On this day in space! Sept. 5, 1977: NASA launches Voyager 1 on epic journey across the solar system
On Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1 began its epic journey through deep space with a glorious morning launch…
NASA funds spacecraft concept that aims to map minerals on solar system planets and moons
Nearby Earth, an iconic series of orbiting U.S. government satellites called Landsat have collectively been charting minerals and…
Have scientists discovered a dark matter particle? | Science and Technology
Deep beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, US, in an old gold mine, a tank of liquid…
Scientists have confirmed that a pit in the Moon’s Sea of Tranquillity opens into an underground cave, probably an ancient lava tube. Only tens of metres have been mapped, but separate modelling suggests that lunar gravity could support tubes kilometres wide—natural shelters large enough, in theory, to house entire settlements.
A dark opening in Mare Tranquillitatis has been visible in spacecraft images for years. What lay beyond its…
The DESI Legacy Imaging Survey Releases the Largest 2-D Map of the Universe
In 2012, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) was commissioned to measure the effect of Dark Energy, the…
The Moon’s planned first spaceport will have no runways, taxiways or gate announcements—NASA’s Gateway will follow an invisible orbit sculpted by the gravity of Earth and the Moon, and engineers have now published the first detailed strategies for keeping visiting spacecraft safely separated while they wait to dock.
Gateway is often described as the Moon’s first spaceport, but almost nothing about it resembles an airport on…
A new US Space Academy could be NASA’s next training ground
President Donald Trump is proposing the creation of a “United States Space Academy” designed to offer the same…
After 8 years, Europe’s BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury
But the propulsion module was no longer required, and BepiColombo needed to get rid of it before slipping…
Ohio State pays $2.1M over China grant disclosure failures to NASA, NSF
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Ohio State University acknowledged that a former researcher had…
Blue Origin rocket explosion was roughly as powerful as Chernobyl blast, sent sound waves 1,000 miles across the US
Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes during launch pad test at Cape Canaveral – YouTube Watch On When…
Peptides may persist in Venusian clouds
In the search for life beyond Earth, scientists have long focused on one key ingredient: liquid water.…
Milky Way at the dining table: Bath art show celebrates 18th-century brother and sister astronomers | Astronomy
From the garden of their Georgian townhouse in Bath in the late 18th century, a brother and sister…