Shaping the Emerald City – NASA Science
Seattle, Washington—sometimes known as the “Emerald City”—was glimmering in the morning sunlight when an astronaut aboard the International…
July 19, 418: A solar eclipse/comet combo
Back to Article List Today in the history of astronomy, an eclipse isn’t the only stunning thing in…
Dark matter may be naturally tuned to a hidden fifth dimension
Dark matter appears to hold galaxies together, yet it has never shown itself directly. A new theory suggests…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes Up Nearly 6 Billion Miles from Earth After Almost a Year in Hibernation
NEED TO KNOW The spacecraft emerged from a 321-day hibernation 5.9 billion miles from Earth, with signals taking…
Voyager 1 has no engine running. The 38,000-mile-per-hour speed it has held since its Saturn flyby in 1980 is borrowed momentum from planets it grazed more than four decades ago, and that free ride carries it to one light-day from Earth this November
Voyager 1 is often imagined as a spacecraft still pushing itself outward, an engine burning faintly somewhere beyond…
China plans to hit an asteroid with a Mach 26 projectile in planet defence test
China’s first planetary defence mission appears to be far more ambitious than Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart),…
Mobile planetarium to bring the stars to you thanks to R1.3m donation
A travelling planetarium backed by a R1.3 million donation will bring immersive space science and VR experiences…
Elon Musk Says If SpaceX Accomplishes Its Goals, ‘It Will Be Worth More Than The Rest of Earth’ — Though He’s Also Said ‘Money Will Stop Being Relevant’
Image of CEO Elon Musk by Frederic Legrand – COMEO via Shutterstock Trying to predict Elon Musk’s vision…
NASA Shares Beautiful Timelapse Of The Psyche Spacecraft’s View Over Mars
The spacecraft made a close approach to the red planet in May on its way to explore the…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Uncovers Evidence of 4 Billion Year Old Impacts
NASA’s Perseverance rover continues to explore the rim of the Jezero Crater, an impact basin in Mars’ northern…
Space launch costs could fall 90% by 2040
Getting something into space has always been incredibly expensive. Every extra pound of equipment has come with a…
Rocket Lab’s Latest Deal Puts It on a Collision Course With SpaceX
The share prices of space economy stocks may be sinking, but that does not make the sector any…