NASA selects Centaur for new SLS upper stage
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected the Centaur upper stage currently used on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket for…
The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions
Our catalog of spacetime ripples “heard” by gravitational wave detectors here on Earth has doubled, scientists say, with…
Astronomy fans have a new mecca in Adams County
ADAMS COUNTY, Ohio — Talk about a room with a view: A Warren County business owner has invested…
Japan’s 1st HTV-X cargo craft leaves the International Space Station (photo)
Japan’s new HTV-X cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay. The…
Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target
Between October 2022 and March 2025, we captured 22 such stellar occultations of the Didymos system. Combined with…
Vast wraps $500M round as company vies for NASA space station contract
Vast missed out on the first round of NASA awards for the next International Space Station, but that…
NASA’s DART Mission Did More Than Just Nudge an Asteroid, Study Says
In September 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft rammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos at nearly 15,000 miles per hour…
Scientists Find Universe’s Oldest Stars and Reveal Hidden Clues About Cosmic Origins
The discovery of the universe’s oldest stars, identified within our own Milky Way galaxy, marks a significant leap…
Did Earth life actually begin on Mars? Asteroid impacts could let microbes planet-hop, study suggests
A remarkably hardy bacterium can survive pressures similar to those generated when asteroid impacts blast debris off Mars,…
Increased aurora tonight – the US States most likely to see Northern Lights displays this weekend
Northerly states in the USA are likely to have increased displays of the Northern Lights tonight, Friday March…
Stunning Mars image highlights one of Red Planet’s oldest cratered regions
Newly released Mars images offer a detailed look at one of the Red Planet’s oldest, most heavily cratered…
NASA has shuffled its Artemis rockets. But what of the lunar landers?
There are many details about the EPO/CoLA orbit in the research paper, but critically, its closest point to…