Hubble maps giant halo around Andromeda Galaxy In a landmark study, scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the…
Study rules out dark matter destruction as origin of extra radiation in galaxy center The detection more than a decade…
Global magnetic field of the solar corona measured for the first time An international team led by Professor Tian Hui…
Ground segment testing a success for James Webb Space Telescope Testing teams have successfully completed a critical milestone focused on…
Follow NASA’s Perseverance rover in real time on its way to Mars The last time we saw NASA’s Mars 2020…
A 70 degree shift on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa was the last event to fracture its surface Europa’s outer icy…
Hubble snaps close-up of comet NEOWISE The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the closest images yet of the sky’s…
Upcoming space mission to test drag sail pulling rocket back to Earth A rocket is going up into space with…
Kepler’s supernova remnant: Debris from stellar explosion not slowed after 400 years Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to…
Exploding stars may have caused mass extinction on Earth, study shows Imagine reading by the light of an exploded star,…
NASA researchers track slowly splitting ‘dent’ in Earth’s magnetic field A small but evolving dent in Earth’s magnetic field can…
Ariane rocket puts telecom satellites into orbit A rocket that blasted off from French Guiana successfully placed two communications satellites…
Simulations show lander exhaust could cloud studies of lunar ices A new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins…
Aurora mysteries unlocked with NASA’s THEMIS mission A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky like a…
Hubble finds that Betelgeuse’s mysterious dimming is due to a traumatic outburst Recent observations of Betelgeuse have revealed that the…
ALMA sees most distant Milky Way look-alike Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern…
Broken cable damages giant radio telescope in Puerto Rico A broken cable caused severe damage at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory,…
Moonquakes and marsquakes: How we peer inside other worlds Eavesdropping on the shudders and groans echoing deep inside alien worlds…
ESA’s ‘first’ satellite: COS-B This weekend sees the 45th anniversary of the launch of Cos-B, the first satellite to be…
Cluster’s 20 years of studying Earth’s magnetosphere Despite a nominal lifetime of two years, ESA’s Cluster is now entering its…
NASA sounding rocket finds helium structures in sun’s atmosphere Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after…
OSIRIS-REx is one rehearsal away from touching asteroid Bennu NASA’s first asteroid sampling spacecraft is making final preparations to grab…
Rice researchers use InSight for deep Mars measurements Using data from NASA’s InSight Lander on Mars, Rice University seismologists have…
Surprisingly dense exoplanet challenges planet formation theories New detailed observations with NSF’s NOIRLab facilities reveal a young exoplanet, orbiting a…
Semiconductor manufacturing techniques employed for new gamma-ray detector NASA astrophysicists and engineers are adapting detectors used by earthbound supercolliders and…
SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in…
Hurricane might delay SpaceX-NASA return trip from ISS The first US astronauts to reach the International Space Station on an…
US astronauts pack up for rare splashdown in SpaceX capsule Two U.S. astronauts about to make the first splashdown return…
Astrophysicists observe long-theorized quantum phenomena At the heart of every white dwarf star—the dense stellar object that remains after a…
2020’s final Mars mission poised for blastoff from Florida The summer’s third and final mission to Mars—featuring NASA’s most elaborate…
Virgin Galactic shows off passenger spaceship cabin interior Passengers flying Virgin Galactic on suborbital trips into space will be able…
Mars Perseverance rover ‘go for launch,’ says NASA NASA on Monday gave its latest Mars rover Perseverance the all clear…
To photograph comet Neowise, it takes patience and placement The newly discovered comet Neowise is only visible from Earth once…
An origin story for a family of oddball meteorites Most meteorites that have landed on Earth are fragments of planetesimals,…
Ground system for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope completes major review When it launches in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman…
Hubble Space Telescope captures summertime on Saturn Saturn is truly the lord of the rings in this latest snapshot from…
Image: Letting a satellite breathe This air intake collector is designed to harvest sufficient air particles as it skims the…
New cosmic magnetic field structures discovered in galaxy NGC 4217 Spiral galaxies such as our Milky Way can have sprawling…
Study reveals strange magnetic behaviour 8-11 million years ago Research by the University of Liverpool has revealed that strange behaviour…
Japan rocket carrying UAE Mars probe ready for Monday launch A Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying a United Arab Emirates Mars…
Two US astronauts to come home on SpaceX ship on August 2 The two US astronauts who reached the International…
China moves rocket into place for upcoming Mars mission China has moved a rocket into position to launch a rover…
Space station power upgrades nearly finished after spacewalk Spacewalking astronauts completed their part of a three-year power upgrade to the…
Cases of black hole mistaken identity Astronomers have discovered one type of growing supermassive black hole masquerading as another, thanks…
Blast sends star hurtling across the Milky Way An exploding white dwarf star blasted itself out of its orbit with…
Astrophysicists suggest carbon found in comet ATLAS help reveal age of other comets Astrophysicists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU,…
SpaceX delays launch of mini-satellites SpaceX on Saturday delayed the launch of a rocket due to take 57 mini-satellites into…
The quest to find signs of ancient life on Mars Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but…
Two bizarre brown dwarfs found with citizen scientists’ help With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered two highly…
