NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a strange atmosphere on a hellish lava planet
Imagine the year 2158. You’re pursuing a PhD in planetary volcanology at the University of Utopia Planitia on…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a strange atmosphere on a hellish lava planet
Imagine the year 2158. You’re pursuing a PhD in planetary volcanology at the University of Utopia Planitia on…
In November 1957, a stray dog from Moscow’s streets was strapped into Sputnik 2 and launched into orbit in a capsule never designed to come home — and Soviet officials claimed for 45 years that Laika had died painlessly after several days, until a scientist admitted in 2002 she had died within hours when the thermal control failed.
On 3 November 1957, a small mongrel dog named Laika lay strapped inside a pressurised capsule roughly the…
How Is Rocket Lab Expanding Its Launch Infrastructure Footprint?
Rocket Lab Corporation RKLB continues strengthening its launch infrastructure to support growing demand for reliable and responsive space…
What if disabled astronauts are just better suited to space?
The UK Space Agency and space startup Vast just signed an agreement to send Paralympic sprinter and below-knee…
Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life’s origins
Is space … sweet? As it turns out, interstellar space has sugar — and it’s the same type…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Provides Sweeping View of Broom Point
This view looking back up at the outside lip of the 490-foot-tall (150-meter-tall) rim of Jezero Crater was…
The Hubble Space Telescope reached orbit with a mirror ground to the wrong shape by a fraction of a human hair, and astronauts repaired the billion-dollar mistake by effectively giving it glasses
Hubble’s first images did not look like the beginning of a new era in astronomy. Stars that should…
On Eve Of Launch Return, SDA Mesh Network Remains Work In Progress
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‘Full steam ahead’: NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027
NASA is picking up the pace on its Artemis III mission preparations, pressing forward on multiple fronts to…
NASA Study of Pristine Meteorite Adds to Story of Ancient Asteroids
A meteorite recovered immediately upon its fall to Earth on July 16, 2024, is helping NASA scientists uncover…
Watch Archimedes burn! Rocket Lab fires up engine for its powerful next-gen Neutron launcher (video)
Rocket Lab has completed a major qualification test for its formidable Archimedes engine, which will power the company’s…