‘Is a President allowed to go on a space mission?’: Trump jokes as Artemis II astronauts visit White House
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he meets with Artemis II astronauts (Image/AP) US President Donald Trump…
Astronomer Finds a Shortcut to Mars by Following an Asteroid’s Journey Through Space
A one-way trip to Mars takes somewhere between seven and 10 months, following a fairly direct route between…
Astrophysics wasn’t Carole Jordan’s only legacy | Astronomy
Your obituary of the astrophysicist Carole Jordan (31 March) describes a life dedicated to making important discoveries about…
The Moon Is Turning Into a Strategic Battleground as Nations Eye Trillions in Space Resources, Scientists Warn
A recent analysis suggests that the region between Earth and the Moon, known as cislunar space, could become…
Can NASA and SpaceX really build a moon base in the next 10 years?
Mars is out; the moon is in. And this time, we may be going there to stay. On…
NASA, Boeing Advance Truss-Braced Wing Research in Test
NASA and Boeing have completed wind tunnel testing to study an innovative advanced aircraft design intended to improve…
NASA would cancel dozens of missions under White House’s proposed cuts
Weeks after NASA’s first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years ended to great fanfare,…
A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at seven times the speed of sound
Astronomers say the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 will strike the…
The cosmos wears a galactic sombrero photo of the day for April 29, 2026
Messier 104, or the Sombrero galaxy. (Image credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURAImage Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D.…
Help scientists find spacetime warps in these Euclid Space Telescope images
A new citizen science project invites the public to scan never-before-seen images from the Euclid Space Telescope in…
A stray SpaceX rocket stage could slam into the moon this August, amateur astronomer says
Earth’s moon is to be on the receiving end of a spent rocket stage in early August –…
Check your gravity with NASA’s Artemis II zero-g indicator
There are some differences between the flown Rise and its official replica, though. The contest rules restricted entries…