NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send astronauts to Mars — and it just passed its 1st test
A new ion engine has been tested in a lab, proving itself to be 25 times more powerful…
The 15-Year-Old Greek “Prodigy” Collaborating With NASA
The teenager is collaborating with NASA on the program intended to be the successor to the Voyager missions.…
Artemis II Journey to the Moon
NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center…
Canada’s Bold Space Plan Could Uncover Earth-Like Worlds Faster Than Ever
A new Canadian-led mission proposal could redefine how scientists search for habitable planets beyond our solar system, focusing…
Welcome to the Great American Satellite Age
Max Bhatti and the four other engineers at Basalt Space worked 22 hours a day in March to…
Astronomers explore the surface composition of a nearby super-Earth
image: This high-resolution photo of the planet Mercury probably resembles the rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b. Results from JWST observations…
NASA Astronaut Captures Rare Fireball From Space During Dramatic Atmospheric Breakup
A rare orbital observation has transformed a fleeting atmospheric event into a striking scientific moment, as NASA astronaut…
World’s First OptoSAR Satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9
Indian Startup Launches ‘Mission Drishti’, Debuts World’s First OptoSAR Satellite Indian startup GalaxEye launches Mission Drishti, the world’s…
Meteor shower, comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS, and a ‘blue’ moon: What’s in the sky in May
The beginning of May heralds the peak of the annual Eta Aquariids meteor shower. The Eta Aquariids usually…
For NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds
A study of NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) data on stellar pairs undergoing mutual eclipses has uncovered…
‘A cocktail of cosmic horror’: How Saros ‘refines’ the experience of Returnal
Your first challenge in Saros, before it throws 20-plus hours of frenetic combat and nightmarish enemies at you,…
Scientists Stunned by New Organic Molecules Found on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” after a 19th century English…