The Euclid space telescope is coming together ESA’s Euclid mission has reached another milestone on its journey towards launch. Its…
7 things to know about the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission In less than a month, NASA expects to launch…
NASA’s InSight flexes its arm while its ‘mole’ hits pause NASA’s InSight lander has been using its robotic arm to…
Researchers foresee linguistic issues during space travel It lacks the drama of a shape-shifting alien creature, but another threat looms…
Satellite-carrying rocket ‘lost’ after New Zealand launch A commercial rocket carrying seven satellites was “lost” after take-off Sunday from a…
Rare-metal abundance points to a missing companion star for the supernova Cassiopeia A The massive star that exploded to form…
Scientific ‘red flag’ reveals new clues about our galaxy Figuring out how much energy permeates the center of the Milky…
Scientists detect rapid changes in a black hole that may explain gamma-ray bursts Some of the most massive and distant…
Higher concentration of metal in Moon’s craters provides new insights to its origin Life on Earth would not be possible…
Hat tip to ‘Star Trek’? US Space Force names new unit ‘SpOC’ The United States’ new Space Force military wing…
Array of radio telescopes reveals explosion on the surface of a hot dead star An international group of researchers observed…
To boldly go: NASA launches Lunar Loo challenge Everyone poops. Go to Source Author: Phys.org provides the latest news on…
Spacewalking astronaut loses mirror, newest space junk A spacewalking astronaut added to the millions of pieces of junk orbiting the…
Inferring the temperature structure of circumstellar disks from polarized emission Polarized light is a familiar phenomenon because the scattering or…
NASA takes first step to allow computers to decide what to tell us in search for life on Mars NASA…
Ocean in Jupiter’s moon Europa ‘could be habitable’ A new model from NASA scientists supports the theory that the interior…
University students develop AI to detect fast radio bursts West Virginia University’s Duncan Lorimer might be the godfather of the…
Life in the galaxy: maybe this is as good as it gets? Researchers have found that rocky exoplanets which formed…
Images: Solar eclipse wows stargazers in Africa, Asia, Middle East Stargazers in Africa, Asia and parts of the Middle East…
‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse to dim Africa, Asia Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian…
New research hints at the presence of unconventional galaxies containing two black holes A Clemson University scientist has joined forces…
Planets must be formed early, study finds Scientists have found evidence that planets form in a blink of an eye…
A cosmic baby is discovered, and it’s brilliant Astronomers tend to have a slightly different sense of time than the…
Using sunlight to save satellites from a fate of ‘space junk’ No satellite stays the same once launched into space….
While stargazing on Mars, Curiosity rover spots Earth and Venus NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover occasionally stops to stargaze. Recently, it…
Innovative model provides insight into the behavior of the black hole at the center of our galaxy Like most galaxies,…
NASA names first woman to head human spaceflight The NASA official who managed the inaugural private crewed flight into space…
NASA’s Mars rover drivers need your help You may be able to help NASA’s Curiosity rover drivers better navigate Mars….
First space tourists will face big risks, as private companies gear up for paid suborbital flights On May 30, 2020,…
Astronomers discover how long-lived Peter Pan discs evolve New research from scientists at Queen Mary University of London has revealed…
Black hole’s heart still beating The first confirmed heartbeat of a supermassive black hole is still going strong more than…
Titan is migrating away from Saturn 100 times faster than previously predicted By Earthly standards, Saturn’s moon Titan is a…
A new catalog of infrared dark clouds Infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are dark patches of cold dust and gas seen…
SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets SpaceX’s debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot…
Image: Arm out to asteroid This robotic arm, moving along a 33-m-long track, forms ESA’s GNC Rendezvous, Approach and Landing…
NASA ocean ecosystem mission preparing to make waves NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission, or PACE, has successfully passed…
Using AI to unlock clues to the origins of the stars and planets An artificial intelligence (AI) system analyzing data…
The extraordinary sample-gathering system of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover The samples Apollo 11 brought back to Earth from the Moon…
SpaceX captures the flag, beating Boeing in cosmic contest The first astronauts launched by SpaceX declared victory Monday in NASA’s…
Mergers between galaxies trigger activity in their core Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) play a major role in galaxy evolution. Astronomers…
In planet formation, it’s location, location, location Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are finding that planets have a tough…
Historic SpaceX launch postponed because of stormy weather The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on…
SpaceX readies for blast-off with NASA astronauts aboard Gray skies loomed over Florida’s Atlantic coast Tuesday, just one day before…
Solving the space junk problem Space is getting crowded. Aging satellites and space debris crowd low-Earth orbit, and launching new…
SpaceX ready to launch astronauts into space for the first time In the beginning, everyone was skeptical. But Elon Musk’s…
First commercial space taxi a pit stop on Musk’s Mars quest It all started with the dream of growing a…
NASA gives go-ahead for first crewed SpaceX flight on May 27 NASA gave the green light on Friday to next…
NASA, SpaceX bringing astronaut launches back to home turf For the first time in nearly a decade, U.S. astronauts are…
Astronauts arriving for NASA’s 1st home launch in decade The two astronauts who will end a nine-year launch drought for…
UAE to launch first Arab probe to Mars After sending its first astronaut to space last year, the United Arab…
Exoplanet climate ‘decoder’ aids search for life After examining a dozen types of suns and a roster of planet surfaces,…
