Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by last year
Last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft encountered a bi-lobed asteroid that is a chunk of an even larger rocky…
South African investor, Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board after record $75 billion IPO
SpaceX disclosed that Botha was elected as an independent director and member of the company’s audit committee,…
A dying star might never collapse into a black hole — a tiny Big Bang could ignite at its core and leave a gravastar with no singularity and no event horizon
When a very massive star burns through its fuel, the textbook ending is bleak. Nothing is left to…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, once claimed to be an alien spaceship, may be 7 billion years old |
When interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile on July 1, 2025, it…
The American flags planted by Apollo astronauts have likely bleached pure white after 50 years of unfiltered solar radiation, leaving the most famous banners in history standing as blank cloth
The six American flags planted on the Moon between July 1969 and December 1972 — beginning with the…
The Chinese scientists hoping to use a space solar plant to power the world
Using a few mirrors, solar panels and a microwave transmitter, Fan Guanheng and his team can send power…
NASA asks Northrop Grumman to stop working on lunar HALO module
Three months ago, during a flashy event at its Washington, DC, headquarters, NASA announced that it was shifting…
Scientists Spent 13 Years Bouncing Radar Off Europa. Here’s What They Found
It’s a good time to be a Europa fan—scientists keep announcing new insights into the distant, icy world.…
Moon Impact 3.5 Billion Years Ago Hints at Hidden Era of Solar System : ScienceAlert
Tiny crystal grains trapped inside a meteorite may be the key that unlocks a hidden era in the…
A lunar meteorite found in northwest Africa has been shown to record evidence of an asteroid impact on the Moon 3.5 billion years ago, matching independently dated impacts on Earth and on the asteroid 4 Vesta from the same period, at the moment life on Earth was first taking hold
The first few billion years of Earth’s history are largely inaccessible to direct geological investigation. The surface that…
No Moon landing — yet – Winnipeg Free Press
Mike Raimbault knew he had an ace in his back pocket. The only problem was that he didn’t…
NASA Mission to Study Space Weather Impacts of Earth’s Atmosphere
NASA selected a mission concept to research how space weather and dynamics within Earth’s atmosphere influence the space…