New asteroid sample study offers further hints of space origin for the building blocks of life on Earth How did…
Russians, American delayed in space to return in September Two cosmonauts and an astronaut who were supposed to leave the…
Asteroids worth getting psyched about New discoveries from Ryugu, material heading our way from Bennu, and anticipation for a mission…
Are coincidences real? I am an unequivocal rationalist and yet I still want to see something strange and wonderful in…
Hubble monitors changing weather and seasons of Jupiter and Uranus Ever since its launch in 1990, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope…
Sweden’s sky lights up with northern lights research Scientists in Sweden put on a light show in the night sky…
Relativity Space to make third bid to launch 3D-printed rocket The world’s first 3D printed rocket is scheduled to make…
A New Explanation for ‘Oumuamua’s Acceleration Here’s a thought that puts a different spin on exoplanet studies. The speaker is…
NASA seeks student ideas for moon landing dust control As NASA and industry partners develop new human landing systems to…
Astronomers sound alarm about light pollution from satellites Astronomers on Monday warned that the light pollution created by the soaring…
Munitions scarcity raises questions about capacity to sustain high-intensity warfare Since the outbreak of the first high-intensity conflict on the…
Venus: Proof of active volcanoes—at last Venus is almost the same size, mass and density as Earth. So it should…
The best way to learn about Venus could be with a fleet of balloons Interest in the exploration of Venus…
Autonomous conversion of asteroids into rotating space settlements Artist impression of a rotating space settlement constructed from an asteroid. Credits:…
NASA instrument bound for Titan could reveal chemistry leading to life A new NASA mission to Saturn’s giant moon, Titan,…
Prototype telescope launched to the International Space Station A prototype telescope designed and built by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)…
Powerful solar eruption on far side of sun impacts Earth A massive eruption of solar material, known as a coronal…
Webb captures rarely seen prelude to a supernova A Wolf-Rayet star is a rare prelude to the famous final act…
A decade of unveiling the hidden universe: ALMA at 10 On March 13th, 2023, astronomers around the world will mark…
Four astronauts fly SpaceX back home, end 5-month mission Four space station astronauts returned to Earth late Saturday after a…
Two exoplanets orbiting a sun-like star discovered Astronomers report the discovery of two new exoplanets orbiting a bright sun-like star…
Hubble spots irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant…
3D bioprinter to print human meniscus on the space station The knee is not only one of the largest and…
New NASA map details 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses in the US Where will you be for the 2023 and…
How does the immune system react to altered gravity? Space travel has always tested the human body by the effects…
Tracing 13 billion years of history by the light of ancient quasars Astrophysicists in Australia have shed new light on…
Radio interference from satellites is threatening astronomy—zone proposed for testing new technologies Visible light is just one part of the…
New results from NASA’s DART planetary defense mission confirm we could deflect deadly asteroids What would we do if we…
The northern lights appeared in southern England twice in one week—here’s why this could happen again soon People across the…
James Webb Telescope is getting closer to finding what ionized the universe Astronomers have determined that so-called “leaky” galaxies may…
Hansel and Gretel’s breadcrumb trick inspires robotic exploration system for caves on Mars and beyond House hunting on Mars could…
Highlighting advances in planetary science over the past 20 years As of December 2021, a total of 252 planetary probes…
Astronomers discover metal-rich galaxy in early universe Scanning the first images of a well-known early galaxy taken by NASA’s James…
SpaceX Dragon crew to blast off for ISS A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is to blast off early Monday for…
‘We just discovered the impossible’: How giant baby galaxies are shaking up our understanding of the early universe “Look at…
Hubble observes gravitational lens of a massive galaxy cluster A massive galaxy cluster in the constellation Cetus dominates the center…
Astronomers measure the heartbeat of spinning stars An international team of scientist have used the MeerKAT radio telescope to observe…
Meteorite crater discovered in French winery Countless meteorites have struck Earth in the past and shaped the history of our…
The swan song of a cloud approaching the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole Two decades of monitoring from W. M….
