Macron calls for an ‘independent’ Europe in space as SpaceX skips the Paris summit
Key figures from Europe’s space industry and other international players have converged on Paris to discuss how to…
In 1947, fruit flies were sent into space using captured German rocket. Decades later, NASA studied how space affects immunity |
A tiny insect became one of the earliest living passengers sent towards space, long before astronauts were routinely…
Chinese researchers find egg-cellent way to keep space debris from scrambling craft
offbeat Eggy armor cuts projectile speed in simulations as LEO gets increasingly crowded There’s a lot of garbage…
International Space Station astronaut gives out of this world tribute to honor Star Trek’s 60th anniversary
Celebrations of Star Trek’s 60th anniversary made it all the way to the final frontier. Among the science…
Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago
Using the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) radio telescope, astronomers have watched as two stars come together to…
NASA’s newly launched Roman Space Telescope will ‘directly’ image exoplanets. But what does that mean?
A brand new observatory began its tenure on Aug. 30 — it’s called the Nancy Grace Roman Space…
NASA’s Chandra Unveils Mysterious X-Ray Objects
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have…
10 billion km in 3 minutes! Epic video captures a spacecraft’s 8-year odyssey to planet Mercury
After nearly eight years navigating the inner Solar System, the BepiColombo mission has released incredible footage showing the…
A NASA Photo Processing Technique to Study Mars Has Discovered Ancient Art on Earth
‘As he was developing the Dstretch plug-in, Harman applied it to this image from the Cave of San…
Science says we’re not special. But here’s why that could be wrong – and why we should be thankful we’ve not been swallowed by the Sun
We’re not special. If astronomy has taught us anything over the last few centuries, it’s this: rather than…
Besxar is building an orbital semiconductor factory, one SpaceX rocket at a time
If you want to manufacture in space—and bring the products back again—there’s a limited set of options: Wait…
NASA Restarts Swift Telescope as It Slowly Falls Toward Earth
NASA’s Swift Telescope is back to watching the universe, but its orbit is still shrinking and time at…