NASA to demonstrate autonomous navigation system on moon When the second CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) delivery is launched to…
Newly discovered carbon monoxide-runaway gap can help identify habitable exoplanets The search for habitable exoplanets involves looking for planets with…
Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare aubrite An official classification now aligns with what many suspected from…
Asteroid making its closest approach to Earth this week On 4 February, asteroid 2011 MD will make its closest approach…
Orbital resonance: The striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits Planets orbit their parent stars while separated by…
Ice and fire: Antarctic volcano may hold clues to life on Mars On Deception Island in Antarctica, steam rises from…
Shake, rattle and launch: Dream Chaser spaceplane passes vibration test Sierra Space’s shuttle-like Dream Chaser has been put through its…
First eROSITA sky-survey data release makes public the largest ever catalog of high-energy cosmic sources The German eROSITA consortium has…
Earth’s atmospheric glow can be seen from the International Space Station This high exposure photograph revealed Earth’s atmospheric glow against…
The Jovian vortex hunt is over for now The Jovian Vortex Hunter project, launched on Zooniverse in June 2022, is…
‘Old smokers’: Strange new type of star discovered in Milky Way Nearing the end of their life, they sit quietly…
NASA collaborating on European-led gravitational wave observatory in space The first space-based observatory designed to detect gravitational waves has passed…
Astronomers analyze masses, orbital properties and atmospheric features of six exoplanets A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets…
‘Old smokers’ and ‘squalling newborns’ among hidden stars spotted for first time ‘Hidden’ stars including a new type of elderly…
Microwave detectors and multiplexing: Researchers help astronomers examine the early universe Perched atop a high plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert,…
Now we know why Starship’s second flight test failed SpaceX is often in the headlines; unfortunately, it is not always…
New US Postal Service stamps feature iconic NASA Webb images The U.S. Postal Service has issued two new Priority Mail…
James Webb Space Telescope: Finally, the edge of the universe and beyond Launched in 2021 on Christmas Day, the James…
US space company upbeat on next Moon mission despite lander’s demise The head of the American space company whose lunar…
Image: Hubble views a galactic supernova site This image features a relatively small galaxy known as UGC 5189A, which is…
Image: An aurora in another light The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured…
Webb data suggest many early galaxies were long and thin, not disk-like or spherical Columbia researchers analyzing images from NASA’s…
Samples from Wild 2 comet reveal a surprising past Eighteen years after NASA’s Stardust mission returned to Earth with the…
Big planets don’t necessarily mean big moons Does the size of an exomoon help determine if life could form on…
Doomed US lunar lander now headed for Earth: company A private US lunar lander that has been leaking fuel throughout…
Doomed US lunar lander’s space odyssey continues… for now Is it the little spaceship that could? Go to Source Author:…
Planetesimals are buffeted by wind in their nebula, throwing debris into space: Study Before planets form around a young star,…
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detects surprise gamma-ray feature beyond our galaxy Astronomers analyzing 13 years of data from NASA’s Fermi…
Old stars may be the best places to search for life Once upon a cosmic time, scientists assumed that stars…
Centaurs gain comet-like characteristics through close encounters with Jupiter, Saturn A rapid reshaping of orbits resulting from a close encounter…
A colossal star erupts: Examining one of the largest stars in the Milky Way as it fades from view Astronomers…
India’s Sun probe reaches solar orbit India’s solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun’s orbit after a four-month journey,…
The most massive neutron stars probably have cores of quark matter Atoms are made of three things: protons, neutrons, and…
Rocket carrying American lunar lander rolls to launchpad Final preparations were underway Friday for the launch of the first American…
New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue, and…
SpaceX back with 1st Space Coast launch of the year After a record 2023, SpaceX is not slowing down its…
Astrophysicists explore links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets In the quest to understand the potential…
JWST sets a new record, sees newly forming stars in the Triangulum galaxy Our Milky Way bristles with giant molecular…
First pulsar detected in globular cluster GLIMPSE-C01 Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have discovered a…
Want to get into stargazing? A professional astronomer explains where to start There are few things more peaceful and relaxing…
A new way to characterize habitable planets For decades, science fiction authors have imagined scenarios in which life thrives on…
Indian astronomers explore open cluster NGC 6940 with AstroSat Using the AstroSat spacecraft, astronomers from the Birla Institute of Technology…
Using smart materials to deploy a Dark Age explorer One of the most significant constraints on the size of objects…
Lost in space? Just use relativity One of the hardest things for many people to conceptualize when talking about how…
Japan moon lander enters lunar orbit Japan’s SLIM space probe entered the moon’s orbit on Monday in a major step…
Why the universe might be a hologram A quarter century ago, physicist Juan Maldacena proposed the AdS/CFT correspondence, an intriguing…
Ancient stars could make elements with more than 260 protons The first stars of the universe were monstrous beasts. Comprised…
Hubble sights a galaxy with ‘forbidden’ light This whirling image features a bright spiral galaxy known as MCG-01-24-014, which is…
NASA astronauts test SpaceX elevator concept for Artemis lunar lander NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Doug “Wheels” Wheelock participated in…