Newly discovered form of salty ice could exist on surface of extraterrestrial moons The red streaks crisscrossing the surface of…
NASA’s planetary radar captures detailed view of oblong asteroid On Feb. 3, an asteroid more than three times as long…
Russia ‘expected’ to launch rescue ship to ISS on Feb 24: official Russia’s space agency said Saturday it was planning…
VIIRS sensor on NOAA-21 now collecting new imagery The Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the recently launched…
Study quantifies global impact of electricity in dust storms on Mars Mars is infamous for its intense dust storms, some…
Machine learning techniques identify thousands of new cosmic objects Scientists of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India and…
Complex subsurface of Mars imaged by Chinese rover Zhurong Ground-penetrating radar from China’s Martian rover Zhurong reveals shallow impact craters…
New spacecraft can see into the permanently shadowed craters on the moon Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole is…
Russian spacecraft leaks coolant, station crew reported safe An uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has…
Small asteroid ‘serendipitously’ detected using James Webb telescope European astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected a previously…
Spotting faint dwarf galaxy Donatiello II Right in the middle of this image, nestled among a smattering of distant stars…
Juice’s odyssey of exploration: Jupiter’s icy moons A grand odyssey of exploration is about to begin. Humankind’s next bold mission…
‘Engine’ of luminous merging galaxies pinpointed for the first time Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify the…
Experiments to complete scientific understanding of how reduced gravity affects boiling and condensation With temperatures on the moon ranging from…
AI is helping us search for intelligent alien life—and we’ve found 8 strange new signals Some 540 million years ago,…
Jupiter’s moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the…
Rare Apollo mission moon rock back in Cyprus after 50 years Half a century after U.S. astronauts brought it back…
NASA’s Perseverance rover collects two samples of Martian regolith NASA’s Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface…
Tiny, hidden galaxy provides a peek into the past Peeking out from behind the glare of a bright foreground star,…
NASA is testing a new robotic arm that really knows how to chill out Future planetary missions could explore in…
Giant mantle plume reveals Mars is more active than previously thought On Earth, shifting tectonic plates reshuffle the planet’s surface…
Hubble views open cluster BSDL 2757 Bright, blue-white stars of the open cluster BSDL 2757 pierce through the rusty-red tones…
If there is phosphine on Venus, there isn’t much In the absence of direct observations of extraterrestrial life, scientists often…
Webb and Keck telescopes team up to track clouds on Saturn’s moon Titan On the morning of Saturday, Nov. 5,…
Amateur scientists have helped astronomers identify nearly a quarter-million galaxies so far Astronomers on a historically ambitious and massive galaxy-mapping…
Image: Hubble Telescope spies sparkling spray of stars in NGC 2660 This glittering group of stars, shining through the darkness…
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight SmallSat readies for launch When NASA’s Lunar Flashlight launches no earlier than Nov. 30, the tiny satellite…
James Webb Space Telescope uncovers chemical secrets of distant world—paving the way for studying Earth-like planets Since the first planet…
How satellites, radar and drones are tracking meteorites and aiding Earth’s asteroid defense On July 31, 2013 a constellation of…
King of rockets, NASA’s SLS could soon be usurped by SpaceX’s Starship NASA’s Space Launch System roared off the launchpad…
Webb Space Telescope spots early galaxies hidden from Hubble NASA’s Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until…
Can we protect Earth from space weather? In early September 1859, the Northern Lights could suddenly be seen as far…
Researchers evaluate performance of MODIS land reflectance products in water monitoring Satellite ocean color instruments are used to characterize physical,…
Satellites cast critical eye on coastal dead zones A dead zone in the ocean is as bad as it sounds,…
How Webb’s NIRSpec instrument opened up 200 windows to our origins Astronomy is driven by big questions, and they don’t…
NASA Moon mission ‘exceeding’ expectations On the third day after lifting off from Florida bound for the Moon, the Orion…
The tilt in our stars: The shape of the Milky Way’s halo of stars is realized A new study has…
Scroll through the universe with a new interactive map A new map of the universe displays for the first time…
New observation method helps unlock secrets of UK meteorite The Winchcombe meteorite, a rare carbonaceous meteorite which crashed onto a…
How NASA’s Deep Space Network supports the agency’s missions Over 50 years ago, NASA captured the world’s imagination and inspired…
Why go back to the Moon? On September 12, 1962, then US president John F. Kennedy informed the public of…
NASA: Moon rocket endured hurricane, set for 1st test flight NASA’s moon rocket needs only minor repairs after enduring a…
Unmanned, solar-powered US space plane back after 908 days An unmanned U.S. military space plane landed early Saturday after spending…
2400 new eyes on the sky to see cosmic rainbows The Subaru Telescope successfully demonstrated engineering first light with a…
Section of destroyed shuttle Challenger found on ocean floor A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been…
Engineers ready innovative robotic servicing of geosynchronous satellites payload for launch Engineers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Naval…
How MIRI became Webb’s coolest instrument The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is widely referred to as the successor to…
Experiments to study gravity’s impact on bone cells are heading to the International Space Station A pair of experiments exploring…
How do you keep a solar sail stable? Solar sailing seems like a simple concept—instead of being pushed along by…
New study of comets provides insight into chemical composition of early solar system A new study from the University of…
Oldest planetary debris in our galaxy found in new study Astronomers led by the University of Warwick have identified the…
Mars’s crust is more complex and evolved than previously thought Early crust on Mars may be more complex than previously…
How magnetism could help explain the Earth-moon system’s formation There are several theories about how Earth and its moon were…
Experiment helps predict effects of DART impact On September 26, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft crashed into Dimorphos,…
Astronomers spot largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in last eight years Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark…
Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars Two NASA spacecraft at Mars—one on the surface and the other…
Radioactive traces in tree rings reveal Earth’s history of unexplained ‘radiation storms’ In searching for planets and studying their stars,…
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight ready to search for the Moon’s water ice It’s known that water ice exists below the lunar…
Hubble celebrates the spooky season with Abell 611, a cobweb of galaxies held together by a dark secret In celebration…
