NASA climate science spacecraft PACE arrives for launch

Technicians monitor movement as a crane hoists NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) observatory spacecraft…

Global view of Io’s volcanic activity suggests that tidal heating is concentrated within its upper mantle

Hot spot detections. The maximum, unsaturated 4.8 μm (M-band) spectral radiances from 266 hot spots identified in…

Arctic Weather Satellite shipped to Germany for series of tests

As its name suggests, the new Arctic Weather Satellite mission is expected to improve weather forecasts…

Dwarf galaxies use 10-million-year quiet period to churn out stars

University of Michigan astronomer Sally Oey studied a star-forming region in host galaxy, NGC 2366, which…

A radically new view on dwarf galaxies surrounding the Milky Way

Dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC Commonly thought to be long-lived satellites of our…

Hydrogen detected in lunar samples, points to resource availability for space exploration

Lunar samples analyzed in this study. a SEM image of apatite particle mounted in epoxy. The…

‘Triple star’ discovery could revolutionize understanding of stellar evolution

Artist’s impression composed of a star with a disc around it (a Be “vampire” star; foreground)…

In 2024, Space Coast gears up for most astronaut launches since ’09

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The business of sending humans into space has not yet risen to…

Physicists answer question of Supergalactic Plane’s absent spiral galaxies

Artist concept of the Milky Way. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Astrophysicists say they have found an answer to…

Juice burns hard toward first-ever Earth–moon flyby

Artist impression of the Juice mission exploring the Jupiter system. Credit: spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Jupiter: NASA/ESA/J.…