ESA unveils Thales Alenia Space-led consortium for its Argonaut lunar lander
MILAN — The European Space Agency has tapped a consortium led by Thales Alenia Space Italy to develop…
‘We were genuinely astonished’: This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station and could still grow on Earth
This little plant is a lot tougher than it looks. Researchers exposed moss spores to the harsh environment…
First next-generation Starship booster damaged in testing
MUNICH — The first booster in the new generation of Starship vehicles suffered significant damage during a Nov.…
NASA Telescope Has A 90 Percent Chance Of Uncontrolled Reentry In 2026 – A Never-Before-Attempted Maneuver Will Try And Save It
A two-decade-old NASA telescope is on an unstable orbit, and there is a 90 percent chance that it…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures the Dust Clouds of Apep, Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos — Colossal
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has come through yet again with an unprecedented image from our Solar System,…
The spectacular stereo images of giant galaxies
J-P MetsaivanioMetsaivanio meticulously removed stars to show a field of far-off galaxies, originally taken by the Hubble Space…
Look to the sky on Friday, and you might see Uranus
On Friday night, you will be able to see the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus. Kelly Beatty,…
‘Like a mermaid swimming through a sea of auroras’: ISS astronauts photograph 2 comets dancing above the northern lights
Astronauts orbiting Earth recently photographed not one but two comets while an aurora show danced below them. The…
Space Force to solicit prototype proposals for midcourse space-based missile interceptors
WASHINGTON — The Space Force plans to issue a request to industry on Dec. 7 for prototype kinetic…
The booster for SpaceX’s Starship V3 suffered a gas system failure during testing
SpaceX has confirmed that its third-gen Super Heavy Booster, the first stage of the two-stage Starship system, suffered…
Scientists detect a magnetic switchback near Earth for the first time
A NASA fleet has spotted the first magnetic switchback near Earth, a zigzag in the magnetic field at…
NASA Awards Liquid Hydrogen Supply Contracts
NASA has selected Plug Power, Inc., of Slingerlands, New York, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., of Allentown,…