and IAR observe pulsars for the first time from South America Rochester Institute of Technology and the Instituto Argentino…
Boeing’s crew capsule declared ready for 1st space flight Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule finally has a launch date for its…
Revealing the physics of the Sun with Parker Solar Probe Nearly a year and a half into its mission, Parker…
Stardust from red giants Some of the Earth’s building material was stardust from red giants, researchers from ETH Zurich have…
NASA says core stage of next Moon rocket now ready NASA has completed the giant rocket that will take US…
SpaceX delivers ‘mighty mice,’ worms, robot to space station SpaceX made an early holiday delivery to the International Space Station…
We’re using lasers and toaster-sized satellites to beam information faster through space Satellites are becoming increasingly important in our lives,…
Research suggests that hibernation is a likely option to make deep space exploration a reality Space travelers sleeping in hibernation…
OSIRIS-REx mission explains Bennu’s mysterious particle events Shortly after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, an unexpected discovery by…
Looking for exoplanet life in all the right spectra A Cornell senior has come up with a way to discern…
NASA’s exoplanet-hunting mission catches a natural comet outburst in unprecedented detail Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS),…
Black hole or newborn stars? SOFIA finds galactic puzzle Universities Space Research Association (USRA) today announced that scientists on NASA’s…
Searching for star prints in space and stories Stars don’t shine forever. Eventually, even the brightest stars run out of…
