WASHINGTON — A former NASA administrator told senators he believed it was “highly unlikely” the agency would return astronauts to the moon before China landed astronauts there. During a Sept.
WASHINGTON — A former NASA administrator told senators he believed it was “highly unlikely” the agency would return astronauts to the moon before China landed astronauts there. During a Sept.
WASHINGTON — As the space industry watches what analysts describe as a “gold rush” around the Pentagon’s projected $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense program, Canadian satellite operator Telesat is
Images taken with the MIRI infrared camera on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made it possible to observe the first galaxies in long-wavelength infrared light for the first
Water is key to life as we know it. But that doesn’t mean its key to life everywhere. Despite the fact that the ability to house liquid water is one
The so-called Butterfly star gets its name from its edge-on appearance. The star’s protoplanetary disk blocks out starlight revealing a nebula, or butterfly wing, on each side. Deeper JWST observations
A radical new theory regarding the origin of the universe suggests that gravitational waves, tiny ripples in spacetime first predicted by Albert Einstein back in 1915, could have given rise
Astronaut Megan McArthur has retired from NASA, ending more than two decades with the space agency. McArthur launched on two spaceflights, logging 213 days in orbit across her nearly 25
In a distant galaxy called Makani, particles of dust were warmed by the light of newborn stars before being flung out into space by a massive starburst-driven wind. Over the
Jupiter hosts the brightest and most spectacular auroras in the solar system. Near its poles, these shimmering lights offer a glimpse into how the planet interacts with the solar wind
A surprise rocket launch in Israel caused “brief panic” in some parts of the country, according to local news reports. Israel launched the Ofek 19 spy satellite atop a Shavit