Why wait for rare solar eclipses? ESA’s Proba mission can now create an artificial solar eclipse once a day. Now, a UK-led mission could do the same trick, but using
Why wait for rare solar eclipses? ESA’s Proba mission can now create an artificial solar eclipse once a day. Now, a UK-led mission could do the same trick, but using
There’s nowhere to park right now at the International Space Station for NASA’s next Commercial Crew Program launch, but a slot should clear next week, allowing for the launch of
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar system by more than 3 billion years, researchers say.
The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, according to new research. Cosmologists at Durham University used a new
Argentinian astronomers have employed the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) to perform high-resolution radio observations of a nearby spiral galaxy designated NGC 4527. Results of the observational campaign, published
Women and ethnic minority groups are still significantly underrepresented in astronomy and geophysics despite attempts to bring about change over the past decade, research has shown.
Is there life on Venus? The controversial detection of phosphine and ammonia hints that bacterial life could be surviving in the planet’s milder upper atmosphere. But to confirm its existence,
If we can learn to grow our own food in space, it’ll make surviving off Earth less challenging. While plants do grow in space, some genetic improvements are in order.
Sometimes a mission can be too successful. When NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into Dimorphos in 2022 as part of an asteroid redirection test, it altered the asteroids orbit, proving that
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to serve as interim head of space agency NASA, weeks after pulling the nomination of a tech billionaire who