Hubble images NGC 941, a spiral galaxy with an explosive past

A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the spiral galaxy NGC 941. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA,…

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm demo sends, receives first data

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near…

Study of WE0913A moon impactor shows it was a Chinese booster rocket with an unknown object attached

These are approximately 500 m sections of the lunar terrain captured by LRO showing the Chang’e…

SpaceX ‘Starship’ launch postponed until Saturday

The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca…

ALMA observation of young star reveals details of dust grains

Rings of dust surrounding HL Tauri, with line patterns showing the orientation of polarized light. A…

Peculiar nova eruption inspected by astronomers

The TESS light curve of V606 Vul. Credit: arXiv (2023). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2311.04903 An international team of…

SpaceX will try again to launch its mega rocket into orbit after first attempt ended in an explosion

In this image from video provided by SpaceX, the company’s Starship launches from Boca Chica, Texas,…

Researchers discover alternative cosmic source of gold

Temperatures and electron fractions of the mass elements during the transition from core-like matter to crust-like…

US regulator greenlights Starship’s next launch on Friday

Starship, which stands 394 feet (120 meters) tall, produces 16.7 million pounds (74.3 Meganewtons) of thrust,…

A novel system for slip prevention in unmanned rovers

Similar to how human muscles detect the traveling state of the body, the slip condition of…