Spacewalking is the new domain of the rich as billionaire attempts first private spacewalk

This illustration provided by SpaceX in 2024 depicts a spacewalk from the Dragon capsule. Credit: SpaceX…

Astronomers track bubbles on star’s surface

Astronomers have captured a sequence of images of a star other than the sun in enough…

Astronomers discover a long-hidden small black hole in an unusually evolved binary system

An artistic image of G3425 binary system, including a visible red giant and an invisible low-mass…

Amid Boeing’s Starliner troubles, WA space industry thrives

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’d be reasonable to think Washington’s space economy has a lot riding…

Private astronauts on daring trek ahead of historic spacewalk

This handout image released by SpaceX on September 10, 2024 shows a view of Earth and…

Who is on SpaceX’s historic private spacewalk mission?

‘Polaris Dawn’ mission participants (from left) Jared Isaacman, Anna Menon, Sarah Gillis and Scott Poteet. Four…

Cloud atlas of Mars showcases array of atmospheric phenomena

This image displays two atmospheric phenomena: the white curved lines are gravity wave clouds, while the…

National lab takes its radiation expertise to space

Understanding how several different metals—such as the contents of PNNL’s space-bound cube—react to radiation in space…

New measurements of gravitational anomaly at low acceleration favor modified gravity, researcher claims

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Wide binary stars as direct probes of the nature of gravity at…

Orchestrating a swarm of robots for exploration of canyon on Mars

The Valles Marineris canyon on Mars is 3,000 kilometres long. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech An enormous…