NASA Laser Communications Demonstration – Here’s How To Watch the Launch Live
Illustration of NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration communicating with the International Space Station over laser links. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space...
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Nissan unveils lunar rover prototype
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A doomed alien planet has a 16 hour orbit around its star
TOI-2109b is the second hottest exoplanet discovered so far, with a year lasting just 16 hours. Image credit: NASA, ESA,...
Astronomers Have Discovered the Reason Behind the Mysterious Lack of Massive Black Holes in Telescope Data
Black hole artist’s impression. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser) Our telescopes have never detected a <span aria-describedby="tt" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="black holeA black...
This telescope will spy distant galaxies using 168 off-the-shelf Canon lenses
The Dragonfly Telephoto Array is a scientific telescope designed by an international research team from Yale University and the University...
Space Biosecurity: Scientists Warn That Alien Organisms on Earth May Become a Reality Stranger Than Fiction
Scientists warn, without good biosecurity measures ‘alien organisms’ on Earth may become a reality stranger than fiction. Published in international...
Stunning Telephoto Snapshot of an Almost Total Lunar Eclipse
An Almost Total Lunar Eclipse. Credit & Copyright: Robert Fedez Predawn hours of November 19 found the Moon in partly...
Explainer: Calculating a star’s age
algebra: A field of mathematics that describes a way to think about certain relationships that will involve numbers. And not...
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Primed To Reveal Secrets of Galaxy’s Most Mysterious Planets
Illustration showing what exoplanet GJ 1214 b could look like based on current information. GJ 1214 b, a warm sub-Neptune-sized...
Nebula Churns Out Massive B-Type Stars in New Hubble Image
The star-forming nebula (G035.20-0.74) in this Hubble image is in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle. Credit: NASA, ESA, and J....
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Making Mars Safer for Astronauts – Here’s How
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mars Hand Lens Imager, or MAHLI, to take this selfie at the “Quela” drilling...
Simulating Galaxy Formation in Mesmerizing Detail for Clues to the Universe
“In astrophysics, we have only this one universe which we can observe,” Mark Vogelsberger, an <span aria-describedby="tt" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="MITMIT is...
International Space Station Crew Welcomes Four New Members
The Expedition 66 crew poses for a photo after SpaceX Crew-3’s arrival to station. Credit: NASA TV Running more than...
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 Astronauts Blast Off for International Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the...
Scientists Discover New Physics Missing From Existing Models of Magnetic Reconnection
The Earth’s magnetosphere can undergo global compression due to solar wind. This compression creates thin and non-ideal current sheets in...
Fuel for thought — The future of Martian colonization
A biorefinery built on the Red Planet could help produce rocket fuel required for a return journey, but some snags...
Let’s learn about auroras
Alfvén wave: A type of magnetic wave that can develop in hot plasma. Antarctica: A continent mostly covered in ice,...
New Series of Three Great Space Telescope Observatories for the Future of Astrophysics
This artist’s concept shows the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, spacecraft, in its orbit around Earth. Launched in 2009,...
What You Need To Know About Asteroids and Other Near-Earth Objects
Have burning questions about asteroids? <span aria-describedby="tt" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an...
TRAPPIST-1: How Flat Can a Planetary System Get?
An artist’s conception of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system which orbit the star in an exceptinally flat plane....
Scientists detect water and carbon monoxide in far away galaxy
Water and carbon detected in a galaxy 13 billion light-years away provide a glimpse into how these elements impacted the...