SwRI to plan Pluto orbiter mission NASA has funded Southwest Research Institute to study the important attributes, feasibility and cost…
TESS reveals an improbable planet Using asteroseismology, a team led by an Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA)…
Virgin Galactic becomes first space tourism company to land on Wall Street Virgin Galactic landed on Wall Street Monday, debuting…
Space: a major legal void The internet of space is here. Go to Source Author: Phys.org provides the latest news…
Chandra spots a mega-cluster of galaxies in the making Astronomers using data from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory and other telescopes…
New research on giant radio galaxies defies conventional wisdom Conventional wisdom tells us that large objects appear smaller as they…
With NASA telescope on board, search for intelligent aliens ‘more credible’ Astronomers dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)…
US vows closer cooperation with French space agency The United States on Wednesday pledged closer cooperation with France’s space agency,…
Cosmic Yeti from the dawn of the universe found lurking in dust Astronomers accidentally discovered the footprints of a monster…
Lucy mission completes critical design review The Lucy mission led by Southwest Research Institute is one step closer to its…
Record-number of over 200,000 galaxies confirm: Galaxy mergers ignite star bursts When two galaxies merge, there are brief periods of…
NASA’s planetary protection review addresses changing reality of space exploration NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary…
Mars 2020 unwrapped and ready for testing In this time-lapse video, taken on Oct. 4, 2019, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion…
Mars InSight’s ‘mole’ is moving again NASA’s InSight spacecraft has used its robotic arm to help its heat probe, known…
Virgin Galactic unveils commercial space suits The date for the world’s first commercial space flight is not even confirmed yet,…
NASA moves up 1st all-female spacewalk to fix power unit NASA is moving up the first all-female spacewalk to this…
2I/Borisov: Interstellar comet with a familiar look A new comet discovered by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov is an outcast from…
Astrophysicist suggests light might be a problem for life on a planet orbiting a black hole Jeremy Schnittman, an astrophysicist…
Emirati astronaut returns home to hero’s welcome An Emirati astronaut who became the first Arab to reach the International Space…
Clock ticks as SpaceX builds craft for NASA Two weeks ago, the head of NASA seemed sick of waiting for…
Study suggests ice on lunar south pole may have more than one source The discovery of ice deposits in craters…
Researchers theorize origins of magnetars, the strongest magnets in the universe How do some neutron stars become the strongest magnets…
Boeing to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic Boeing plans to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic as the space…
Artemis, meet ARTEMIS: Pursuing Sun science at the moon By 2024, NASA will land astronauts, including the first woman and…
Astronauts replace old batteries in 1st of 5 spacewalks Astronauts hustled through the first of five spacewalks to replace old…
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover tests descent-stage separation In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the…
NASA sets 1st all-female spacewalk after suit flap in spring The first all-female spacewalk is back on, six months after…
Sun science has a bright future on the moon There are many reasons NASA is pursuing the Artemis mission to…
Japan spacecraft releases rover to asteroid in last mission Japan’s space agency says its Hayabusa2 spacecraft has released a small…
Five things we learned from Elon Musk’s rollout of the SpaceX Starship prototype A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship Mars spaceship…
Spitzer spots a starry region bursting with bubbles This infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows a cloud of…
Musk unveils SpaceX rocket designed to get to Mars and back Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to…
Going underground in Slovenia … to prepare for outer space In Slovenia’s dramatically beautiful Karst region, six astronauts have been…
Many gas giant exoplanets waiting to be discovered There is an as-yet-unseen population of Jupiter-like planets orbiting nearby Sun-like stars,…
Big world around tiny star puts new spin on planet formation A giant world discovered around a tiny star is…
The next generation: mice can reproduce after space stints, study finds Male mice that spent more than a month in…
Growing a smarter model for brain research in space Researchers studying neurological diseases face several daunting challenges. For one thing,…
Can a new space race connect the world to the internet? Tech giants and billionaires hope a new, cheaper crop…
Could Venus have been habitable? Venus may have been a temperate planet hosting liquid water for 2-3 billion years, until…
Introducing VPLanet: A virtual planet simulator for modeling distant worlds across time University of Washington astrobiologist Rory Barnes has created…
Open cluster NGC 2345 investigated in detail European astronomers have performed a comprehensive study of the young open cluster NGC…
Pulsating gamma rays from neutron star rotating 707 times a second An international research team led by the Max Planck…
NASA manager casts doubt on 2024 moon landing by astronauts A top NASA manager cast doubt Wednesday on the space…
Huge volcano on Jupiter’s moon Io erupts on regular schedule Volcanic eruptions are difficult to predict, but observations have shown…
Brad Pitt talks weightlessness and calluses on phone call to ISS When Brad Pitt called the International Space Station (ISS)…
Ohio senators propose renaming NASA site for Neil Armstrong Ohio’s U.S. senators want Congress to rename a NASA research facility…
NASA’s WFIRST will help uncover the universe’s fate Scientists have discovered that a mysterious pressure dubbed “dark energy” makes up…
Gemini observatory captures multicolor image of first-ever interstellar comet The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System has been successfully…
The rare molecule weighing in on the birth of planets Astronomers using one of the most advanced radio telescopes have…
Black hole at the center of our galaxy appears to be getting hungrier The enormous black hole at the center…
Are black holes made of dark energy? Two University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers have identified and corrected a subtle…
