Asteroid 2024 RL3 flew past Earth at just 0.1 LD

A newly discovered asteroid designated 2024 RL3 flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.106…

First metal part 3D printed in space

ESA’s Metal 3D Printer has produced the first metal part ever created in space.  The technology…

First metal part 3D printed in space

ESA’s Metal 3D Printer has produced the first metal part ever created in space.  The technology…

Persevering Through the Storm – NASA Science

It is dust-storm season on Mars! Over the past couple of weeks, as we have been…

Gateway’s propulsion system testing throttles up

Credit: NASA The powerhouse of Gateway, NASA’s orbiting outpost around the moon and a critical piece…

The Final Vega Rocket Blasts Off

The European Space Agency (ESA) launched its final Vega rocket this week, lofting a Sentinel-2C Earth…

Spacecraft flies closer to Mercury than planned after thruster glitch

A 2021 image of Mercury taken by the BepiColombo mission, which has again flown past the…

Ouch! A Monster Asteroid Crashed Into Ganymede 4 Billion Years Ago, Rolling it Over

Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede, is a fascinating celestial body. Measuring 2,634 km (1,636 mi) in diameter, it…

BOLT-1B hypersonic experiment soars and collects vital data

Launched from Norway, the BOLT-1B experiment collected data about boundary layer transition (the flow of air…

Gravitational waves unveil previously unseen properties of neutron stars

Illustration of the tidal responses of two stars in a quasi-circular binary (not to scale). Credit:…