Why is Venus hotter than Mercury, when Mercury is closer to the Sun?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an…
Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, is sealed beneath a shell of ice, but the ocean hidden below may contain twice as much liquid water as every ocean on Earth combined — and Jupiter’s gravity may have kept it liquid for billions of years
Europa looks, at first, like a frozen world that should be finished. It orbits far from the Sun,…
SpaceX, Starlink X Accounts Hacked to Push SCATMAN Rug Pull
Photo by BeInCrypto A hacker rug pulled a token called SCATMAN after reportedly seizing control of the SpaceXAI…
Reflect Orbital just got permission to launch its 1st space mirror to orbit. Tens of thousands more could follow
The first of perhaps tens of thousands of sunlight-directing space mirrors just got cleared for liftoff. California-based startup…
One Light-Day Away: Voyager’s Epic Voyage
Buzz Lightyear’s ‘to infinity and beyond’ in Toy Story was meant as an impossible boast.Voyager, however, has given…
Young crescent moon to meet Venus in evening twilight | Astronomy
Two celestial beauties line up on Friday when the young crescent moon meets brilliant Venus in the evening…
China narrows SpaceX gap with reusable rocket breakthrough
Tokyo | China is close to having a fully reusable rocket booster like the one Elon Musk has…
Watching Dawn and Dusk on a Distant Hot Jupiter
What would it be like to stand at the boundary between night and day on a planet locked…
New research revealed in tonight’s episode of The Sky at Night strengthens the case for life on Mars
We’ve had a quick first-look at the latest episode of The Sky at Night, due to be broadcast…
Perseid Meteor Shower Returns This Week Under An ‘Earthshine’ Moon
Topline Here comes a classic crescent moon-and-meteors week. Tuesday, July 14, sees a new moon — when our…
Japanese Astronomical Society ex-president Shigeru Ida joins China’s Westlake University
The universe teems with planets, yet their origins and evolution remain among science’s most enduring mysteries.Theoretical astrophysicist Shigeru…
China proposes laser-powered energy tower on moon to transmit wireless power
Researchers in China are proposing that the moon could become the first place where wireless power transmission is…