Farthest human-made object in space loses contact from Earth
NASA briefly lost contact with Voyager 1 in mid-October after the nearly 50-year-old spacecraft stopped transmitting a detectable…
Starship Flight 15 explained: Launch plans, recovery goals, and key tests
SpaceX is targeting November 2026 for the 15th integrated flight test of its Starship rocket, with the mission…
Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center’s Endeavour gallery is a wonder
Few of us living in Southern California fully grasp the pivotal role the area has played in the…
Lunar surface meteor strikes on minds of Nasa bosses in developing Moon base – The Irish News
Nasa chiefs are “giving a lot of thought” to meteor strikes on the lunar surface in ambitious plans…
Hubble observations challenge supernova role in early universe reionisation
image: © selimcan | iStock An international research collaboration led by researchers at the University of Michigan and…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Unveils a Spectacular New View of Mars at Dawn
The captivating shapes of wind-carved crags called yardangs are revealed in this zoomed-in crop of a broader panorama…
NASA Is About to Investigate What Lies Beneath a Giant Hole on the Moon
Artist’s concept of a potential lunar cave beneath the Marius Hills region of the Moon. NASA-backed scientists plan…
“Transmission Strings” mapping reveals 3D shape of exoplanet atmospheres
The shape of WASP-17b’s atmosphere mapped using transmission strings. The planet has a broad banded jet around the…
Nuclear propulsion: Could nuclear engines transform deep-space exploration?
As space exploration technologies accelerate, an engine that can traverse deep space equally fast is needed- and nuclear…
Astronomers Confirm Discovery of the Youngest Known Exoplanet Ever
How are planets born, and how do they grow? This is an essential question in astronomy, one that…
New center boosts nuclear isotope output for deep-space missions
Canada is moving to expand its role in supplying nuclear isotopes that could power spacecraft on long-duration missions.…
New Satellite Engine Could Use Earth’s Atmosphere as Fuel To Stay in Orbit Indefinitely
Fully Assembled RF Helicon-based Plasma Thruster. Credit: F. Romano A satellite engine that uses atmospheric gases as fuel…