Scientists have found a biological mechanism that has never been described before, which may help explain the disturbed blood coagulation that has often been observed in n patients with serious […]
Simulated spectroscopy results from the plumes of Europa. This is an example of the data the Webb telescope could return that could identify the composition of subsurface ocean of this […]
Updated 10 p.m. Eastern with comments from postlaunch briefing. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station on a critical, […]
Refresh 2022-05-20T00:40:41.989Z NASA, Boeing Starliner launch briefing at 9 pm ET An Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner OFT-2 space capsule launches from Space Launch Complex 40 of the Cape […]
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch […]
Be sure to watch the skies on the last morning of May, for a possible Tau Herculid meteor outburst. If predictions hold true, we may be in for a rare […]
This artist’s representation shows a pulsar wind nebula around another pulsar, named Geminga. Pulsar wind nebulae may be the cosmic sites of particle accelerators. Nahks TrEhnl Take a coin out […]
On 26 March and enduring temperatures of some 500 degrees Celsius from within the orbit of planet Mercury, Solar Orbiter returned spectacular imagery of the Sun during its first close […]
Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study published in Science Advances found that most of the world’s ocean is steadily losing its year-to-year […]
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, shown in this illustration, has been exploring our solar system since 1977, along with its twin, Voyager 2. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech While the Voyager 1 spacecraft continues […]
Space Force Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein said commercial innovation today is “outpacing the demand signal from the government.”
WASHINGTON — U.S. military buyers of space systems for decades have relied […]
Blue Origin’s fifth human spaceflight won’t take place on Friday (May 20) after all. Jeff Bezos’ company had been targeting Friday for the launch of NS-21, the next mission of […]
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starlink 4-18 mission launched SpaceX’s […]
A Mastcam image from the Mars Curiosity rover captures what looks like a doorway into a rock ledge. It was formed when layered rock cracked and eroded away. Courtesy NASA […]
I made this sequence of the November 19, 2021, near-total lunar eclipse — emphasizing deepest eclipse — with a 94-mm refractor. This month’s eclipse will be total. Bob King You […]
On the evening of 15 May 2022, Earth passed between the Sun and the Moon blocking sunlight and casting a shadow on the lunar surface. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti witnessed […]
NIH discovery sheds light on tissue targeted by age-related macular degeneration and other diseases Researchers have identified distinct differences among the cells comprising a tissue in the retina that is […]
AT2019pev: The evolution of the 0.3−5 keV luminosity (top), the hardness ratio (upper middle), the power-law index (middle), the black-body temperature (lower middle) and the black-body radius (bottom) with time. […]
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab, the company best known for its Electron small launch vehicle, generated most of its first quarter revenue from other space systems and not launch itself. In […]
Elon also discussed the liftoff T/W, which will be >1.4. He says that a high T/W is cost-effective for a fully-reusable rocket because the propellant costs are the largest percentage […]
If you’re looking for a new camera then now could be the time to grab one as B&H Photo Video has discounted the Panasonic Lumix G100 by $150. The Panasonic […]
The InSight lander’s seismometer instrument, covered by its wind and thermal shield, on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s InSight lander operating on the surface of Mars has detected […]
Have you ever held a chunk of gold in your hand? Not a little piece of jewelry, but an ounce or more? If you have, you can almost immediately understand […]
These images from Solar Orbiter, taken on 30 May 2020, show a variety of small-scale structures.Adapted from Solar Orbiter / EUI Team / ESA & NASA; CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD […]
Applications 16/05/2022 170 views 11 likes Dozens of people who have set up start-up companies and fledgling businesses are pitching their ideas to investors today, as part of an ESA […]
The researchers asked study participants to take a week-long break from social media. Results of a study that asked participants to take a week-long break from social media find positive […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin space tourism company announced Friday that its next rocket will take off on May 20 with six passengers on board. One of […]
WASHINGTON — Space technology company Redwire said that while it still sees the commercial sector as its biggest prospect for long-term growth, volatility among its customers may cause delays. Redwire, […]
