World’s first zinc thruster fires in space on maiden attempt
A satellite has fired a Hall-effect thruster fueled by solid zinc in orbit for the first time, giving…
Reusable rockets enable China to rapidly rebuild satellite kill chain
China has achieved two major reusable rocket recovery milestones in little more than a month, potentially bringing the…
Tiny satellite to listen to the universe from the dark side of the Moon
CosmoCube is roughly the size of a small carry-on suitcase and will use the Moon as a shield…
SpaceMaRS: Advancing in-space manufacturing for the future space economy
Experts developed roadmaps for robotic assembly, resilient materials, lunar habitats, and demonstration infrastructure to advance space manufacturing The…
Huge space radars to track tiny objects could be assembled by robots
Space is becoming increasingly crowded, and tracking the objects orbiting Earth is becoming a harder engineering problem. NASA…
Super-Speed AI Helps Astronomers Find Cosmic Trove Of New Exoplanets
Seven Earth doppelgängers circle the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one of the most astonishing exosolar systems discovered so…
Cosmic-ray detector installed in Bolivia strengthens global space weather network
A $600 cosmic-ray detector carried from Atlanta to the Andes makes Bolivia the newest node in a worldwide…
Producing water on the Moon and beyond through ISRU
The same chemistry of planet-formation can, in reverse, generate water from lunar regolith with a dash of hydrogen…
Euclid telescope uncovers ancient quasars from early Universe
The discoveries include the two most distant quasars ever observed, dating back to just 670 million years after…
NASA launches rescue mission to save ageing Swift space telescope
A spacecraft launched by NASA is attempting to rescue an ageing space observatory whose orbit has been lowered…
Nine-member young star family spotted by ALMA
Astronomers observed a young stellar system with nine stars in the early stages of formation using ALMA telescope…
A Source of Mysterious Repeating Radio Signals From Space Has Been Identified
There is a mysterious phenomenon in which strong radio signals arrive periodically from space, yet their source remains…