How the SKA Will Use Fast Radio Bursts to Decode the Universe
There are parts of the universe that are extremely hard to see, even for our most advanced telescopes.…
New Horizons flew past Pluto so quickly that an encounter nine years in the making was effectively over within hours — but the data gathered during that brief passage took another 15 months to trickle home
The New Horizons encounter with Pluto was one of the strangest bargains in modern exploration. NASA spent almost…
Astrobotic sale to Colorado’s Voyager is complete
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Why Elon Musk’s SpaceX wants to keep Starfall capsules in orbit before sending supplies back to Earth
SpaceX is developing a new spacecraft called Starfall that could keep cargo in low-Earth orbit before delivering it…
How China’s aerospace vision differs from Elon Musk’s SpaceX
China’s controlled seaborne recovery of a rocket booster using a net-capture vessel last week proved the viability and…
A solar eclipse is coming to Europe this summer
Somewhere on Earth, there’s a solar eclipse every 18 months or so — and the next one is…
Are We Missing the Universe’s “Noosignatures”?
Astrobiology has long been split into two camps: a search for “biosignatures” and a search for “intelligence.” These…
NASA begins stacking rocket ahead of 2027 Artemis III astronaut launch (photos)
The assembly of NASA’s next Artemis rocket is well underway, with the recent arrival of one of the…
SpaceX cleared to fly Starship again after booster failure in May
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared SpaceX to fly Starship prototypes again, after the company identified the…
Did SpaceX puncture the AI bubble?
At the beginning of June, the Nasdaq hit a record high, climbing above 27,000. A week later, after…
Natural sugar discovered in cloud of dust and gas near centre of Milky Way | Science
A natural sugar found in raspberries and used in fake tan lotions has been detected in an enormous…
Why the US-China Moon race could turn into a lunar land grab
Sixty years ago, the United States and the Soviet Union were embroiled in a race to the Moon,…