SN15 would make so much more sense. It has genuine history behind it as the first (and so far only) Starship to successfully make and survive a high-altitude test flight. […]
A Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse will occur tonight (May 15) and may be a mesmerizing spectacle for Earth-bound viewers, but for the spacecraft on the moon, it’s more […]
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-15 mission […]
Before this decade is over, NASA will send astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. As part of the Artemis Program, NASA also plans to […]
Today at multiple press conferences given simultaneously around the world, scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope project unveiled the first image of the black hole at the heart of our […]
Applications 13/05/2022 1996 views 38 likes This striking, high-resolution image of the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, was captured by Planet SkySat – a fleet of satellites that have just […]
This system, containing blue-green algae, powered a microprocessor continuously for a year using nothing but ambient light and water. Credit: Paolo Bombelli Algae-Powered Computing Scientists used a widespread species of […]
Anna-Lisa Paul tries moistening the lunar soils with a pipette. The scientists found that the soils repelled water (were hydrophobic), causing the water to bead-up on the surface. Active stirring […]
WASHINGTON — The private astronauts who spent two weeks on the International Space Station in April said they tried to pack too much into their schedules while on the station, […]
Blue Origin’s fifth human spaceflight will take place next week, if all goes according to plan. Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company announced today (May 13) that it’s targeting May 20 for […]
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 53 Starlink internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there […]
Are we alone? Is there life beyond Earth? These are the questions that plague the very essence of science, and in particular, planetary science. Unfortunately, robotic exploration of exoplanetary systems […]
FRIDAY, MAY 13 ■ The almost-full Moon this evening shines in Virgo, with 1st-magnitude Spica to its lower right (by about 4°). Spot brighter Arcturus 30° to their upper left. […]
ESA’s Gaia space telescope revolutionises our understanding of the Milky Way. It scans the sky to measure the position, movement, distance, and characteristics of billions of stars. It is creating […]
New research explores the imaginative possibility that our reality is only one half of a pair of interacting worlds. Physicists sometimes come up with bizarre stories that sound like science […]
Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. de Jong (Leibniz-Institut fur Astrophysik Potsdam); Image processing: G. Kober (NASA Goddard/Catholic University of America) NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has allowed astronomers to view galaxies […]
WASHINGTON — Astra disclosed details about its new launch vehicle that will be capable of carrying heavier payloads and flying more frequently. At its “Spacetech Day” event at its Alameda, […]
SN15 would make so much more sense. It has genuine history behind it as the first (and so far only) Starship to successfully make and survive a high-altitude test flight. […]
Conceptual drawing of a Mars Sample Retrieval Lander. (Image credit: NASA) The robotic return of pristine samples from the surface of Mars has been a holy grail goal of Red […]
File photo of two Russian-built RD-181 engines powering an Antares rocket off its launch pad in Virginia. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Northrop Grumman says it has a backup plan to fulfill […]
This spectrogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet. The marsquake struck the Red Planet on May 4 , 2022 and measured magnitude 5 . Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/ETH/Zurich. May […]
In this artist’s view, a white dwarf (left) robs gas from its companion star. The material spirals down to the dwarf’s surface, where it’s compressed and ultimately ignites in a […]
After almost six months of living and working on board the International Space Station, Matthias Maurer is back on Earth – and gives his first news conference in Europe. Watch […]
Waste carbon from farms, sewage and other sources can be processed into high-grade bio-based fuels more easily with a new PNNL-developed flow cell. In this animation, the flow cell receives […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When stars like our sun use up all their fuel, they shrink to form white dwarfs. Sometimes such dead stars flare back to life in a […]
A market ecosystem that incentivizes the rapid development and fielding of advanced Space Traffic Management (STM) technologies will be a key enabler to the sustainable growth of the space economy. […]
On May 11, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on the fifth and final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. During mission STS-125, astronauts installed two new instruments on […]
Artist’s concept of a crew member performing a spacewalk outside of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX / Polaris Program The four-person crew who will fly on the all-private Polaris […]
