NASA to run Artemis II astronauts through obstacle course after splashdown
After a grueling descent through Earth’s atmosphere, NASA will strap the Artemis II astronauts into bulky spacesuits for…
A rare meteorite examined in 2026 revealed evidence of a Moon-sized world that orbited the young Sun more than 4.5 billion years ago, then vanished — possibly shattered in a catastrophic collision while Earth was still being assembled
A small stone from Northwest Africa has become evidence for a much larger absence. In a 2026 paper,…
Scientists examining samples returned from asteroid Bennu found ribose and glucose inside — and with phosphate and every RNA nucleobase already detected in the same asteroid material, every chemical component needed to build RNA was present in the early solar system, long before life existed on Earth.
The Bennu sample is becoming less like a single asteroid story and more like a chemistry inventory from…
How NAMs Are Transforming Drug Discovery
Developing a new medicine is a long, costly, and complex process with significant risk. Despite decades of scientific…
SES wins U.S. military agreement to provide managed Ku-band satellite connectivity for global missions
SES Space & Defense has won a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems…
Astronomers Find a New Clue for Detecting Runaway Supermassive Black Holes
Artist’s rendition of an Active Galactic Nucleus with the accretion disk highlighted. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s…
Orion: Everything about life aboard the Artemis 2 moon spacecraft
Tired of having too much space? Step into Orion, NASA‘s compact deep-space rental, where you and three carefully…
Drones to predict volcanic eruptions
Hovering over the volcano, a buzzing drone pauses in front of a laser beam on the crater’s edge,…
Birds collide with wind turbines, but butterflies avoid them. This Irish wind farm ended up becoming a sanctuary for a rare endangered species
The turbine versus birds debate is still raging on. We want to use wind power to fight climate…
Ready or not, key engine burn puts NASA’s Artemis II on path to the moon
Artemis II has officially left Earth’s neighborhood, with the Orion spacecraft now on a three-day leg of the…
“One in a Million” Find: Soft Tissue Discovered in 450-Million-Year-Old Fossil
Crinoid soft tissue fossil. Credit: University of Oklahoma A rare 450-million-year-old fossil with preserved soft tissue is revealing…
Hair patterns may emerge naturally during embryonic development
Hair begins forming long before an animal is born. As a mammal develops inside the womb, tiny structures…