Earth from Space: Agricultural patchwork
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Australia’s southwestern corner in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, seen here in June…
Anthropic, SpaceX Hand Google Profit Windfall
At least on paper, for now, Google’s investments inAnthropic and SpaceX have paid off and enabled its parent…
NASA astronaut grows strange space crystals on International Space Station
Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station, conducted a science experiment growing potassium chloride crystals.…
2 Missions, 3 Launches, and Up to $300 Million for Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) is on a roll — not that you could tell from the stock price.…
China targets new space-based computing network to process data born in orbit
China has unveiled its latest ambitious space-based computing network designed to process satellite data in orbit using AI…
Saturn's moon Titan is so large it outsizes the planet Mercury, making it the second-biggest moon in the solar system after Jupiter's Ganymede – Space Daily
Saturn’s moon Titan is so large it outsizes the planet Mercury, making it the second-biggest moon in the…
A Million-Panel Project – NASA Science
Historically, central Utah’s Castle Valley has been a coal hub, with mining operations on the slopes of the…
Spin-Reversing Comet May Face Self-Destruction
Comets are known for providing breathtaking observations of their long and shiny tails when they travel too close…
The Grand Canyon looks vast until you set it beside Valles Marineris on Mars, a single rift so long it would stretch clear across the United States and in places plunges up to seven kilometres deep, making it the largest canyon in the solar system
If Valles Marineris were placed on Earth, it could extend from California to New York. It is not…
Should Scientists Have Research “Reserves” on the Moon?
The worlds of the Solar System offer up exciting and (so far) mostly pristine places for planetary scientists…
A Powerful Cosmic Accelerator Has Been Confirmed in the Milky Way
NASA’s Fermi telescope detected GeV gamma rays from LHAASO J1912+1014u, helping confirm it as a proton PeVatron. The…
The Red Potato Galaxy and its Stifling Neighbour
Galaxies surrounded by reservoirs of cold gas draw that gas into themselves and convert it into new stars.…