In 1666, famed Italian astronomer and mathematician Giovanni Cassini (the man who discovered four of Saturn’s largest moons) observed the Martian polar ice caps for the first time. However, it […]
Two Sky & Telescope authors have won prestigious awards from divisions of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) recognizing excellence in science journalism. (Although S&T is part of the AAS, we […]
Science & Exploration 10/05/2022 1361 views 18 likes In brief ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is back in Europe after 177 days in space. Watch the first press conference following his […]
Using easily available equipment and substances in anyone’s kitchen, you can complete home study projects to learn about complex fluid behavior. Home study projects of complex fluids in anyone’s kitchen, […]
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a Tianzhou-4 spacecraft docks with China’s under-construction space station, as seen on a video screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center […]
WASHINGTON — The Canadian government announced May 9 that it is joining the United States in banning tests of destructive direct-ascent antisatellite weapons as a step toward norms of responsible […]
Blue Origin just announced the identities of the next six people it will launch to the final frontier. The six passengers for the NS-21 mission include a past spaceflyer aboard […]
Four booster engines and two core stage engines fire to propel a Long March 7 rocket off its launch pad at the Wenchang launch base Monday. Credit: CCTV China launched […]
Gravitational lensing provides an opportunity to see supernovae and other transients much farther than we normally can. A new research proposal outlines a plan to use a comprehensive catalog of […]
An artist’s conception of Theia hitting the Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech Giant impacts on our newly formed planet, like the smash-up that led to the formation of the Moon, may have evicted […]
The Crew Dragon capsule carrying ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron home from the International Space Station splashed down off the coast […]
Lead author Chloe Gustafson and mountaineer Meghan Seifert install geophysical instruments to measure groundwater below West Antarctica’s Whillans Ice Stream. Credit: Kerry Key/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory The study proves the value […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain NASA officials gave an update Thursday on the status of the Artemis I moon rocket launch saying it likely is targeting early- to mid-June before it […]
WASHINGTON — Two federal agencies in a turf battle over commercial spaceflight investigations say they are now talking with each other to better define their roles and responsibilities. The National […]
The first lunar eclipse of 2022 will take place on May 15 and 16, depending on your time zone. A total lunar eclipse, which happens as the full moon moves […]
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off to begin the Starlink 4-17 mission. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center at […]
For decades, scientists have observed dark landslides called slope streaks on Mars. First seen by the Viking orbiters in the 1970s, every orbiter mission since has observed them, but the […]
Artist’s impression of a fast radio burst from an extremely magnetized stellar remnant — one possible progenitor for these mysterious flashes. Sophia Dagnello / NRAO / AUI / NSF What’s […]
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is back in Cologne, Germany, after 177 days in space and 175 days aboard the International Space Station for his first mission ‘Cosmic Kiss’. The Crew […]
Scientists have found that a key modern group of reptiles that includes lizards and snakes – known as squamates – diverged in the Jurassic period,… The post Overlooked “Jurassic Park […]
Ready for the mission: First light for the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III. Credit: MPS, A. Gandorfer Approximately a month before it begins its research flight in the stratosphere, the […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Increasing costs and delays have forced Telesat to downsize plans for 298 low Earth orbit satellites by a third to keep within its $5 billion budget. The […]
Someone in the Neutron update thread noticed RL official website updated performance of Neutron Old:LEO expanded: 15,000kg, reused: 8000kg, Mars/Venus: 1,500kgNew:LEO: 13,000kg, Mars/Venus:1,500kg Someone on that thread suggest the new […]
A crewed Mars mission could happen sooner than you think. Astronauts will likely make it to the Red Planet’s surface before the end of the 2020s, SpaceX President and Chief […]
SpaceX’s recovery team prepares to lift the Dragon Endurance spacecraft from the Gulf of Mexico early Friday. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station […]
On Nov. 26th, 2018, NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) lander arrived on Mars. Since then, this robotic mission has been using its advanced suite […]
