Meteorite Found in Sahara is Piece of Mars at Least 4.1 Billion Years Old
Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in the Sahara Desert in Mali four years ago, is a fragment of…
SES, Planet to test satellite data relay technology
WASHINGTON — SES Space & Defense and Planet Labs are preparing to demonstrate high-capacity data relay between satellites…
Radio signal detected for 1st time from planet outside our solar system
Astronomers have detected the first-ever radio emission from a planet outside our solar system, tracing the signal to…
SpaceX launches Transporter-18 rideshare mission
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched its latest rideshare mission Oct. 1, carrying a wide variety of spacecraft even as…
Cassini Reveals Surprising Diversity in Salt Grains from Enceladus’ Ocean
A new analysis of nearly 1,000 ice grain measurements from Saturn’s E ring shows that Enceladus’ salty ocean…
Winners of the 2026 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Winners of the 2026 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and VideosZWO…
New Study Explains Why Venus Has No Moon
Dr. Stephen Kane from the University of California, Riverside and colleagues offer a tidy explanation for one of…
HEO to use Planet satellites for non-Earth imaging
WASHINGTON — HEO, the Australian company that uses Earth observation satellites to take images of other spacecraft, has…
Rules of the road needed for orbital data center constellations
WASHINGTON — As companies develop plans for large constellations of orbital data center satellites, experts say now is…
This exoplanet, located about 25 light-years from Earth, could be habitable
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing an exoplanet and a star. Astronomers have recently conducted new…
Sunday is the longest day of the year for half the planet. A guide to the summer solstice
This is the sun’s time to shine: Sunday is the longest day of the year in the Northern…
Geoscientists Find Vast Fan-Shaped Structure beneath Antarctica’s Ice
By combining seismic, gravity and topographic data, a team of researchers from Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the United…