South Korea targets Mars mission with new space center

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain South Korea aims to make a Mars landing by 2045, President Yoon…

ISS research shows spaceflight affects tumor-bearing fruit fly hosts and their parasites

Pigmentation: A side-by-side comparison of wasps shows a clear difference in the melanization of wing veins…

Chandra X-ray Observatory’s clear, sharp photos help astrophysicist study energetic black holes

The Chandra spacecraft and its components. Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO & J.Vaughan When a star is born or…

James Webb Space Telescope spots starburst galaxy

Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the FEAST JWST team The James…

The rush to return humans to the moon and build lunar bases could threaten opportunities for astronomy

A lunar base on the moon would include solar panels for power generation, and equipment for…

Simulations demonstrate potential mechanisms of intermediate-mass black hole formation in globular clusters

Star cluster forming in a giant molecular cloud reproduced by the simulation. This image is based…

Astronomy generates mountains of data—that’s perfect for AI

A drone’s view of the Rubin Observatory under construction in 2023. The 8.4-meter telescope is getting…

Astronomers help find most distant galaxy using James Webb Space Telescope

This infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (also called Webb or JWST) was taken…

NASA astronauts return to Space Coast ahead of Starliner launch

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Kennedy Space Center…

Fly across Nili Fossae with ESA’s Mars Express

Credit: European Space Agency Mars’s surface is covered in all manner of scratches and scars. Its…