FRIDAY, MAY 6 ■ To the right of the thick crescent Moon this evening shine the two heads of the Gemini twins, as shown below. In springtime the stick-figure twins […]
The Crew Dragon capsule carrying ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron home from the International Space Station splashed down off the coast […]
A handheld device being developed at Stevens Institute of Technology can scan skin and detect different types of skin cancer, such as carcinoma (left), squamous cell carcinoma (middle), and actinic […]
The Psyche spacecraft sits in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after traveling across the country from a clean room at the agency’s Jet […]
SuperView Neo-1 first 30 cm pictures show the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas of USA and Qatar’s capital Doha. The satellites are in-orbit testing and calibration by China Siwei […]
Record-setting former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is putting more of his digital space art up for auction, and the proceeds will again go to a very worthy cause. On April […]
Live coverage of the undocking, re-entry, and splashdown of NASA’s Crew-3 mission at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is […]
Lunar exploration has advanced considerably in the last two decades, with more countries sending robotic orbiters, landers, and rovers to the surface than ever before. These missions have taught us […]
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this sharp view of Saturn.NASA / JPL / STScl “What do you want for your next telescope?” I’m often asked. My answer is quick: “Hubble.” […]
Science & Exploration 04/05/2022 860 views 16 likes In brief After almost six months aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is coming home. Watch all the action, […]
Animation depicting a black widow pulsar and its small stellar companion. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Cruz deWilde The system, which may have originated near the center of the Milky […]
Comet 1P/Halley was photographed on March 8, 1986, during its last pass around the sun. Credit: NASA/W. Liller There’s something wonderful about sitting under the night sky, watching a meteor […]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean startup NaraSpace Technology said May 3 it had raised 10 billion won ($7.88 million) in a Series A financing round to pursue the development […]
Another cloud of Russian space debris has bloomed in orbit. An Earth-orbiting object cataloged as #32398 broke up on April 15, the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Defense Squadron tweeted […]
A camera on Rocket Lab’s recovery helicopter shows the Electron booster under its parachute following launch Monday. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab used a helicopter to capture a spent Electron […]
A gamma-ray view of the sky centered on the core of the Milky Way Galaxy. Could strange spinning neutron stars explain a mysterious excess of gamma radiation emanating from the […]
Scientists have found a biological mechanism that has never been described before, which may help explain the disturbed blood coagulation that has often been observed in n patients with serious […]
Simulated spectroscopy results from the plumes of Europa. This is an example of the data the Webb telescope could return that could identify the composition of subsurface ocean of this […]
Updated 10 p.m. Eastern with comments from postlaunch briefing. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station on a critical, […]
Refresh 2022-05-20T00:40:41.989Z NASA, Boeing Starliner launch briefing at 9 pm ET An Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner OFT-2 space capsule launches from Space Launch Complex 40 of the Cape […]
Be sure to watch the skies on the last morning of May, for a possible Tau Herculid meteor outburst. If predictions hold true, we may be in for a rare […]
This artist’s representation shows a pulsar wind nebula around another pulsar, named Geminga. Pulsar wind nebulae may be the cosmic sites of particle accelerators. Nahks TrEhnl Take a coin out […]
On 26 March and enduring temperatures of some 500 degrees Celsius from within the orbit of planet Mercury, Solar Orbiter returned spectacular imagery of the Sun during its first close […]
Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study published in Science Advances found that most of the world’s ocean is steadily losing its year-to-year […]
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, shown in this illustration, has been exploring our solar system since 1977, along with its twin, Voyager 2. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech While the Voyager 1 spacecraft continues […]
Space Force Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein said commercial innovation today is “outpacing the demand signal from the government.” WASHINGTON — U.S. military buyers of space systems for decades have relied […]
Blue Origin’s fifth human spaceflight won’t take place on Friday (May 20) after all. Jeff Bezos’ company had been targeting Friday for the launch of NS-21, the next mission of […]
