Hubble images a starstruck galaxy The irregular galaxy Arp 263 lurks in the background of this image from the NASA/ESA…
Looking deeper into violent neutron star collisions to find the origins of heavy elements The gold that makes up your…
NASA’s ComPair gamma-ray hunting mission prepares for balloon flight Engineers and scientists have shipped NASA’s ComPair instrument to Fort Sumner,…
Chemical cartography reveals the Milky Way’s spiral arms Keith Hawkins, assistant professor of astronomy at The University of Texas at…
NASA’s Psyche mission enters home stretch before launch Engineers and technicians at Cape Canaveral are preparing the Psyche spacecraft for…
New XRISM satellite mission to study ‘rainbow’ of X-rays A new satellite called XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, pronounced…
Hubble views a galactic monster The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a monster in the making in this observation…
Astronomers observe subpulse drifting and nulling of pulsar PSR J0026–1955 Using the upgraded Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (uGMRT), astronomers from…
Crowds cheer as India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon’s south pole An Indian spacecraft blazed its…
A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb—goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000…
Study increases probability of finding water on other worlds by 100-fold A new analysis shows that there are probably many…
Scientists use NASA MESSENGER mission data to measure chromium on Mercury The origin of Mercury, the closest planet to the…
Solar storm on Thursday expected to make Northern Lights visible in 17 states A solar storm forecast for Thursday is…
Webb detects most distant active supermassive black hole to date It’s a bonanza: The universe is absolutely teeming with black…
Asteroid named after Portuguese astrophysicist The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid after Pedro Machado, astrophysicist at Institute…
California Science Center to start complex process to display space shuttle Endeavour vertically The lengthy process of putting the retired…
First ultraviolet data collected by European Space Agency’s JUICE mission The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard ESA’s Jupiter…
Astronomers use dead stars to measure gravitational waves produced by ancient black holes An international team of astronomers has detected…
Sun releases strong solar flare The sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 7:14 p.m. ET on July 2,…
Scientists have finally ‘heard’ the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe Scientists have observed for the first…
Europe’s space telescope launches to target universe’s dark mysteries Europe’s Euclid space telescope blasted off Saturday, kicking off a first-ever…
Pace off: NASA Goddard acoustics chamber and US marine band turn up the volume With a light flick of the…
First ‘ghost particle’ image of Milky Way galaxy captured by scientists: Neutrinos detected by IceCube Our Milky Way galaxy is…
Scientists find key evidence for existence of nanohertz gravitational waves A group of Chinese scientists has recently found key evidence…
‘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…
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…
New gravitational waves observation run to reveal more of the universe’s secrets A new observation run to search for ripples…
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…
We could see the glint off giant cities on alien worlds, suggests paper How large would an extraterrestrial city have…
NASA finds key building block for life in a moon of Saturn The long hunt for extraterrestrials just got a…
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),…
Scientists report ‘benchmarks’ for extreme space weather High-energy ‘relativistic’ electrons—so-called “killer” electrons—are a major source of radiation damage to satellites…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Three Chinese astronauts return safely to Earth Three Chinese astronauts working at the country’s space station have returned safely to…
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…
Space tractor beams may not be the stuff of sci-fi for long On Feb. 10, 2009, disaster struck hundreds of…
Once hostile, NASA holds first public meeting on UFOs The truth is out there—but we’re going to need to look…
Researchers propose a deep neural network-based 4-quadrant analog sun sensor calibration A spacecraft can estimate the attitude state by comparing…
One-third of galaxy’s most common planets could be in habitable zone Our familiar, warm, yellow sun is a relative rarity…
Astrophysicists catalog all known planet-hosting, three-star systems A planetary physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington is the lead…
Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars Living on Mars wasn’t exactly a childhood dream for Canadian…
Crash of private Japanese moon lander blamed on software, last-minute location switch A private Japanese moon lander went into free-fall…
Virgin Galactic resumes spaceflights after two year pause Virgin Galactic successfully carried out its first spaceflight in nearly two years…
Image: Mars terrain recreation at ESA A downward view of ESA’s rock-strewn recreation of the Red Planet, is designed to…
