New Instrument Used Antarctic Ice Sheet to Probe Extreme Universe
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a NASA Astrophysics Pioneers Program mission designed to detect the…
In 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon in his personal kit, and the ordinary-looking seedlings that came home were planted in courthouses, schools and parks where many grew for decades with their flight history hidden in small plaques
In 1971, Apollo 14 command module pilot Stuart Roosa carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon while…
Are Satellite Megaconstellations Accidentally Geoengineering the Earth?
We’ve been reporting a lot lately on the negative impacts of satellite constellations. And unfortunately it’s time for…
Black Hole Discoveries Abound in Newly Released LIGO-Virgo Catalog
In a series of new observations, astronomers have nearly doubled the number of black hole collisions ever identified.…
Elon Musk announces new base on Moon
Billionaire tech tycoon Elon Musk wants to build a world outside Earth and now he wants a base…
When the Galileo spacecraft’s main antenna failed to unfurl on the way to Jupiter, engineers salvaged the mission by rewriting its software across deep space, compressing its data and squeezing a flagship science return through a low-gain antenna never meant to carry it.
Galileo, NASA’s flagship mission to Jupiter, launched in 1989, and on 11 April 1991 its large high-gain antenna…
NASA Selects Astrolab to Provide Lunar Rover for Artemis Astronauts’ Return to the Moon
HAWTHORNE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Venturi Astrolab (Astrolab) announced today that NASA has selected the company as one of two providers…
Could aliens ever visit Earth? An aerospace scientist unpacks the challenges of interstellar spaceflight
On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what…
JWST Reveals A Star-Scorched Mercury-Like Planet That’s Bigger Than Earth : ScienceAlert
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a dark, scorched world that may be similar to the…
Scientist Suggests That 3I/ATLAS May Have Seeded Life as It Careened Through Our Solar System
A small group of scientists have long suggested that the seeds of life may have been distributed across…
Voyager 2 flew past Neptune in 1989 and detected faint hints of auroras it couldn’t explain — because the magnetic field is tilted 47 degrees off the rotation axis and the auroras were glowing in entirely the wrong place
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct evidence of auroras on Neptune, according to findings published in Nature…
Bezos rocket fell short after cryogenic leak cut engine thrust
Science Frozen hydraulic line blamed for leaving payload in the wrong orbit The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…