Credit: Astrodynamics (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s42064-024-0201-0 Just as sat-nav did away with the need to argue over…
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The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth—and governments are on the hook
Large objects such as The International Space Station will need to be carefully de-orbited at the…
Next up is launch, as Boeing’s Starliner takes trek to Cape Canaveral
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, set to take its first humans on board during…
Researchers propose new formation model for massive hot subdwarfs
Constructing the evolutionary model of SMSS J1920. The initial progenitor mass is 1.8 M⊙ with Z…
NASA observations find what helps heat roots of ‘moss’ on sun
At the center of this image (left) from NASA’s High Resolution Coronal Imager sounding rocket is…
A solar neighborhood census, thanks to NASA citizen science
This artist’s concept by citizen scientist William Pendrill shows, at left, a cool brown dwarf called…
Citizen science project classifying gamma-ray bursts
Gamma-ray bursts, as shown in this illustration, come from powerful astronomical events. Credit: NASA, ESA and…
NASA’s VIPER moon rover gets its head and neck
Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas In this image from Feb. 12, 2024, engineers lift a mast into…
The history of the young cold traps of the asteroid Ceres
Map of the north polar region of Ceres. The color areas are areas that are continuously…
New book gives insider’s view of cosmic search for life
Credit: Macmillan Publishers Whether life exists anywhere besides Earth is a burning question that, at long…