Severe solar storms could hit Earth, space forecasters say. Here’s how to see auroras
NEW YORK (AP) — Space weather forecasters issued an alert on Tuesday for incoming severe solar storms that…
‘This all must end now.’ NASA lab closures at Goddard Space Flight Center under Congressional scrutiny
Activities at NASA’s flagship science center are coming under a Congressional magnifying glass, and lawmakers are calling for…
History Says Europe’s Big 3-Way Space Merger Will Fail
Airbus announced last month it will merge its space business with those of Leonardo and Thales in order…
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible ‘Severe’ geomagnetic storm
Geomagnetic storms are disturbances in the Earth’s magnetic field that last minutes or hours and are caused by…
China’s stranded astronauts ‘in good condition’ after space debris delays planned return
BEIJING (AP) — The stranded crew of a Chinese space mission is “in good condition, working and living…
Elon Musk has new plans for Earth orbit. Astronomers are already scared
Chris Young’s Beyond Earth column explores the intersection of space technology and policy, providing thought-provoking commentary on the…
A Moon of Saturn Shatters Certainties: Incompatible Molecules Found There Puzzle Researchers
On Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, a groundbreaking discovery by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and NASA is…
Abu Dhabi reaches for the stars with launch of space site that can produce 50 satellites a year
A space manufacturing facility capable of producing 50 satellites a year has opened in Abu Dhabi. Orbitworks, a…
Satellite Communications Breakthrough Could Pave the Way Toward ‘Quantum Energy’
Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a new method for sending once-impossible Earth-to-space quantum…
Astronomers detect first ‘radio signal’ from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS — but it wasn’t aliens
Astronomers have detected the first-ever “radio signal” coming from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, right as it passed the…
How a scientific mistake from the 1970s derailed Mars exploration
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Mars orbiter spies ‘barcode’ aftermath of rare Red Planet avalanche caused by meteoroid impact
On Christmas Eve in 2023, a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft captured what looks like a barcode etched…