Copernicus Sentinel-2C takes to the skies. Credit: ESA Europe’s Vega rocket launched Wednesday from French Guiana,…
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Astronaut’s ‘science of opportunity’ experiments help prepare for launch to the International Space Station
A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of…
NASA admits tension with Boeing over space rescue plan
This handout image courtesy of Maxar Technologies taken on June 7, 2024 shows the Boeing Starliner…
Expert explains evidence for planetary formation through gravitational instability
Global spirals in the AB Aur disk. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07877-0 Exoplanets form in protoplanetary…
Boeing will fly its empty capsule back to Earth soon. Two NASA astronauts will stay behind
This photo provided by NASA shows Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft which launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni…
Life on alien planets probably wouldn’t experience day and night—here’s how that may change evolution
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Do aliens sleep? You may take sleep for granted, but research suggests…
Webb reveals distorted galaxy forming cosmic question mark
The galaxy cluster MACS-J0417.5-1154 is so massive it is warping the fabric of space-time and distorting…
Astronomers investigate the nature of a bright low-mass X-ray binary system
IXPE, NuSTAR, and NICER light curves of Serpens X-1. Credit: Ursini et al, 2024 Using various…
Audit warns costs for NASA’s new Artemis launcher could balloon to $2.7 billion
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain NASA’s second mobile launcher needed for future missions in the Artemis program…
NASA’s mini BurstCube mission detects its first gamma-ray burst
BurstCube, trailed by another CubeSat named SNOOPI (Signals of Opportunity P-band Investigation), emerges from the International…