Hiring booms at SpaceX and Blue Origin making it hard for NASA to attract talent

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX and Blue Origin LLC are competing to launch satellites and take…

US and Germany partnering on mission to track Earth’s water movement

An engineering geologist measures water depth at an agricultural well in a field north of Sacramento,…

Scientists find one of the most ancient stars that formed in another galaxy

Identification of low-metallicity member stars in the LMC. Credit: Nature Astronomy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02223-w The first…

One impact on Mars produced more than 2 billion secondary craters, finds study

Corinto Crater. Credit: NASA There are plenty of craters on Mars, especially when compared to Earth.…

NASA sees progress on Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef Life Support System

A digital rendering of Blue Origin’s free-flying station named Orbital Reef, which continues to be developed…

Key test drive of Orion on NASA’s Artemis II to aid future missions

Credit: NASA Astronauts will test drive NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the first time during the agency’s…

NOAA satellite animation captures vernal equinox

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Spring has officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere, while the Southern Hemisphere…

Planetary scientists use physics and images of impact craters to gauge thickness of ice on Europa

Credit: NASA Sometimes planetary physics is like being in a snowball fight. Most people, if handed…

Astronomers discover at least one in a dozen stars show evidence of planetary ingestion

Artist’s impression of a terrestrial planet being captured by a twin star. Credit: intouchable, OPENVERSE At…

Life’s building blocks are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions: Study

MIT researchers have found that amino acids—major building blocks for life on Earth—are stable in highly…