James Webb Space Telescope Brings Details Of Nearby ‘Super-Earth’ Into Focus
Dima Zel/Shutterstock The James Webb Space Telescope was…
‘Whatever Russia is testing, it’s sophisticated’: Satellites pass within 3 metres of each other
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NASA Pushes Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotor Blades Past Mach 1
The rotor blades that will carry NASA’s next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during…
Where does Earth’s mysterious ‘ring current’ come from? NASA and the US Space Force are launching a mission to find out
A new mission will attempt to chart a mysterious ring-shaped current surrounding the Earth, so that researchers can…
Here’s Where Aurora Could Be Visible in Northern U.S.
Topline The northern lights could be visible from some states along the U.S.-Canadian border, according to a forecast…
These Two Companies Found a Brilliant Plan to Remove Space Debris, Here’s How They Plan to Do It
Two private companies, Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space, have teamed up with a bold mission to tackle…
The Sky Above Alaska Went Haywire, and NASA’s Satellite Captured Every Second of It
A NASA satellite recorded a striking array of atmospheric phenomena over the Gulf of Alaska on the final…
Early universe galaxy breaks the rules by barely spinning
Most galaxies rotate. Our Milky Way rotates. The Andromeda Galaxy rotates. Nearly every galaxy in the cosmic neighborhood…
Here’s what 6 years of driving on Mars did to the wheels on NASA’s Curiosity rover (video)
A new time-lapse video from NASA’s Curiosity rover reveals years of punishing Martian travel, as its wheels churn…
Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora could get a nuclear microreactor
Buckley Space Force Base may soon go nuclear. The military recently chose the base in Aurora as the…
Should Saturn’s huge moon Titan be humanity’s next destination, after the moon and Mars?
After “re-booting” the moon and establishing a base there, followed by dispatching expeditionary crews to Mars, where should…
Fungal strains in space spark worry
NASA found fungal strains that survive even its most stringent sterilization efforts, suggesting Earth microbes may already be…