Gwynne Shotwell, Elon Musk’s No. 2 at SpaceX, Is the Company’s Steady Hand
Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX, has dined with President Trump at the White House, lost a…
Scientists listen to the ‘heart’ of our Sun – and find mysterious behaviour
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
NASA’s Roman Telescope Poised to Transform Hunt for Elusive Neutron Stars
Newswise — Astronomers have long known that neutron stars, the crushed cores left behind after massive stars explode,…
Focusing in on Human Health Research at Annual Space Meeting
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Long-duration spaceflight can chip away at an astronaut’s health, prompting scientists to find new…
How Elon Musk Used SpaceX to Benefit Himself and His Businesses
In January 2018, Elon Musk needed $100 million. Instead of calling a bank, he turned to SpaceX, the…
Musk’s SpaceX Goals Shift Ahead of Its I.P.O.
For years, SpaceX’s mission was clear: Get humans to Mars. “The most powerful thing we could do is…
What’s Inside NASA’s Mission Control
Between all the monitors, wires and keyboards are the normal trappings of a workplace: lunchboxes, water bottles, backpacks…
NASA’s Artemis II Is the First Crewed Moon Mission Since 1972. Why Are We Going Back?
An animated 3-D model of the moon, shown on a black background. A 3-D model of the moon…
Gemini South Confirms Long-Suspected Link Between the Composition of Exoplanets and Their Host Stars
Almost 320 light-years away in the Libra constellation lies WASP-189b, an exoplanet known as an ultra-hot Jupiter (UHJ). UHJs have temperatures…
Origami-style Mars base that deploys ‘with one pull of a string’ with NO tools could house humans visiting red planet
ORIGAMI-style space homes that spring off the ground on Mars could house future visitors to the red planet.…
Can Scientists Detect Life Without Knowing What it Looks Like? Research Using Machine Learning Offers a New Way
Newswise — When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late…
Hellish 2,400C ‘super Earth’ may be stuffed with GEMS & Nasa says it has ‘global’ lava ocean and ‘sparkling skies’
A FIERY hell-world that would instantly roast visitors alive has a vast lava ocean – and may be…