How do you recognize the atmosphere of extraterrestrial lava worlds? In the past 30 years, more than 5,000 planets have…
First contact: Global team to simulate message from extraterrestrial intelligence to Earth What would happen if we received a message…
SpaceX launching Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station SpaceX’s next private flight to the International Space Station awaited…
For the first time, astronomers have detected a radio signal from the massive explosion of a dying white dwarf When…
New images released by Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope released…
Perseverance rover captures view of Mars’ Belva Crater The Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently collected 152 images…
Origami heat shield: Reusable for reentries A novel origami-based heat shield developed with ESA support is planned to be tested…
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight to fly by Earth NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission to the moon has ended, but the briefcase-size spacecraft…
NASA’s Juno mission nears Jupiter’s moon Io NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly past Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io on Tuesday, May…
How fast is the universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions How did we get…
Astronomers just saw a star eat a planet—an astrophysicist on the team explains the first-of-its-kind discovery For the first time,…
Stuck antenna freed on Jupiter-bound spacecraft A crucial radar antenna on a European spacecraft bound for Jupiter is no longer…
Astronomers reveal the largest cosmic explosion ever seen A team of astronomers led by the University of Southampton has uncovered…
Stephen Hawking and I created his final theory of the cosmos—here’s what it reveals about the origins of time and…
Astronomers claim to have solved mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole A mysterious trail of stars formed eight thousand…
Virgin to launch commercial spaceflights in June Space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Monday that it is resuming flights with…
Study finds female astronauts more efficient, suggesting future space missions with all-female crews As humans contemplate life on other planets,…
Galactic gobble: Star swallows planet in one big gulp For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the…
1st lunar eclipse of 2023 dims full moon ever so slightly Stargazers in Asia and Australia had the best seats…
‘Space waves’ offer new clues to space weather More accurate space-weather predictions and safer satellite navigation through radiation belts could…
Pressure required to launch a rock from Mars into space much lower than thought, discovers study In August 1865, a…
New video series captures team working on NASA’s Europa Clipper Destined for Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, the Europa Clipper spacecraft—the…
Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch Wildlife and environmental groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday…
A supermassive black hole and its jet, all in a single picture In May 2022, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)…
Tianwen-1: Zhurong rover finds evidence of water at low latitudes on modern Mars The Zhurong rover has found evidence of…
Key radar antenna stuck on Europe’s Jupiter-bound spacecraft A critical antenna is jammed on a Jupiter-bound spacecraft launched two weeks…
CryoSat reveals ice loss from glaciers When one thinks of the damage that climate change is doing, it’s probable that…
Framework for NASA’s Roman spacecraft moves to Goddard clean room The primary structure that will serve as the “bones” of…
Astronomers solve the 60-year mystery of quasars, the most powerful objects in the universe Scientists have unlocked one of the…
A more precise model of the Earth’s ionosphere The ionosphere—the region of geospace spanning from 60 to 1000 kilometers above…
NASA scientific balloon prepares to cross South America A NASA super pressure balloon carrying the SuperBIT scientific payload has crossed…
Researchers reveal early results in sky-brightness measurements in Antarctica A research team led by the researcher Wang Jian from the…
Fighting light pollution: The West Texas effort preserves one of the largest dark sky reserves To sit under the vast…
Team successfully observes Australian eclipse in preparation for 2024 US eclipse Scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) led a team…
European Space Agency chief eyes tapping private industry partners European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher promised a “transformation” of the…
NASA’s TESS celebrates fifth year scanning the sky for new worlds Now in its fifth year in space, NASA’s TESS…
Astronomers create AI to better communicate their stellar research An international team of scientists, led by a researcher at The…
What to know about 1st test flight of SpaceX’s big Starship Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most…
SpaceX will try to launch most powerful rocket ever Monday SpaceX plans to carry out its first test flight on…
Icy moonquakes: Surface shaking could trigger landslides A new NASA study offers an explanation of how quakes could be the…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover gets a major software upgrade The update brings loads of improvements, the most significant being new…
