China’s Next Lunar Relay Satellite Blasts Off

Communication between spacecraft relies upon line of site technology, if anything is in the way, communication…

NASA Experiments Planned for the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse

Totality and the April 8th total solar eclipse offers a rare chance to study the Sun.…

The Mars Science Helicopter Could be an Airborne Geologist on Mars

After over 70 successful flights, a broken rotor ended the remarkable and groundbreaking Ingenuity helicopter mission…

NASA is Planning to Shut Down One of the Great Observatories to Save Money

The US Government budget announcement in March left NASA with two billion dollars less than it…

It’s Time to Study Lunar Lava Tubes. Here’s a Mission That Could Help

The Moon is practically begging to be explored, and the momentum to do so is building.…

DART impact altered Dimorphos’ orbit and shape, proving asteroid deflection technique viable

On September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission made history by intentionally colliding…

Public meteorite hunt after large fireball streaks over New Zealand

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One Impact on Mars Produced More than Two Billion Secondary Craters

There are plenty of craters on Mars, especially when compared to Earth. That is primarily thanks…

Citizen Scientists Find Fifteen “Active Asteroids”

Nature often defies our simple explanations. Take comets and asteroids, for example. Comets are icy and…

Astronomers Find the Most Massive Supercluster to Date

The Earth’s place in space is a fairly familiar one with it orbiting an average star.…