Pace off: NASA Goddard acoustics chamber and US marine band turn up the volume With a light flick of the…
Searching the skies to keep us all alive Astronomers around the world are working to protect the Earth from asteroid…
A gospel of enjoyment The French idea of the good life doesn’t always make rational economic sense. So much the…
First ‘ghost particle’ image of Milky Way galaxy captured by scientists: Neutrinos detected by IceCube Our Milky Way galaxy is…
Italian researchers reach the edge of space flying aboard Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane A team of Italian researchers reached the…
Scientists find key evidence for existence of nanohertz gravitational waves A group of Chinese scientists has recently found key evidence…
Sunshade: A New Trek through ‘Daedalus Country’ Letting the imagination roam has philosophical as well as practical benefits. From the…
‘Smiling cat’ Sh2-284 nebula captured in new image This cloud of orange and red, part of the Sh2-284 nebula, is…
Researchers model and test ground conditions on the moon From 1967 to 1972, the American space agency NASA conducted a…
SpaceX tender offer values it at around $150bn: report Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is offering to sell insider shares at…
JTEKT Technology Days event this September Visitors will witness cutting tests and special demonstrations of precision workpieces from a diverse…
Space’s Valley of Death Economist Mariana Mazzucato likes to describe the investment world as a landscape; a “bumpy and complex…
Our galaxy’s black hole not as sleepy as thought: astronomers The supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our…
Hubble glimpses globular cluster NGC 6544 The teeming stars of the globular cluster NGC 6544 glisten in this image from…
Rings and dings From Saturn’s magnificent rings to Mercury’s surface dings, this week brings great new images and science from…
Warfare as mercy and love The daggers that knights carried to the crusades help us understand why they thought of…
New gravitational waves observation run to reveal more of the universe’s secrets A new observation run to search for ripples…
Video: BepiColombo’s third Mercury flyby Watch Mercury appear from the shadows as the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft sped by the planet’s…
Detecting and estimating satellite maneuvers more accurately Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Polytechnic University of Milan…
Exploring Stephan’s Quintet with multiple senses Experts created two new visual and auditory experiences to explore the complexity and beauty…
Abundant Phosphorus in Enceladus Ocean Increases Habitability: But is Enceladus Inhabited? Finding the right conditions for life off the Earth…
We could see the glint off giant cities on alien worlds, suggests paper How large would an extraterrestrial city have…
Boeing brings fuel-efficient jets, defense capabilities to Paris Air Show Wisk Aero’s 6th generation autonomous, all-electric air taxi to make…
The prospects for mining precious metals and structural materials from asteroids Artist impression of an asteroid smelting operation. Credits: Bryan…
NASA finds key building block for life in a moon of Saturn The long hunt for extraterrestrials just got a…
Is Space Worth It? The most common argument against a publicly funded space program is that we can’t afford it,…
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have had a slow evolution Jupiter’s moon, Europa, is slightly smaller than Earth’s Moon and is…
Pulsars could help map the black hole at the center of the Milky Way The theory of general relativity (GR),…
Day and night, it’s all about starlight This week in space: Mars days almost match up with ours, and light…
The diaries of Kafka By day an insurance official, by night he was an incessant, insomniacal scribe of the space…
Scientists report ‘benchmarks’ for extreme space weather High-energy ‘relativistic’ electrons—so-called “killer” electrons—are a major source of radiation damage to satellites…
Microfluidics in space to detect extraterrestrial life signatures and monitor astronaut health In a new report now published in npj…
Astronomers discover new link between dark matter and clumpiness of the universe In a study published today in the Journal…
NASA’s Curiosity captures Martian morning, afternoon in new ‘postcard’ After completing a major software update in April, NASA’s Curiosity Mars…
Building the Gravitational Machine A friend and I were sitting in a diner some time back talking mostly about old…
New observatory instrument sets its sights on Turtle Nebula A new instrument for studying a web of filaments that connects…
Using photosynthesis for Martian occupation—while making space travel more sustainable Researchers are working on sustainable technology to harvest solar power…
Collins Aerospace’s InteliSence wins a Crystal Cabin Award InteliSence intelligent cabin enables predictive service, predictive maintenance, and a more personalized…
The Martian Farm Act Matt Damon’s role in The Martian perfectly combines two of the greatest government investments in the…
Brightest cosmic explosion of all time: How we may have solved the mystery of its puzzling persistence First detected accidentally…
First satnav receiver designed to operate in lunar orbit delivered to satellite maker The first satnav receiver designed to operate…
The scientific truth is out there The real science of aliens, the policy implications of ET, and new views of…
All those naked Greeks… Men in ancient Greek art exercise, fight battles, pursue lovers and mourn lost friends, all without…
How and why NASA gives a name to every spot it studies on Mars Martian maps are full of monikers…
How and why NASA gives a name to every spot it studies on Mars Martian maps are full of monikers…
Astronomers observe giant tails of helium escaping Jupiter-like planet A team of astronomers has used observations from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope…
The Prevalence of ‘Jupiters’ around Larger Stars Work on the Centauri Dreams internals continues, with the unwelcome result that the…
NASA’s new detectors could improve views of gamma-ray events Using technology similar to that found in smartphone cameras, NASA scientists…
Big data astronomy: Using statistics in a new way to decipher the universe The digital age has been a tremendous…
Lockheed Martin features Kennametal Tools in machining guide Kennametal’s HARVI end mills are recognized in the industry for aerospace tooling…
Three Chinese astronauts return safely to Earth Three Chinese astronauts working at the country’s space station have returned safely to…
The Gravity Well Is a Moral Well Americans seem to find their country stuck in place, with a deadlocked Congress…
Exactly how massive is the Milky Way? How do you weigh a galaxy? It’s an astronomical challenge, particularly if it’s…
First-of-its-kind Mars livestream by ESA spacecraft interrupted at times by rain on Earth A European spacecraft around Mars sent its…
Would you like some salty water with your space salad? Two new grant-winning projects, a collection of awesome space imagery,…
Don’t let them fool you The fear of being duped is ubiquitous, but excessive scepticism makes it harder to trust…
Space tractor beams may not be the stuff of sci-fi for long On Feb. 10, 2009, disaster struck hundreds of…
Space tractor beams may not be the stuff of sci-fi for long On Feb. 10, 2009, disaster struck hundreds of…
