Earth as a test object to evaluate the planned LIFE space mission

The LIFE mission’s five satellites are connected to form a large space telescope. Credit: ETH Zurich…

Satellites are burning up in the upper atmosphere—what impact could this have on the Earth’s climate?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites…

New research suggests explosive ‘axion stars’ could pinpoint where and what dark matter is

Schematic of critical masses for three types of soliton instabilities with the smallest to largest critical…

A new mechanism for excitation of quasiperiodic, fast-propagating waves on both sides of a coronal mass ejection

Initial distributions of (a) the plasma density and (b) fast speed. The black solid curves are…

China Names its Capsule and Lander for its Upcoming Human Lunar Missions

In a recent announcement, the Chinese Space Agency (CSA) unveiled the names for its forthcoming lunar…

Sideways moon landing cuts mission short, private US lunar lander will stop working Tuesday

These photos provided by NASA show images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team which confirmed…

Researchers using pulsar measurements to probe dark matter find Milky Way galaxy is highly dynamic

UAH Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, professor in physics and astronomy. Credit: Michael Mercier…

New measurement captures clearer picture of our galaxy and beyond

The CLASS telescopes at night. Credit: Johns Hopkins University With unique capabilities to track microwave energy…

NASA, Partners Test Artemis II Recovery Procedures

Members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team work to secure the Crew Module…

Electrodes in Spacesuits Could Protect Astronauts from Harmful Dust on Mars

To quote NASA associate administrator Jim Reuter, sending crewed missions to Mars by 2040 is an…