International astronaut will be invited on future NASA moon landing An international astronaut will join U.S. astronauts on the moon…
New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a…
Photonic crystals could be exactly what Breakthrough Starshot is looking for Light sail technology is a fascinating concept and a…
Biggest solar flare in years temporarily disrupts radio signals on Earth A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare…
Breakthrough Listen scans entire galaxies for signals from extremely advanced civilizations In 1960, Dr. Frank Drake led the first Search…
Trying to communicate with whales is like talking to extraterrestrials Communicating between species isn’t something that only has to take…
Entropy could be key to a planet’s habitability We all know that to have life on a world, you need…
Possible first ever synchrotron-based analysis of asteroid Bennu to be performed After an amazing journey, a grain from the asteroid…
NASA’s Perseverance rover deciphers ancient history of Martian lake Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance…
A 14-inch spacecraft delivers new details about ‘hot Jupiters’ A spacecraft the size of a cereal box has collected precise…
Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse visible to millions One of the…
The longstanding mystery of Mars’ moons—and the mission that could solve it The two small moons of Mars, Phobos (about…
Image: Hubble captures a cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud This striking Hubble Space Telescope image shows the densely packed…
China scores a big win in race with US for influence on the moon China notched a diplomatic victory in…
Physics behind unusual behavior of stars’ super flares discovered Our sun actively produces solar flares that can impact Earth, with…
Exploring the limitations of asteroid crater lakes as climate archives In southern Germany just north of the Danube, there lies…
Interpreting the afterglow of a black hole’s breakfast An entirely new way to probe how active black holes behave when…
A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync…
A new possible explanation for the Hubble tension The universe is expanding. How fast it does so is described by…
Ghostlike dusty galaxy reappears in James Webb Space Telescope image It first appeared as a glowing blob from ground-based telescopes…
One of the largest magnetic storms in history quantified: Aurorae from the tropics to the polar regions In early November…
Telescopes didn’t always play nicely with each other. That’s about to change Those readers who have dabbled with astronomical imaging…
NASA orbiter snaps stunning views of Mars horizon Astronauts often react with awe when they see the curvature of Earth…
Next-generation space telescopes could use deformable mirrors to image Earth-sized worlds Observing distant objects is no easy task, thanks to…
Tracking an errant space rocket to a mysterious crater on the moon In March 2022, a defunct part of a…
KiDS in the sky: New stellar system discovered by the Kilo-Degree Survey Astronomers have discovered a new stellar system in…
How NASA keeps Ingenuity going after more than 50 flights More information is always better when it comes to publicly…
Telescope Array detects second-highest-energy cosmic ray ever In 1991, the University of Utah Fly’s Eye experiment detected the highest-energy cosmic…
NASA uses two worlds to test future Mars helicopter designs For the first time in history, two planets have been…
Dwarf galaxies use 10-million-year quiet period to churn out stars If you look at massive galaxies teeming with stars, you…
‘Triple star’ discovery could revolutionize understanding of stellar evolution A ground-breaking new discovery by University of Leeds scientists could transform…
Progress in Starship test launch, but ship and booster explode SpaceX on Saturday made progress in the second test launch…
SpaceX launches its giant new rocket but a pair of explosions ends the second test flight SpaceX launched its mega…
Hubble images NGC 941, a spiral galaxy with an explosive past This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope features the…
The origins of the black hole information paradox While physics tells us that information can neither be created nor destroyed…
US regulator greenlights Starship’s next launch on Friday The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday authorized SpaceX to carry…
‘Bouncing’ comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets How did the molecular building blocks for life end up…
Scientists uncover aurora-like radio emission above a sunspot In a study published in Nature Astronomy, astronomers from New Jersey Institute…
Scientists find 14 new transient objects in space by peering through the ‘Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster’ An international team of…
Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang Scientists have discovered the oldest black…
NASA’s Mars fleet will still conduct science while lying low NASA will hold off sending commands to its Mars fleet…
Construction on NASA mission to map 450 million galaxies is under way NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is beginning to look…
Astronomers are hoping to detect gravitational waves coming from supernova 1987A A supernova explosion is a cataclysmic explosion that marks…
Detecting gravitational waves with an interferometric seismometer array on the lunar near side A team lead by Department of Astronomy,…
NASA’s Curiosity rover clocks 4,000 days on Mars Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on…
New research shows quasars can be buried in their host galaxies A new study reveals that supermassive black holes at…
Endeavour assembly at Science Center starts with lifting 52-ton rockets into place The space shuttle Endeavour’s twin giant rockets will…
HAARP artificial airglow may be widely visible in Alaska Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow…
Image: Nighttime on the East Coast While aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 26, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli captured…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on Wednesday encountered…
Balloon animals and bouncy castles on the moon: The case for inflatable habitats Every year, NASA’s Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-Changing…
