Uranus Leaks More Heat Than We Thought
When Voyager 2 flew past Uranus in 1986, the spacecraft detected a surprisingly low level of internal heat…
A Solar System Internet? Space Laser Test Moves Us Closer
Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265…
Iconic NASA Probe That Visited Pluto Could Go Dark Thanks to Trump Cuts
On July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto, revealing unprecedented close-up views of the complex…
Webb spots ‘Infinity Galaxy’ that sheds light on black hole formation
Discoveries keep pouring out of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers observed an unusual cluster, which they…
NASA discovers ‘super Earth’ planet emitting mysterious signal
NASA has discovered a mysterious ‘super-Earth’ planet that appears to flash a repeated signal from 154 light-years away.…
Parker Solar Probe takes images close to the Sun as primary mission winds down
3 On Dec. 24, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe traveled closer to the Sun than any spacecraft had…
These are the closest-ever images of the sun from Parker Solar Probe’s historic flyby
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made history with the closest-ever approach to the sun last December, and we’re finally…
China’s Shijian satellite pair appears to dock in orbit for historic refuelling mission
Two Chinese satellites may have docked in geostationary orbit for a historic refuelling mission, an autonomous satellite servicing…
Trump Wants to Shut Down Several Perfectly Good Spacecraft Orbiting Mars for No Reason
The scientific community was appalled by the news that president Donald Trump’s administration was looking to deal a…
China Could Beat US Back to the Moon, Former Astronaut Warns
Colonel Terry Virts, a former NASA astronaut and commander of the International Space Station (ISS), has told Newsweek…
Everything We Know About the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
On July 2, NASA revealed the existence of 3I/ATLAS, only the third ever interstellar object observed in the…