Hubble explores the formation and evolution of star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud Just as people of the same…
India locates lander lost on final approach to moon The lander module from India’s moon mission was located on the…
India loses contact with Moon lander (Update) India’s space programme suffered a huge setback Saturday after losing contact with an…
Putin rebukes officials over space delays President Vladimir Putin on Thursday gave a dressing down to space officials on a…
Team behind world’s first black hole image wins ‘Oscar of science’ The 347 scientists who collaborated to produce the world’s…
Planetary collisions can drop the internal pressures in planets A new study from Caltech shows that giant impacts can dramatically…
ESA re-routes satellite to avoid SpaceX collision risk The European Space Agency said Tuesday it had altered the trajectory of…
Europe and US teaming up for asteroid deflection Asteroid researchers and spacecraft engineers from the US, Europe and around the…
HOT SHOT findings could save defense tech developers time and money An early milestone for developing missile technologies is to…
Exoplanets can’t hide their secrets from innovative new instrument In an unprecedented feat, an American research team discovered hidden secrets…
HOT SHOT findings could save defense tech developers time and money An early milestone for developing missile technologies is to…
Space Command set to open, will defend US interests in space Mindful of President Donald Trump’s intense interest in space,…
Busy older stars outpace stellar youngsters, new study shows The oldest stars in our Galaxy are also the busiest, moving…
NASA dangles $7 billion carrot for next moon landing The agency that sent humans to the moon 50 years ago…
Astrophysicists link brightening of pulsar wind nebula to pulsar spin-down rate transition Astrophysicists have discovered that the pulsar wind nebula…
Docking aborted for Russia’s first humanoid robot in space An unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia’s first humanoid robot to be sent…
What’s Mars solar conjunction, and why does it matter? The daily chatter between antennas here on Earth and those on…
Scientists explore outback as testbed for Mars This week, scientists from NASA’s upcoming Mars 2020 mission joined their counterparts from…
Study shows some exoplanets may have greater variety of life than exists on Earth A new study indicates that some…
Spaceflight consistently affects the gut A new Northwestern University study discovered that spaceflight—both aboard a space shuttle or the International…
Enabling longer space missions The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing has reignited interest in space travel. However,…
India’s Moon probe enters lunar orbit India’s Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday, executing one of the trickiest…
NASA picks Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ for lunar lander job NASA picked Alabama’s “Rocket City” on Friday to lead development of…
Space samples link NASA’s Apollo 11 and Mars 2020 On July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 command module Columbia splashed down…
NASA picks Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ for lunar lander job NASA picked Alabama’s “Rocket City” on Friday to lead development of…
Top NASA official gets look at next moon rocket NASA’s top official says the rocket expected to power the next…
Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet A colossal, head-on collision between Jupiter and a still-forming planet in…
Fluorescent glow may reveal hidden life in the cosmos Astronomers have uncovered a new way of searching for life in…
A new timeline of Earth’s cataclysmic past Welcome to the early solar system. Just after the planets formed more than…
Amid protest, Hawaii astronomers lose observation time Asteroids, including those that might slam into Earth. Clouds of gas and dust…
Virtual ‘universe machine’ sheds light on galaxy evolution How do galaxies such as our Milky Way come into existence? How…
Asteroid’s features to be named after mythical birds Working with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team, the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group for…
Hubble showcases new portrait of Jupiter The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the intricate, detailed beauty of Jupiter’s clouds in…
Astronomers discover vast ancient galaxies, which could shed light on dark matter Astronomers have used the combined power of multiple…
Critical deployment of NASA Webb’s secondary mirror a success In order to do groundbreaking science, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope…
Magnetic plasma pulses excited by UK-size swirls in the solar atmosphere An international team of scientists led by the University…
Shining (star)light on the search for life In the hunt for life on other worlds, astronomers scour over planets that…
Space data relay system shows its speed A satellite network that can zoom in on ships at sea and check…
Shining (star)light on the search for life In the hunt for life on other worlds, astronomers scour over planets that…
Can bacteria help people to mine asteroids? Luis Zea is investigating the possibility of mining metals from asteroids in space…
Black moon event bridges fiction, mythology and science For those looking up at the sky tonight in North America, you…
Small, nimble CSU satellite has surpassed a year in space After meeting all its benchmarks for demonstrating small-satellite weather forecasting…
NASA’s new lightweight X-ray mirrors ready for try-outs in space Recent testing has shown that super-thin, lightweight X-ray mirrors made…
Images show Lightsail 2 spacecraft’s solar sail has deployed Photos transmitted from The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft orbiting Earth…
Space junk: A recycling station could be cleaning up in Earth orbit by 2050 There are about 22,000 large objects…
Images show Lightsail 2 spacecraft’s solar sail has deployed Photos transmitted from The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft orbiting Earth…
New space discovery sheds light on how planets form Researchers at Dartmouth College have discovered a planet orbiting one of…
Fastest eclipsing binary, a valuable target for gravitational wave studies Observations made with a new instrument developed for use at…
‘Stronger than ever’: India set for fresh Moon launch attempt India will make a second attempt Monday to send a…
