New Satellite Engine Could Use Earth’s Atmosphere as Fuel To Stay in Orbit Indefinitely
Fully Assembled RF Helicon-based Plasma Thruster. Credit: F. Romano A satellite engine that uses atmospheric gases as fuel…
NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope
The Swift space observatory has been in operation since 2004. It specializes in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most…
Humanity May Soon Have the Technology To Reach Other Star Systems
Light sails can propel spacecraft using the energy of the Sun. Credit: NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart Tiny spacecraft riding…
Huge space radars to track tiny objects could be assembled by robots
Space is becoming increasingly crowded, and tracking the objects orbiting Earth is becoming a harder engineering problem. NASA…
Interstellar Travel May Soon Be Within Reach
The recent confirmation of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet called LHS 1140b has created a wave of…
Upcoming Hack to Keep NASA’s Voyager 1 Alive Exploits a Quirk in Its 1970s Hardware
Blitzing through interstellar space at over 35,000 miles per hour (56,000 kilometers per hour), NASA’s Voyager 1 probe…
NASA Curiosity rover finds mysterious ancient clue to life on Mars | Science | News
NASA’s Curiosity rover made a startling discovery while traversing Mars in mid-June, the space agency revealed in a…
UK’s renowned Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory faces a funding cut
LONDON (AP) — Scientists have reacted with alarm to news that the British government will cut funding to…
Super-Speed AI Helps Astronomers Find Cosmic Trove Of New Exoplanets
Seven Earth doppelgängers circle the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one of the most astonishing exosolar systems discovered so…
Life-friendly world? In first, atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone
A team of scientists says they have, for the first time, discovered an atmosphere on an Earth-like planet…
China’s Tianwen-1 Captures Rare Close-Up Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
An artist’s impression of 3I/ATLAS is shown as it passes near the Sun. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M.Weiss China’s Tianwen-1…
Saturn’s Largest Moon May Hold the Resources for a Space Colony
Artist’s rendering of Titan’s interior, with the Cassini spacecraft in orbit and Saturn in the distance. Credit: NASA…