Asteroids may have helped create the conditions for life on early Earth; scientists find |
For decades, asteroid impacts have been seen as forces of pure destruction, the kind that wiped out the…
Want to start stargazing? Here’s why June is the perfect time for newcomers
Each November in the Northern Hemisphere, the astronomy world cranks up a gear. As Orion’s Belt and the…
In late 2023, Voyager 1 began sending unreadable data from interstellar space. NASA engineers eventually traced the fault to corrupted memory in one of the probe’s computers, rewrote part of its 46-year-old software, transmitted the fix across more than 24 billion kilometres, and waited roughly 45 hours for confirmation that the patch had worked.
In late 2023, Voyager 1 stopped making sense. The spacecraft was still transmitting from interstellar space, but the…
Scientists discover remnants of Jellyfish Nebula’s ‘sibling’ supernova
Millions of years ago two massive stars circled each other in a cosmic dance. Then one of the…
June’s Strawberry Moon Is the Final Micro Moon of 2026: Here’s How to See It
The full moon is usually the brightest object in the night sky, but not all full moons are…
Giant planet discovered where a day lasts longer than a year
Astronomers have spent years studying giant planets known as hot Jupiters because they offer a rare chance to…
A private company will build and launch NASA’s next Mars orbiter in 2028 — and it’s not SpaceX
NASA has announced a new commercial partnership for the next satellite headed to the Red Planet. California-based Relativity…
Timelapse video: Rare, daytime lunar occultation astronomical phenomenon observed
A lunar occultation of Venus took place on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 17. Stunning timelapse footage by Rob…
Why AST SpaceMobile’s (ASTS) BlueBird Launch Matters for Its Direct-to-Device Growth Test
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) is one of the fastest-growing space stocks to buy now. On June 17, AST…
An exoplanet with a daytime temperature hot enough to vaporize iron has methane on its nightside because of an atmospheric circulation that should not be able to exist at that heat
A team led by Thomas Evans-Soma of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg has published observations of…
Arvinder Bahal, first Sikh space traveller, now aims to set foot on US’ star attraction ‘The Wave’
Arvinder Singh Bahal, 81, the first Sikh to have been to space as a tourist, second person in…
India’s Jio lays out sovereign LEO constellation plan ahead of IPO
TAMPA, Fla. — Jio Platforms, which owns India’s largest telco, is looking to lease broadband capacity from global…