Spacecraft Settles for Photos of NASA’s Sinking Telescope
A private spacecraft that was supposed to supply a lifeline to NASA’s Swift Observatory managed to get…
No telescope needed: September’s night sky is about to put on a show
September brings brilliant Venus, the Harvest Moon, an equinox, and several easy-to-spot celestial sights in the night sky.…
Mars’s interior was long modelled as broadly symmetrical — but a Nature study published on 27 August found evidence that the mantle beneath its southern highlands remains 200 to 400°C hotter than the north and may be partially molten, an enormous thermal divide whose origin remains unexplained.
Mars looks divided before anyone tries to see beneath its surface. The north is dominated by broad lowlands.…
On this day in space! Sept. 5, 1977: NASA launches Voyager 1 on epic journey across the solar system
On Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1 began its epic journey through deep space with a glorious morning launch…
Back to School 2026-2027: 5 school projects to engage your students in STEM
Agency 04/09/2026 311 views 5 likes This year, take your students’ learning beyond the classroom and into space!…
APOD: 2026 September 5 – Chasing the Moon s Shadow
APOD: 2026 September 5 – Chasing the Moon s Shadow Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
NASA funds spacecraft concept that aims to map minerals on solar system planets and moons
Nearby Earth, an iconic series of orbiting U.S. government satellites called Landsat have collectively been charting minerals and…
NASA’s 1.8-kilogram Ingenuity helicopter flew through Martian air roughly 100 times thinner than Earth’s—its counter-rotating blades spun at about 2,400 revolutions per minute, nearly five times faster than a conventional passenger helicopter’s main rotor, to generate enough lift.
On Earth, a 1.8-kilogram helicopter would be a small machine. On Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity had to become something…
Have scientists discovered a dark matter particle? | Science and Technology
Deep beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, US, in an old gold mine, a tank of liquid…
Scientists have confirmed that a pit in the Moon’s Sea of Tranquillity opens into an underground cave, probably an ancient lava tube. Only tens of metres have been mapped, but separate modelling suggests that lunar gravity could support tubes kilometres wide—natural shelters large enough, in theory, to house entire settlements.
A dark opening in Mare Tranquillitatis has been visible in spacecraft images for years. What lay beyond its…
Classic Moon-formation simulations treated the colliding proto-Earth and Theia as strengthless fluids, typically producing a debris disk that assembled later—but when Southwest Research Institute researchers added temperature-dependent rock strength, one canonical simulation produced an intact Moon in roughly five hours.
For decades, the standard computer version of the Moon’s birth began with a practical simplification. A Mars-sized body…
Isar Aerospace Calls Off 4 September Spectrum Launch Attempt
Credit: Isar Aerospace German launch services provider Isar Aerospace appears to have scrubbed a planned 4 September attempt…