A Mastcam image from the Mars Curiosity rover captures what looks like a doorway into a rock ledge. It was formed when layered rock cracked and eroded away. Courtesy NASA […]
I made this sequence of the November 19, 2021, near-total lunar eclipse — emphasizing deepest eclipse — with a 94-mm refractor. This month’s eclipse will be total. Bob King You […]
On the evening of 15 May 2022, Earth passed between the Sun and the Moon blocking sunlight and casting a shadow on the lunar surface. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti witnessed […]
NIH discovery sheds light on tissue targeted by age-related macular degeneration and other diseases Researchers have identified distinct differences among the cells comprising a tissue in the retina that is […]
AT2019pev: The evolution of the 0.3−5 keV luminosity (top), the hardness ratio (upper middle), the power-law index (middle), the black-body temperature (lower middle) and the black-body radius (bottom) with time. […]
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab, the company best known for its Electron small launch vehicle, generated most of its first quarter revenue from other space systems and not launch itself. In […]
Elon also discussed the liftoff T/W, which will be >1.4. He says that a high T/W is cost-effective for a fully-reusable rocket because the propellant costs are the largest percentage […]
If you’re looking for a new camera then now could be the time to grab one as B&H Photo Video has discounted the Panasonic Lumix G100 by $150. The Panasonic […]
The InSight lander’s seismometer instrument, covered by its wind and thermal shield, on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s InSight lander operating on the surface of Mars has detected […]
Have you ever held a chunk of gold in your hand? Not a little piece of jewelry, but an ounce or more? If you have, you can almost immediately understand […]
These images from Solar Orbiter, taken on 30 May 2020, show a variety of small-scale structures.Adapted from Solar Orbiter / EUI Team / ESA & NASA; CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD […]
Applications 16/05/2022 170 views 11 likes Dozens of people who have set up start-up companies and fledgling businesses are pitching their ideas to investors today, as part of an ESA […]
The researchers asked study participants to take a week-long break from social media. Results of a study that asked participants to take a week-long break from social media find positive […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin space tourism company announced Friday that its next rocket will take off on May 20 with six passengers on board. One of […]
WASHINGTON — Space technology company Redwire said that while it still sees the commercial sector as its biggest prospect for long-term growth, volatility among its customers may cause delays. Redwire, […]
SN15 would make so much more sense. It has genuine history behind it as the first (and so far only) Starship to successfully make and survive a high-altitude test flight. […]
A Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse will occur tonight (May 15) and may be a mesmerizing spectacle for Earth-bound viewers, but for the spacecraft on the moon, it’s more […]
Before this decade is over, NASA will send astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. As part of the Artemis Program, NASA also plans to […]
Today at multiple press conferences given simultaneously around the world, scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope project unveiled the first image of the black hole at the heart of our […]
Applications 13/05/2022 1996 views 38 likes This striking, high-resolution image of the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, was captured by Planet SkySat – a fleet of satellites that have just […]
This system, containing blue-green algae, powered a microprocessor continuously for a year using nothing but ambient light and water. Credit: Paolo Bombelli Algae-Powered Computing Scientists used a widespread species of […]
Anna-Lisa Paul tries moistening the lunar soils with a pipette. The scientists found that the soils repelled water (were hydrophobic), causing the water to bead-up on the surface. Active stirring […]
WASHINGTON — The private astronauts who spent two weeks on the International Space Station in April said they tried to pack too much into their schedules while on the station, […]
Blue Origin’s fifth human spaceflight will take place next week, if all goes according to plan. Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company announced today (May 13) that it’s targeting May 20 for […]
Are we alone? Is there life beyond Earth? These are the questions that plague the very essence of science, and in particular, planetary science. Unfortunately, robotic exploration of exoplanetary systems […]
FRIDAY, MAY 13 ■ The almost-full Moon this evening shines in Virgo, with 1st-magnitude Spica to its lower right (by about 4°). Spot brighter Arcturus 30° to their upper left. […]
ESA’s Gaia space telescope revolutionises our understanding of the Milky Way. It scans the sky to measure the position, movement, distance, and characteristics of billions of stars. It is creating […]
