Hayabusa 2: Returning asteroid sample could help uncover the origins of life and the solar system What is your idea…
Supercomputer simulations could unlock mystery of Moon’s formation Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have…
Chaotic early solar system collisions resembled ‘asteroids’ arcade game One Friday evening in 1992, a meteorite ended a more than…
Mapping stellar nurseries in the Milky Way An international team of Astronomers from the Cosmostatistics Initiative (COIN) identified nearly 120,000…
The solar system follows the galactic standard—but it is a rare breed Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of…
Galaxy survives black hole’s feast—for now Black holes are thought to gobble up so much surrounding material that they put…
Comet 2019 LD2 (ATLAS) found to be actively transitioning A comet discovered last year is offering scientists new insights into…
Cyprus rocky testing ground for Mars International and Cypriot experts on Friday discussed a research project to test space equipment…
New Hubble data explains missing dark matter New data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides further evidence for tidal…
Graduate student first to spot asteroid speeding past Earth For as long as he can remember, Cole Gregg has been…
Hearts, airlocks, and asteroids: New research flies on 21st SpaceX cargo mission The 21st SpaceX cargo resupply mission that launches…
China launches mission to bring back material from moon China launched an ambitious mission on Tuesday to bring back rocks…
US-European ocean monitoring satellite launches into orbit A U.S.-European satellite designed to extend a decades-long measurement of global sea surface…
Astronomers discover new ‘fossil galaxy’ buried deep within the Milky Way Scientists working with data from the Sloan Digital Sky…
Field geology at Mars’ equator points to ancient megaflood Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’…
Astronaut: SpaceX Dragon beats shuttle, Soyuz for launching The most experienced astronaut on SpaceX’s newly launched crew said Thursday that…
The ‘Workspace of the future,’ vizLab will unlock the secrets of the universe In a refurbished Southern California garage, Carnegie…
Bad cabling blamed for failed launch of European satellites Arianespace said Tuesday that wrong cabling was likely to blame for…
Texas astronomers revive idea for ‘Ultimately Large Telescope’ on the moon A group of astronomers from The University of Texas…
SpaceX aims for night crew launch, Musk sidelined by virus SpaceX aimed for a Sunday night launch of four astronauts…
SpaceX crew flight delayed; Musk gets mixed COVID-19 results SpaceX delayed its second astronaut flight by a day because of…
Potential plumes on Europa could come from water in the crust Plumes of water vapor that may be venting into…
Escape from Mars: How water fled the red planet Mars once had oceans but is now bone-dry, leaving many to…
Tree rings may hold clues to impacts of distant supernovas on Earth Massive explosions of energy happening thousands of light-years…
Transmitting data from space to earth with laser filaments Could light be used to transmit information between satellites and Earth?…
A second cable fails at NSF’s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico A main cable that supports the Arecibo Observatory broke…
Astronauts head to launch site for SpaceX’s 2nd crew flight Four astronauts headed to Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for…
Feeding a galaxy’s nuclear black hole A galactic bar is the approximately linear structure of stars and gas that stretches…
Final dance of unequal black hole partners Solving the equations of general relativity for colliding black holes is no simple…
New research on imposter stars may improve astronomical data Quick flashes of light in the night sky have been linked…
FAST helps reveal the origin of fast radio bursts Researchers from Beijing Normal University, Peking University and National Astronomical Observatories…
Supersonic winds, rocky rains forecasted on lava planet Among the most extreme planets discovered beyond the edges of our solar…
New remote sensing technique could bring key planetary mineral into focus Planetary scientists from Brown University have developed a new…
Space station marking 20 years of people living in orbit The International Space Station was a cramped, humid, puny three…
New evidence our neighborhood in space is stuffed with hydrogen Only the two Voyager spacecraft have ever been there, and…
Asteroid’s scars tell stories of its past By studying impact marks on the surface of asteroid Bennu—the target of NASA’s…
Impact craters reveal details of Titan’s dynamic surface weathering Scientists have used data from NASA’s Cassini mission to delve into…
Solved: the mystery of how dark matter in galaxies is distributed The gravitational force in the Universe under which it…
New survey finds that single burst of star formation created Milky Way’s central bulge Like most spiral galaxies, the Milky…
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft goes for early stow of asteroid sample NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is ready to perform an early stow on…
NASA, human lunar lander companies complete key Artemis milestone NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) Program recently checked off a key…
Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s…
New study details atmosphere on ‘hot Neptune’ 260 light years away that ‘shouldn’t exist’ A team led by an astronomer…
Supercomputers dig into first star fossils No one has yet found the first stars. Go to Source Author: Phys.org provides…
ALMA shows volcanic impact on Io’s atmosphere New radio images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show for the…
Window opens for Virgin Galactic’s final round of testing The window for the final round of testing of Virgin Galactic’s…
Nokia to build moon’s first 4G cell network for NASA program Nokia says it has been tapped by NASA to…
Touch-and-go: US spacecraft sampling asteroid for return After almost two years circling an ancient asteroid hundreds of millions of miles…
Two planets found orbiting a red dwarf Red dwarfs are the coolest kind of star. As such, they potentially allow…
Why scooping an asteroid sample is harder than it looks When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descends toward the surface of Bennu…
