Mercury’s 400 C heat may help it make its own ice It is already hard to believe that there is…
Europe-Russia delay mission to find life on Mars A joint Russian-European expedition to find life on Mars has been postponed…
Researchers find new minor planets beyond Neptune Using data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), researchers have found more than…
Study suggests Earth and Moon not identical oxygen twins Scientists at The University of New Mexico have found that the…
Discovery points to origin of mysterious ultraviolet radiation Billions of lightyears away, gigantic clouds of hydrogen gas produce a special…
First official names given to features on asteroid Bennu Asteroid Bennu’s most prominent boulder, a rock chunk jutting out 71…
Lunar lasers and cosmic crops: NASA funds UArizona space exploration missions Many things change for astronauts when they leave Earth…
Boeing hit with 61 safety fixes for astronaut capsule Boeing faces 61 safety fixes following last year’s botched test flight…
Meet Perseverance: Mars rover gets name ahead of July launch NASA’s next Mars rover finally has a name. Perseverance, a…
Curiosity Mars rover snaps its highest-resolution panorama yet NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured its highest-resolution panorama yet of the Martian…
NJIT researchers ready follow-up investigation bound for International Space Station NJIT researchers will look to continue a successful string of…
Improving shoes, showers, 3-D printing: Research launching to the space station A variety of science investigations, along with supplies and…
An iron-clad asteroid Itokawa would normally be a fairly average near-Earth asteroid—a rocky mass measuring only a few hundred metres…
Examining ice giants with NASA’s Webb telescope Far-flung Uranus and Neptune—the ice giants of our solar system—are as mysterious as…
Physicists model the supernovae that result from pulsating supergiants like Betelgeuse Betelgeuse has been the center of significant media attention…
Astronomers detect biggest explosion in the history of the Universe Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest…
Large exoplanet could have the right conditions for life Astronomers have found an exoplanet more than twice the size of…
An ultraviolet instrument for ESA’s Jupiter mission An ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS) designed and built by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is…
The seismicity of Mars On 26 November 2018, the NASA InSight lander successfully set down on Mars in the Elysium…
Skeptic of world being round dies in California rocket crash A California man who said he wanted to fly to…
How better propulsion systems can improve space exploration Aero/Astro engineer Ken Hara is developing computer models to help make a…
Mars InSight lander to push on top of the ‘mole’ After nearly a year of trying to dig into the…
Beyond the brim, Sombrero Galaxy’s halo suggests turbulent past Surprising new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope suggests the smooth,…
Russia will replace 2 cosmonauts set for launch to space Russia’s space agency said Wednesday that two cosmonauts scheduled to…
SpaceX announces partnership to send four tourists into deep orbit SpaceX announced a new partnership Tuesday to send four tourists…
SpaceX re-useable rocket misses landing ship SpaceX successfully launched its latest cluster of high-speed internet satellites into orbit Monday but…
Candy, cheese soar to space station to satisfy crew cravings A cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on…
Wind delays Northrop Grumman’s supply run to space station High wind delayed Northrop Grumman’s supply run to the International Space…
Breakthrough Listen releases 2 petabytes of data from SETI survey of Milky Way The Breakthrough Listen Initiative today released data…
NASA’s space snowman reveals secrets: few craters, no water NASA’s space snowman is revealing fresh secrets from its home far…
New models hint at longer timescale for Mars formation The early solar system was a chaotic place, with evidence indicating…
Double nuclei in the galaxy IC 676 investigated by researchers Chinese astronomers have carried out spectroscopic observations of the lenticular…
Distant giant planets form differently than ‘failed stars’ A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of…
Iran satellite launch fails, in blow to space programme Iran said it “successfully” launched a satellite Sunday but failed to…
All about the laser (and microphone) atop Mars 2020, NASA’s next rover NASA is sending a new laser-toting robot to…
Defective software could have doomed Boeing’s crew capsule Defective software could have doomed Boeing’s crew capsule during its first test…
Can polarity-inverted membranes self-assemble on Saturn’s moon Titan? Astrobiologists are focused on resolving two central questions to understand the environmental…
