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,…
US successfully launches unmanned reusable drone for space experiments The US Air Force on Sunday successfully launched its high-tech drone…
ExoMars rover upgrades and parachute tests The second ExoMars mission, scheduled for launch to the Red Planet in 2022, is…
Black holes and neutron stars merge unseen in dense star clusters Mergers between black holes and neutron stars in dense…
First look: NASA’s James Webb space telescope fully stowed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully folded and stowed…
The discovery of Comet SWAN by solar-watcher SOHO Currently crossing the skies above Earth, Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) has the…
Powerful new AI technique detects and classifies galaxies in astronomy image data Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a…
Scientists model Mars climate to understand habitability A Southwest Research Institute scientist modeled the atmosphere of Mars to help determine…
Russian rocket breaks up in Earth orbit: space agency Russia’s space agency on Sunday confirmed one of its rockets used…
JPSS-2 satellite instrument passes readiness test The Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) instrument built to fly on the Joint Polar Satellite…
Space agency: Human urine could help make concrete on moon The European Space Agency said Friday that human urine could…
NASA CubeSat mission to gather vital space weather data NASA has selected a new pathfinding CubeSat mission to gather data…
Pentagon announces new mission for secretive space drone The US Air Force said Wednesday it would be sending its high-tech…
Astronomers find Jupiter-like cloud bands on closest brown dwarf A team of astronomers has discovered that the closest known brown…
NASA’s Perseverance rover will look at Mars through these eyes When it launches this summer, NASA’s Perseverance rover will have…
NASA begs spectators for astronaut launch: Please stay home! NASA and SpaceX on Friday urged spectators to stay home for…
NASA, SpaceX target historic spaceflight despite pandemic NASA and SpaceX said Friday they were pressing ahead with plans to launch…
Virgin Galactic completes first glide flight in New Mexico Virgin Galactic’s spaceship VSS Unity landed in the New Mexico desert…
Musk, Bezos win NASA contracts for Moon lander NASA on Thursday awarded almost $1 billion in contracts to three space…
Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around stars An international team of astronomers has captured 15 images of the…
Hubble captures breakup of comet ATLAS The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with the sharpest view yet of…
Swift mission tallied water from interstellar comet Borisov For the first time, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory tracked water loss…
Hubble celebrates its 30th anniversary with a tapestry of blazing starbirth The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s iconic images and scientific…
Russian cargo ship docks with space station An unmanned Russian cargo capsule docked with the International Space Station, bringing more…
An eclipsing binary millisecond pulsar discovered by FAST Using the data obtained by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST),…
Researchers use ‘hot Jupiter’ data to mine exoplanet chemistry After spotting a curious pattern in scientific papers—they described exoplanets as…
USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the Moon Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those…
Rotating galaxies galore: New results from ALPINE reveal what appear to be spiral galaxies in the infant universe New results…
Astronomers discover planet that never was What astronomers thought was a planet beyond our solar system has now seemingly vanished…
Impacts on asteroids produce regolith, erase small craters Impact cratering both produces new regolith and causes seismic events that can…
NASA announces first SpaceX crewed flight for May 27 A SpaceX rocket will send two American astronauts to the International…
California nebula stars in final mosaic by NASA’s Spitzer Five days before NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope ended its mission on…
Researchers discover a six-planet system with near 3:2 resonance Almost visible to the naked eye in the Draco constellation, the…
Earth-size, habitable-zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA’s…
Cosmic tempest: Astronomers detect most energetic outflow from a distant quasar Researchers using the Gemini North telescope on Hawai’i’s Maunakea…
PUNCH mission achieves milestone On April 8, 2020, the Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission achieved an…
After months in space, astronauts returning to changed world Two NASA astronauts said Friday they expect it will be tough…
Russia space chief spars with Elon Musk over launch pricing The head of Russia’s space agency on Saturday accused Elon…
Mars helicopter attached to NASA’s Perseverance rover With the launch period of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover opening in 14…
No social distancing in space: New crew greeted with hugs Three astronauts flew to the International Space Station on Thursday,…
Black hole bends light back on itself You may have heard that nothing escapes the gravitational grasp of a black…
First-ever photo proof of powerful jet emerging from colliding galaxies A team of Clemson University College of Science researchers, in…
Catch this week’s supermoon, biggest and brightest of year A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be…
COVID-19: How satellites can help The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has virtually paralyzed daily life as we know it. Even when…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover gets its wheels and air brakes Final assembly and testing of NASA’s Perseverance rover continues at…
Astronomers define the ‘really habitable zone’: Planets capable of producing gin and tonic A hospitable star that doesn’t kill you…
Image: Hypersonic surfing simulation Simulating the test flight of a hypersonic glider, being developed through the international HEXAFLY-INT collaboration, involving partners…
NASA call for astronauts draws 12,000 spaceflight hopefuls Who wants to be an astronaut? More than 12,000 people do, resulting…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope full mirror deployment a success In a recent test, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope fully…
A Martian mash up: Meteorites tell story of Mars’ water history In Jessica Barnes’ palm is an ancient, coin-sized mosaic…
New mission would provide a road map in the search for alien atmospheres A new spacecraft proposed by scientists at…
Planetary defenders validate asteroid deflection code Planetary defense researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) continue to validate their ability…
ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole Astronomers obtained the first resolved image of disturbed gaseous…
Space Force launches its first mission with virus precautions The newly established U.S. Space Force launched its first national security…
Supernova remnant W49B investigated with XMM-Newton Chinese astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft have investigated a luminous supernova remnant (SNR) known…
8 European spacecraft put in hibernation amid virus lockdown The European Space Agency said Tuesday that it is putting eight…
Time symmetry and the laws of physics If three or more objects move around each other, history cannot be reversed….
Solar energy tracker powers down after 17 years After nearly two decades, the Sun has set for NASA’s SOlar Radiation…
Curiosity Mars rover takes a new selfie before record climb NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recently set a record for the…
Going stir crazy? Then train like an astronaut, mimic space Isolated at home? Then train like an astronaut. Go to…
NASA’s Mars perseverance rover gets its sample handling system With the launch period for NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover opening in…
SpaceX plans first manned flight to space station in May Elon Musk’s SpaceX will send astronauts to the International Space…
Waves in thin air with broad effects Mars has a very thin atmosphere, with nearly one hundredth the density of…
The mission to build a reusable launcher for Europe The race is on to develop a European reusable rocket that…
European Gateway experiment will monitor radiation in deep space The first science experiments that will be hosted on the Gateway,…
What can you do with spiral graph? Help understand how galaxies evolve Spiral structure is seen in a variety of…