New M92 stellar stream discovered A team of astronomers using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope discovered a new stellar stream emanating from…
Planetary scientist to fly aboard NASA-funded commercial space flight A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) planetary scientist has been chosen to…
NASA announces eight-nation space coalition under ‘Artemis Accords’ NASA announced on Tuesday that eight countries have signed an international agreement…
Russia shuns US lunar program, as space cooperation under threat Russia is unlikely to participate in the Moon-orbiting station planned…
Fake asteroid? NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocket The jig may be up for an “asteroid” that’s expected…
The legacy of of the Spitzer Space Telescope To understand the significance of the Spitzer Space Telescope on the understanding…
A new look at sunspots NASA’s extensive fleet of spacecraft allows scientists to study the Sun extremely close-up—one of the…
Finding vaporized metal in the air of an exoplanet WASP-121b is an exoplanet located 850 light years from Earth, orbiting…
The black hole always chirps twice: Scientists find clues to decipher the shape of black holes A team of gravitational…
US Nobel winner’s 25-year odyssey to black hole at center of galaxy For US astronomer Andrea Ghez, who won this…
Revealing secret of lithium-rich stars by monitoring their heartbeats Lithium is an ancient element that is almost as old as…
The way forward to Mars The path that ExoMars 2022 will follow to reach the Red Planet is set. The…
Radish seeds, meats and cheeses launched to space station A space station cargo ship rocketed into orbit Friday carrying a…
Astronomers reveal first direct image of Beta Pictoris c using new astronomy instrument The vast majority of planets near foreign…
‘Echo mapping’ in faraway galaxies could measure vast cosmic distances When you look up at the night sky, how do…
Solar orbiter’s first science data shows the sun at its quietest Three of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft’s instruments, including Imperial’s…
Planet collision simulations give clues to atmospheric loss from moon’s origin Earth could have lost anywhere between ten and 60…
Salty lake, ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars’ South Pole A network of salty ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars’…
First candidate for an extragalactic planet identified A team of researchers from the U.S. and China has found the first…
Back to Venus: Upstart company wants to beat NASA in search for life Can a small American aerospace company get…
New measurements show moon has hazardous radiation levels Future moon explorers will be bombarded with two to three times more…
Air Force, SpaceX mum about sky-high rocket costs Five years ago, Elon Musk, the multibillionaire CEO of the SpaceX rocket…
Could life exist deep underground on Mars? Recent science missions and results are bringing the search for life closer to…
NASA’s new Mars rover will use X-rays to hunt fossils NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has a challenging road ahead:…
New technology is a ‘science multiplier’ for astronomy Federal funding of new technology is crucial for astronomy, according to results…
The four most promising worlds for alien life in the solar system The Earth’s biosphere contains all the known ingredients…
Infrared eyes on Enceladus: Hints of fresh ice in northern hemisphere Scientists used data gathered by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during…
VLBA makes first direct distance measurement to magnetar Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have…
Hubble captures crisp new portrait of Jupiter’s storms This latest image of Jupiter, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on…
Can life survive a star’s death? Webb telescope can reveal the answer When stars like our sun die, all that…
Solar cycle 25 is here. NASA, NOAA scientists explain what that means Solar Cycle 25 has begun. During a media…
A warm Jupiter orbiting a cool star A planet observed crossing in front of, or transiting, a low-mass star has…
The evolving chemistry of protoplanetary disks Planets form from the gas and dust in disks that surround young stars. Chemicals…
China says Mars probe stable; no word on reusable spacecraft China’s Mars probe Tianwen-1, which blasted into space in July,…
Carbon-rich exoplanets may be made of diamonds As missions like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, TESS and Kepler continue to provide…
Gather Moon rocks for us, NASA urges private companies NASA on Thursday announced it was in the market for Moon…
How small particles could reshape Bennu and other asteroids In January 2019, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was orbiting asteroid Bennu when…
Meteorites show transport of material in early solar system New studies of a rare type of meteorite show that material…
‘Mighty mice’ stay musclebound in space, boon for astronauts Bulked-up, mutant “mighty mice” held onto their muscle during a monthlong…
China’s first reusable spacecraft lands after 2-day flight China’s first reusable spacecraft landed Sunday after two days in orbit, a…
Geologic age of Finsen Crater on far side of the moon found to be 3.5 billion years The absolute model…
Solar eclipse measured on Mars, affects interior NASA’s InSight mission provides data from the surface of Mars. Its seismometer, equipped…
New observations show planet-forming disc torn apart by its three central stars A team of astronomers have identified the first…
Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years? To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron…
Researchers predict location of novel candidate for mysterious dark energy Astronomers have known for two decades that the expansion of…
Researchers develop dustbuster for the moon A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is pioneering a new solution…
NASA’s Webb solar array reconnects to the telescope One kilowatt is about what it takes to heat up some leftovers…
Space debris observed for the first time during the day On the afternoon of February 10, 2009, the operational communications…
First-ever mission to the Trojan asteroids passes NASA milestone NASA has approved the final development stage of the Southwest Research…
Hubble maps giant halo around Andromeda Galaxy In a landmark study, scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the…
