Katalyst’s satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA’s Swift
NASA has a clear interest in saving the Swift mission. The $500 million observatory’s primary mission is detecting gamma-ray…
New Horizons Watches the Solar Wind as it Slows Down
Where does the Solar System end and interstellar space begin? That’s a question scientists have been working to…
10% of Space Dust on Earth Traced Back to An Asteroid Nobody Has Ever Seen : ScienceAlert
Earth is under constant bombardment. Every year, thousands of tons of tiny micrometeorites, each smaller than a poppy…
Less than 30% of Earth’s ocean floor has been mapped while scientists still have clearer high-resolution data of Mars than most of the seabed covering our own planet
Scientists say we have only explored a fraction of Earth’s Seas and Oceans Less than 30% of the…
Andromeda’s Newest Dwarf Galaxy is Extremely Dim
Humans have known about Andromeda since they first gazed skyward, because it’s visible with the naked eye as…
NASA adds three European firms to the commercial data program
MILAN — NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program (CSDA) announced June 23 contract awards with eight new commercial…
China’s Tianwen-2 Reaches Earth’s Quasi-Moon and Prepares to Grab a Sample
China’s Tianwen-2 probe has reached Kamoʻoalewa, one of seven known quasi-satellites that orbit near Earth. Scientists suspect the…
Katalyst’s satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA’s Swift
NASA has a clear interest in saving the Swift mission. The $500 million observatory’s primary mission is detecting gamma-ray…
‘Acceleration without fuel:’ Revolutionary superconducting thruster harnesses Earth’s magnetic field in 1st orbital test
New Zealand company Zenno Astronautics has tested the first of its kind thruster based on superconducting magnets to…
Experience Life Aboard the International Space Station at This New Immersive Experience in NYC
Get ready to journey through the cosmos, right here in New York City. The highly-anticipated “Space Explorers: The ISS Experience”…
NASA’s CAPSTONE Completes Extended Mission Testing Lunar Technologies
As NASA prepares for a sustained human presence on the Moon, missions will increasingly require spacecraft that can…
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe captures remarkable photo of a two-headed asteroid 62 million miles away
A Japanese spacecraft has gotten up close and personal with yet another asteroid, beaming home stunning new imagery…