Decoding The Tianwen-2 Sample Return Mission’s Telemetry Signal
China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission launched on 28 May of 2025 and is scheduled to arrive at its…
Mini world near Pluto is far more active than it should be – and experts are baffled
A tiny frozen world in the outer Solar System has been found to have an atmosphere, making it…
A Shift in What’s Shaping U.S. Landscapes
The land is always changing, sometimes by human hands: cities are built, farms expanded, and forests logged. Other…
In 1992, the number of confirmed planets outside our solar system was zero — and as of this year, NASA’s exoplanet archive lists more than 6,000 of them, with the lead scientist on the archive predicting the number could hit 100,000 within the next seven years
The official tally of confirmed planets outside our solar system, maintained by NASA’s Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech,…
Chandrayaan-2 discovers possible ice buried on Moon’s South Pole
India’s lunar ambitions have scored another scientific milestone. Scientists analysing data from India’s second Moon mission, Indian Space…
The asteroid that ended the dinosaurs happened to strike a shallow seabed rich in sulphur and buried hydrocarbons, throwing soot and aerosols into the sky — and researchers argue the same rock hitting most other places might not have ended their reign.
The asteroid that struck near Chicxulub, in what is now the Yucatán Peninsula, about 66 million years ago…
SpaceX’s Starship rockets are grounded pending investigation after test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX Starship launches are on hold pending an investigation into last week’s test…
When Spacetime Crystallises, a Black Hole is Born
You already know that water freezes. At zero degrees, the disordered chaos of liquid molecules suddenly snaps into…
US Space Force confirms SpaceX will build sensor-to-shooter targeting network
SpaceX has won a lucrative contract to provide the US military with a means of distributing space-based sensing…
Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk
Two Russian cosmonauts worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the International Space…
Released: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft
The Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) is available for review via SAM.gov as of May…
China shakes up its space programs to land astronauts on the moon by 2030: ‘We will spare no effort’
China is establishing an integrated program called the Lunar Exploration Program, melding both its robotic Chang’e lunar probe…