The Milky Way’s arms might not look as we thought
This video shows what astronomers thought the Milky Way looked like, and what the new data indicates instead.…
The Sun’s Atmosphere May Be Feeding on Dust
3D rendering of the Parker Solar Probe. Credit: NASA The Sun’s outer atmosphere may have a dust problem—and…
SpaceX’s Next Big Business Isn’t Rockets. It’s Computer Chips.
Six months ago, SpaceX (SPCX +2.69%) was a private rocket company. Today, it is a public one worth…
The oldest known image of the cosmos is a Bronze Age disc of bronze and gold, dug from a German hilltop by looters and recovered three years later in a Swiss police sting
The oldest known image of the cosmos is not painted or carved. It is cast in metal. It…
The Space Shuttle Endeavour Goes On Public Display Later This Year
NASA’s shuttle has been in LA since 2012, but now it’ll have a permanent exhibit at the California…
NASA’s Hubble Captures Crimson Cloud Sparkling with White, Blue Stars
Like fresh fireworks launched against a background of dissipating smoke, blue and white stars shine brilliantly against a…
Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon, Could Become a ‘Gas Station’ for Deep Space Missions
Credit: ZME Science. What if I told you there is a moon in the solar system whose fossil…
Over six days in July of 1994, 21 fragments of a comet named Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed one after another into the atmosphere of Jupiter as telescopes across the world watched — the first time in recorded history that human beings had ever directly observed a collision between two bodies in the solar system
The first time human beings ever watched two objects hit each other in space was in July 1994,…
1 private spacecraft intercepts another on Space Force’s groundbreaking ‘Victus Haze’ mission
A U.S. Space Force mission pitting two satellites against each other has been deemed a success, completing its…
Celebrate America 250 with the Estes Liberty Star model rocket
Aside from fireworks, what better way to celebrate 250 years of independence than by launching your own model…
‘Machine-gun sun’ could bring auroras to more than a dozen states this Independence Day weekend
Fourth of July celebrations across the United States this weekend could be accompanied by light shows in the…
Nandina REM, Odyssey Space Explore Recycled Carbon Fiber In Spacecraft
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