Astronomers reveal rare double nucleus in nearby ‘Cocoon Galaxy’ Allen Lawrence, wrapping up a long career as an electrical engineer,…
Pluto’s icy heart makes winds blow A “beating heart” of frozen nitrogen controls Pluto’s winds and may give rise to…
Researchers find clues to how hazardous space radiation begins Scientists at the University of New Hampshire have unlocked one of…
Your brain on Mars: How scientists will track astronauts’ mental performance on missions A journey to Mars is not going…
Iran to launch observation satellite in ‘coming days’ Iran is preparing to launch a new scientific observation satellite in the…
Space station’s cosmic detector working after 4 spacewalks The cosmic detector that required a series of difficult spacewalking repairs is…
Astronomers witness the dragging of space-time in stellar cosmic dance An international team of astrophysicists led by Australian Professor Matthew…
Two defunct satellites speed toward possible collision Two decommissioned satellites sped towards each other Wednesday at a combined speed of…
‘Curious and curiouser!’ Meteorite chunk contains unexpected evidence of presolar grains An unusual chunk in a meteorite may contain a…
Tarantula Nebula spins web of mystery in Spitzer image The Tarantula Nebula, seen in this image by the Spitzer Space…
Spacewalking astronauts close to fixing cosmic ray detector Spacewalking astronauts worked to complete repairs to a cosmic ray detector outside…
For hottest planet, a major meltdown, study shows In the scorching atmosphere of exoplanet KELT-9b, even molecules are torn to…
TV provider shifting satellite to high orbit over explosion fears US authorities said Friday they had granted permission to a…
Astronomers detect large amounts of oxygen in ancient star’s atmosphere An international team of astronomers from the University of California…
Canberra astronomer becomes first Australian to win major US science award in 133 years Lisa Kewley has transformed our understanding…
EU announces funding for Ariane 6 and other space-tech The European Union on Tuesday announced 200 million euros ($222 million)…
Image: The sun in 2019 The changing activity of our sun as seen by ESA’s Proba-2 satellite in 2019. Go…
SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in astronaut escape test SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching…
Rough seas delay escape test for SpaceX crew capsule Rough seas prompted SpaceX on Saturday to delay the emergency escape…
Scientists measure the evolving energy of a solar flare’s explosive first minutes Toward the end of 2017, a massive new…
Nearly barren Icelandic landscapes guide search for extraterrestrial life New research on microbial lifeforms living in nearly barren volcanic landscapes…
Taking the temperature of dark matter Warm, cold, just right? Physicists at the University of California, Davis are taking the…
Hot gas feeds spiral arms of the Milky Way An international research team, with significant participation of astronomers from the…
TESS dates an ancient collision with our galaxy A single bright star in the constellation of Indus, visible from the…
Wanted: Girlfriend to fly to the Moon with Japanese billionaire A Japanese billionaire has launched an online wanted ad for…
SuperTIGER on its second prowl—130,000 feet above Antarctica A balloon-borne scientific instrument designed to study the origin of cosmic rays…
Eyeing Moon, NASA hosts first public astronaut graduation ceremony NASA on Friday celebrated its latest class of graduating astronauts at…
Lucy mission now has a new destination Less than two years before launch, scientists associated with NASA’s Lucy mission, led…
Virgin Galactic’s next spaceship reaches build milestone Virgin Galactic’s next passenger spaceship has reached a major construction milestone, the company…
New map of Milky Way reveals giant wave of stellar nurseries Astronomers at Harvard University have discovered a monolithic, wave-shaped…
Binary star V Sagittae to explode as very bright nova by century’s end Currently, the faint star V Sagittae, V…
Looking back at a New Horizons New Year’s to remember Safe to say, 2020 came in more quietly for many…
Planetary nebula WR 72 has hydrogen-poor knots, study finds Using the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), astronomers have conducted spectroscopic…
Scientists find evidence that Venus has active volcanoes New research led by Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and published today…
Astronomers say SpaceX’s satellites are too bright in the sky. Friday’s launch will try to fix that They were seen…
New device in New Mexico turns back clock on astronomy A newly forged steel instrument that can pinpoint the path…
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…