New research explores the imaginative possibility that our reality is only one half of a pair of interacting worlds. Physicists sometimes come up with bizarre stories that sound like science […]
Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. de Jong (Leibniz-Institut fur Astrophysik Potsdam); Image processing: G. Kober (NASA Goddard/Catholic University of America) NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has allowed astronomers to view galaxies […]
WASHINGTON — Astra disclosed details about its new launch vehicle that will be capable of carrying heavier payloads and flying more frequently. At its “Spacetech Day” event at its Alameda, […]
Conceptual drawing of a Mars Sample Retrieval Lander. (Image credit: NASA) The robotic return of pristine samples from the surface of Mars has been a holy grail goal of Red […]
File photo of two Russian-built RD-181 engines powering an Antares rocket off its launch pad in Virginia. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Northrop Grumman says it has a backup plan to fulfill […]
This spectrogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet. The marsquake struck the Red Planet on May 4 , 2022 and measured magnitude 5 . Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/ETH/Zurich. May […]
In this artist’s view, a white dwarf (left) robs gas from its companion star. The material spirals down to the dwarf’s surface, where it’s compressed and ultimately ignites in a […]
After almost six months of living and working on board the International Space Station, Matthias Maurer is back on Earth – and gives his first news conference in Europe. Watch […]
Waste carbon from farms, sewage and other sources can be processed into high-grade bio-based fuels more easily with a new PNNL-developed flow cell. In this animation, the flow cell receives […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When stars like our sun use up all their fuel, they shrink to form white dwarfs. Sometimes such dead stars flare back to life in a […]
A market ecosystem that incentivizes the rapid development and fielding of advanced Space Traffic Management (STM) technologies will be a key enabler to the sustainable growth of the space economy. […]
On May 11, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on the fifth and final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. During mission STS-125, astronauts installed two new instruments on […]
Artist’s concept of a crew member performing a spacewalk outside of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX / Polaris Program The four-person crew who will fly on the all-private Polaris […]
In 1666, famed Italian astronomer and mathematician Giovanni Cassini (the man who discovered four of Saturn’s largest moons) observed the Martian polar ice caps for the first time. However, it […]
Two Sky & Telescope authors have won prestigious awards from divisions of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) recognizing excellence in science journalism. (Although S&T is part of the AAS, we […]
Science & Exploration 10/05/2022 1361 views 18 likes In brief ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is back in Europe after 177 days in space. Watch the first press conference following his […]
Using easily available equipment and substances in anyone’s kitchen, you can complete home study projects to learn about complex fluid behavior. Home study projects of complex fluids in anyone’s kitchen, […]
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a Tianzhou-4 spacecraft docks with China’s under-construction space station, as seen on a video screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center […]
WASHINGTON — The Canadian government announced May 9 that it is joining the United States in banning tests of destructive direct-ascent antisatellite weapons as a step toward norms of responsible […]
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Four booster engines and two core stage engines fire to propel a Long March 7 rocket off its launch pad at the Wenchang launch base Monday. Credit: CCTV China launched […]
Gravitational lensing provides an opportunity to see supernovae and other transients much farther than we normally can. A new research proposal outlines a plan to use a comprehensive catalog of […]
An artist’s conception of Theia hitting the Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech Giant impacts on our newly formed planet, like the smash-up that led to the formation of the Moon, may have evicted […]
The Crew Dragon capsule carrying ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron home from the International Space Station splashed down off the coast […]
Lead author Chloe Gustafson and mountaineer Meghan Seifert install geophysical instruments to measure groundwater below West Antarctica’s Whillans Ice Stream. Credit: Kerry Key/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory The study proves the value […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain NASA officials gave an update Thursday on the status of the Artemis I moon rocket launch saying it likely is targeting early- to mid-June before it […]
WASHINGTON — Two federal agencies in a turf battle over commercial spaceflight investigations say they are now talking with each other to better define their roles and responsibilities. The National […]
