NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a strange atmosphere on a hellish lava planet
Imagine the year 2158. You’re pursuing a PhD in planetary volcanology at the University of Utopia Planitia on…
Space Force awards Slingshot $69 million for AI-enabled training technology
WASHINGTON — Slingshot Aerospace has won a $69.2 million U.S. Space Force contract to develop artificial intelligence-based training…
Walking protein structure explains how cells activate molecular motors
A nerve cell resembles a vast tree with branches that communicate with thousands of other cells. To function,…
Voyager 1 crossed the edge of the Sun’s protective bubble and entered interstellar space, but instead of fading gently into the void it met a strange, porous boundary scientists had not anticipated
For six years one of Voyager 1’s instruments had counted the same steady drizzle of low-energy particles streaming…
Astronauts Obtain First X-Rays in Space
Using a portable radiography system, three crew members on a 3.5-day polar orbital flight were able to take…
The moon is drifting away from Earth by about 3.8 centimetres a year — measured to the millimetre by bouncing laser light off mirrors the Apollo astronauts left sitting in the lunar dust more than half a century ago
On the night of August 1, 1969, a green pulse of light left a telescope at the Lick…
A safeguarding factor monitors septal pore stability to secure compartmentalization during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis
Bacterial endospore formation begins with a polar septum that compartmentalizes two transcriptionally distinct cells, the mother cell and…
Why the US-China space race could come down to a thin metal cap
In the high‑stakes space race between the United States and China, the decisive advantage could come down to…
The Moon is still shrinking as its interior cools, creating powerful moonquakes surprisingly close to where astronauts may eventually live
The Moon looks frozen in time, its craters preserving impacts billions of years old. Yet beneath that ancient…
SpaceX Rides on Expanding Starlink User Base: More Upside Ahead?
Space Exploration Technologies SPCX is benefiting from the rapid expansion of its Starlink broadband business. Solid subscriber addition,…
Rare meteorite provides snapshot of early solar system
A meteorite weighing more than 2 pounds (1 kilogram) that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey…
How Is Rocket Lab Expanding Its Launch Infrastructure Footprint?
Rocket Lab Corporation RKLB continues strengthening its launch infrastructure to support growing demand for reliable and responsive space…