Slingshotting around the sun would make a spacecraft the fastest ever

Image of the test set-up for the thermal shield. Credit: (2023). DOI: 10.2172/1960159 NASA is very…

SpaceX ends nearly two-week lull with Space Coast launch

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A late scrub due to weather on Tuesday that also took a…

Scientists use heart and lung model to calculate potential health threats facing future space tourists in microgravity

Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Space exploration has always captivated our imagination, offering the promise of discovering…

Why scientists are intrigued by air in NASA’s Mars sample tubes

This image shows the rock core from “Berea” inside inside the drill of NASA’s Perseverance Mars…

Simons Observatory begins measurements to probe Big Bang inflation

Doctoral candidates Zachary Huber, left, and Ben Keller install detector array components for the Simons Observatory…

Next-generation NASA technologies tested in flight

Erin Rezich, Ian Haskin, QuynhGiao Nguyen, Jason Hill (Zero-G staff), and George Butt experience Lunar gravity…

Iron meteorites hint that our infant solar system was more doughnut than dartboard

Credit: UCLA Meteorite Gallery Four and a half billion years ago, our solar system was a…

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter image exposes iron, magnesium and aluminum on Mars surface

Credit: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS Rusty in appearance and magnificent in detail, a new image of the Mawrth Vallis…

Striking new Webb image showing alignment of bipolar jets confirms star formation theories

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Pontoppidan (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory), J. Green (Space Telescope Science…

Supermassive black hole appears to grow like a baby star

Artist’s impression: A spiralling wind helps the supermassive black hole in galaxy ESO320-G030 to grow, assisted…