How NASA’s Roman mission will hunt for primordial black holes

Stephen Hawking theorized that black holes can slowly shrink as radiation escapes. The slow leak of…

Using a hopping robot for asteroid exploration

The prototype of the SpaceHopper developed by ETH students. Credit: Dominik Lindegger One day the SpaceHopper…

Billionaire’s 2nd SpaceX trip featuring spacewalk aims for early summer launch

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Billionaire Jared Issacman, who flew to space once with SpaceX, is already…

Boeing Starliner crewed mission postponed until at least Friday

by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo with Issam Ahmed in Washington NASA’s Vehicle Assembly building (L) and…

A triumph of galaxies in three new images from the VLT Survey Telescope

ESO 510-G13, a curious lenticular galaxy about 150 million light years from us, in the direction…

Geologists reveal mysterious and diverse volcanism in lunar Apollo Basin, Chang’e-6 landing site

The Chang’e-6 mission is the world’s first lunar farside sample-return mission. Credit: Dr. Yuqi Qian The…

Boeing Starliner crewed mission postponed shortly before launch

by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo with Issam Ahmed in Washington NASA’s Vehicle Assembly building (L) and…

China publishes world’s first high-definition lunar geologic atlas

This page is the Geologic Map of the Moon. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout via Xinhua…

New black hole visualization takes viewers beyond the brink

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/J. Schnittman and B. Powell Ever wonder what happens when you…

Shining a light on untapped lunar resources

Texas A&M researchers are designing reflectors that redirect solar power to the moon’s craters. Credit: Texas…