The first lunar eclipse of 2022 will take place on May 15 and 16, depending on your time zone. A total lunar eclipse, which happens as the full moon moves […]
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off to begin the Starlink 4-17 mission. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center at […]
For decades, scientists have observed dark landslides called slope streaks on Mars. First seen by the Viking orbiters in the 1970s, every orbiter mission since has observed them, but the […]
Artist’s impression of a fast radio burst from an extremely magnetized stellar remnant — one possible progenitor for these mysterious flashes. Sophia Dagnello / NRAO / AUI / NSF What’s […]
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is back in Cologne, Germany, after 177 days in space and 175 days aboard the International Space Station for his first mission ‘Cosmic Kiss’. The Crew […]
Scientists have found that a key modern group of reptiles that includes lizards and snakes – known as squamates – diverged in the Jurassic period,… The post Overlooked “Jurassic Park […]
Ready for the mission: First light for the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III. Credit: MPS, A. Gandorfer Approximately a month before it begins its research flight in the stratosphere, the […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Increasing costs and delays have forced Telesat to downsize plans for 298 low Earth orbit satellites by a third to keep within its $5 billion budget. The […]
Someone in the Neutron update thread noticed RL official website updated performance of Neutron Old:LEO expanded: 15,000kg, reused: 8000kg, Mars/Venus: 1,500kgNew:LEO: 13,000kg, Mars/Venus:1,500kg Someone on that thread suggest the new […]
A crewed Mars mission could happen sooner than you think. Astronauts will likely make it to the Red Planet’s surface before the end of the 2020s, SpaceX President and Chief […]
SpaceX’s recovery team prepares to lift the Dragon Endurance spacecraft from the Gulf of Mexico early Friday. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station […]
On Nov. 26th, 2018, NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) lander arrived on Mars. Since then, this robotic mission has been using its advanced suite […]
FRIDAY, MAY 6 ■ To the right of the thick crescent Moon this evening shine the two heads of the Gemini twins, as shown below. In springtime the stick-figure twins […]
The Crew Dragon capsule carrying ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron home from the International Space Station splashed down off the coast […]
A handheld device being developed at Stevens Institute of Technology can scan skin and detect different types of skin cancer, such as carcinoma (left), squamous cell carcinoma (middle), and actinic […]
The Psyche spacecraft sits in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after traveling across the country from a clean room at the agency’s Jet […]
SuperView Neo-1 first 30 cm pictures show the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas of USA and Qatar’s capital Doha. The satellites are in-orbit testing and calibration by China Siwei […]
Record-setting former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is putting more of his digital space art up for auction, and the proceeds will again go to a very worthy cause. On April […]
Lunar exploration has advanced considerably in the last two decades, with more countries sending robotic orbiters, landers, and rovers to the surface than ever before. These missions have taught us […]
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this sharp view of Saturn.NASA / JPL / STScl “What do you want for your next telescope?” I’m often asked. My answer is quick: “Hubble.” […]
Science & Exploration 04/05/2022 860 views 16 likes In brief After almost six months aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is coming home. Watch all the action, […]
Animation depicting a black widow pulsar and its small stellar companion. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Cruz deWilde The system, which may have originated near the center of the Milky […]
Comet 1P/Halley was photographed on March 8, 1986, during its last pass around the sun. Credit: NASA/W. Liller There’s something wonderful about sitting under the night sky, watching a meteor […]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean startup NaraSpace Technology said May 3 it had raised 10 billion won ($7.88 million) in a Series A financing round to pursue the development […]
Another cloud of Russian space debris has bloomed in orbit. An Earth-orbiting object cataloged as #32398 broke up on April 15, the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Defense Squadron tweeted […]
A camera on Rocket Lab’s recovery helicopter shows the Electron booster under its parachute following launch Monday. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab used a helicopter to capture a spent Electron […]
A gamma-ray view of the sky centered on the core of the Milky Way Galaxy. Could strange spinning neutron stars explain a mysterious excess of gamma radiation emanating from the […]