Nuclear-powered heater keeps spacecraft alive through lunar night
Firefly Aerospace will send a nuclear-powered heating technology to the Moon in 2028, testing whether spacecraft can survive…
Rescue mission for ageing Nasa space telescope fails
A mission to rescue Nasa’s ageing Swift observatory in space was cancelled on Wednesday after the spacecraft that…
NASA tests first-of-its-kind spacecraft that navigates without GPS
NASA’s Starling mission has demonstrated a first-of-its-kind navigation system that lets a spacecraft determine its position in orbit…
Cosmic beauty born from a dying star revealed in stunning telescope images
NASA’s Hubble Telescope captures stunning images of the Trifid Nebula in deep space, nearly 5,000 light-years away from…
A NASA-Funded Project Could Send Swarms of Aerobots to Explore the Underground Caves of Titan
Beneath the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan is a vast underground network of caves and sinkholes that remains…
NASA’s James Webb Telescope Captures a Dying Star Sculpting a Cosmic Lion
The James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged planetary nebula NGC 2392, which is nicknamed the Lion Nebula due…
We just got a glimpse at what NASA’s Skyfall helicopters will look like in action
If you just can’t wait for NASA’s new Mars helicopters to get to work, you can now see…
NASA develops AI to predict solar storms 12 hours before they appear
NASA scientists are using artificial intelligence to detect hidden magnetic activity beneath the Sun’s surface. A machine-learning model…
Lunar orbiter among upcoming NASA CLPS task orders
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to award three more lunar missions this year through a commercial services program, including…
NASA rover finds gemstone-like minerals on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has found unexpected traces of chromium-bearing corundum, a mineral associated with gemstones, in rocks at…
Vest that US-Israeli startup helped make can cut astronauts’ exposure in solar storms, study suggests
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — A new study suggests a protective vest tested on a manikin during NASA’s…
Webb Captures Stunning Infrared View of Eskimo Nebula
New infrared observations of the Eskimo Nebula, a bipolar double-shell planetary nebula in the constellation of Gemini, reveal…