NASA’s first mission to the moon’s surface since the Apollo missions in the 1970s has begun…
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Meet Christina Koch, who will be the first woman to go to the moon
CHRISTINA KOCH has the kind of job children dream of. Beginning in 2019, on her first…
NASA’s Vulcan launch: The Peregrine lunar lander may not make it to the moon
A picture from Peregrine showing a disturbance of the insulation in the foreground Astrobotic Things are…
It might rain diamonds on more than 1900 exoplanets across the galaxy
Diamond rain may fall on a large number of exoplanets Shutterstock The skies of icy planets…
Star cluster is heading for destruction at the heart of the Milky Way
The closest star cluster to the centre of the Milky Way we have seen seems to…
Why moon missions in 2024 could reveal both our history and our future
“Earthrise”, an image taken during an orbit of the moon as part of the Apollo 8…
‘Islands’ poking out of black holes may solve the information paradox
Nothing escapes a black hole’s immense gravity, but it may still be possible to detect what…
Mysterious radio burst came from group of galaxies in distant universe
An artist’s impression (not to scale) of the path of the fast radio burst FRB 20220610A…
NASA is delaying its Artemis missions to the moon
NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft for Artemis I at the Kennedy Space Center in…
Prototype rocket engine burns itself up for fuel as it flies
Rockets that eat themselves may be on the way. To reach orbit, a rocket must hoist…