800 Million Years Ago, a Catastrophic Asteroid Breakup Rained Fire on the Inner Solar System
On Earth, it’s hard to track events that reshape its surface, as the surface itself is being reshaped…
Artemis III astronauts will beam 4k video from Orion to Earth using SpaceX Starlink lasers
Orion is getting an upgrade on Artemis III, and the astronauts aboard are getting WiFi (sort of). NASA…
China’s Chang’e-6 reveals why solar wind hits the Moon’s two sides differently
The Moon has been exposed to the solar wind for billions of years. However, new evidence shows that…
Coilable Stacked Solar Sails for Very High delta-V Missions
Artur Davoyan University of California, Los Angeles The goal of the proposed program is to enable the next…
China’s Chang’e-6 reveals why solar wind hits the Moon’s two sides differently
The Moon has been exposed to the solar wind for billions of years. However, new evidence shows that…
James Webb Space Telescope looks back in time 4.4 billion years photo of the day for July 21, 2026
The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342. (Image credit: ESA/Webb,…
A New Compact Instrument Enables High-Fidelity Measurements of Energetic Particles on CubeSats
A team of NASA-sponsored scientists and engineers has developed a novel approach to observing high-energy particles in the…
Watch SpaceX launch private satellite-servicing spacecraft to orbit today
SpaceX will launch a trailblazing satellite-servicing mission today (July 21), and you can watch the action live. A…
A massive crater was spotted on Google Earth. It could be a scar from an ancient meteorite impact
An amateur astronomer’s plans for a camping vacation two years ago transformed into a possible crater find in…
Viking 1 landed on Mars 50 years ago
SCIENCE And would have lasted longer if some code hadn’t trampled on places it shouldn’t It has been…
Astronomers find the first atmosphere on a rocky world in the habitable zone
Astronomers have reached a major turning point in the search for life beyond Earth by detecting an atmosphere…
Galaxy cluster’s magnetic field reconstructed for 1st time with record-breaking astronomy map
For the first time, astronomers have reconstructed the magnetic field of an entire cluster of galaxies, from its…