Astronaut Christina Koch looking at the greenhouse on the International Space Station NASA The following is…
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Saturn’s moon Mimas may be hiding a vast global ocean under its ice
Mimas photographed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science I Saturn’s moon Mimas appears to have a…
How to spot the constellations Perseus and Auriga
ECKHARD SLAWIK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY THIS week we will be looking for two important constellations that are…
In a new era of astronomy, we're feeling for vibrations in space-time
For most of humanity’s existence, we have observed the universe using light, but these days photons…
Super Earths that seem to have oceans may actually be covered in magma
An illustration of exoplanet K2-18b based on scientific observations NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) A…
5 amazing things discovered by the eROSITA X-ray telescope
The Spektr-RG spacecraft, illustrated here, carries the eROSITA X-ray telescope DLR (CC-BY 3.0) The widest X-ray…
SpaceX aims to let astronauts avoid a radio blackout during re-entry
Artist’s impression of the uncrewed Orion capsule re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. The real thing returned safely to…
Vera C. Rubin Observatory will start scanning the night sky in 2024
A massive telescope in Chile is set to begin operations in 2024, and once it is…
Extreme close-up of Jupiter’s moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft
This image of Io was captured by the Juno spacecraft NASA/SwRI/MSSS We have just had our…
International fleet of spacecraft is heading to the moon in 2024
An artist’s impression of Intuitive Machines’s Nova-C lunar lander NASA In 2024, the world’s space agencies are…