Sped-up simulation of Hera’s Mars flyby

On 12 March 2025 ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. The…

NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH launched to map the universe and track solar wind in 3D

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) and…

SpaceX craft to launch to retrieve 2 astronauts who have been swept up in politics

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch Wednesday to the International Space Station. It’s expected to bring…

SpaceX Launches NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions

Two NASA missions finally launched from the California coast and soared toward the stars late Tuesday…

Is Europa Alive? A Laser Could Detect Biosignatures from Space

Europa is the sixth largest satellite in our Solar System and the smallest of Jupiter’s four…

Four Mini-Earths Found at Barnard’s Star!

Barnard’s Star is a small, dim red dwarf star located in the constellation Ophiuchus. It’s distance…

The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought

A mosaic image of asteroid Bennu composed of images collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft NASA/Goddard/University of…

Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274

Astronomers say they have discovered more than 100 new moons around Saturn, possibly the result of…

Two Protostars Work Together to Create an Hourglass Shape

Young stars are like young kids. Their energy is often unruly and can express itself chaotically.…

128 new Saturn moons just announced. Incredible!

Saturn – already the title-holder for most moons in the solar system – now has 128…