Humans are going to the Moon. Cameras and massive seven-foot drones will help them arrive safely
NASA is building a base on the Moon – and cameras will be an integral part of getting…
Painting the Growing Season in the Maize Triangle
Along the Vetrivier (Vet River) in South Africa, a patchwork of circular and rectangular fields spreads across what…
When To See A Rare ‘Blue Moon’ Rise At Dusk This Weekend
Topline This weekend ends May with a rare occurrence — a second full moon in a single calendar…
‘The sun would all but disappear, and the moon would always look full’: A radio astronomer shares her mind-bending view of the universe
Long before Neil Armstrong piloted the first crewed lunar lander onto the moon and uttered his now-famous words…
When Spacetime Crystallises, a Black Hole is Born
You already know that water freezes. At zero degrees, the disordered chaos of liquid molecules suddenly snaps into…
MTG-I2 embarks on journey to Europe’s Spaceport
The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager2 (MTG-I2) satellite has set out on its journey from France to French Guiana, departing…
New evidence suggests Saturn’s rings are younger than the dinosaurs — and for most of the planet’s history, the Saturn you picture may never have existed
The headline claim, in the form it usually arrives, is that Saturn’s rings are around 400 million years…
Where did Mercury get its water ice? Maybe from a single slow asteroid impact
A single colossal impact may have rapidly spread water across Mercury and locked much of it into permanently…
Isar Aerospace Signs Agreement to Launch from Future Canadian Spaceport
Credit: Isar Aerospace German rocket builder Isar Aerospace has signed an agreement with Maritime Launch Services to conduct…
NASA is hatching a ‘fast-paced plan’ to boost this space telescope. But first, they’ll have to find it
It’s getting to be crunch time for a groundbreaking satellite-rescue mission. A private spacecraft called “Link” is set…
This brilliant new edition of Andy Weir’s ‘The Martian’ will take your bookcase by storm
New York Times bestselling author Andy Weir’s “The Martian” was a publishing phenomenon when it first dropped 15…
Companies like SpaceX want electromagnetic catapults on the moon. Could they be used as weapons?
A new report stresses the strategic and security implications of placing mass drivers on the moon — essentially…