NASA’s Artemis II mission has taken a significant step forward today as the Space Launch System rocket, accompanied by the Orion spacecraft, successfully rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building
NASA’s Artemis II mission has taken a significant step forward today as the Space Launch System rocket, accompanied by the Orion spacecraft, successfully rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building
The Smile spacecraft has successfully arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, where it’s set to undergo final preparations for its forthcoming launch. The mission, which is scheduled to take
A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows membrane (green cubes), and ribosomes (yellow/purple) interwoven through in the cell’s chromosome (red). Right side shows all the
Jupiter’s powerful, continuous aurorae dwarf those of Earth. Scientists know that Jupiter’s Galilean moons created bright spots on Jupiter’s northern aurora. The JWST observed these bright spots and generated infrared
Credit: The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census/©JAMSTEC Japan has led a major international effort to explore and document new life in the deep ocean. Following the Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Census Expedition
Thermonuclear reaction rates power the models that explain how stars live, explode and create the elements. A new study co-authored by NC State faculty member Richard Longland provides a comprehensive,
Astronomers have found that both the core of our Milky Way and the earliest proto-galaxies in the universe share a surprising trait: They are unusually calm and quiet in terms
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Space Force is moving ahead with a sweeping reorganization of how it buys satellites and related systems, part of a broader Pentagon effort to speed
Lunar dust can be a pain – but it’s also literally the ground we will have to traverse if we are ever to have a permanent human settlement on the
Overview of the 3 m Lazuli Space Observatory and its three instruments, the Widefield Context Camera (WCC), the Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS), and the ExtraSolar Coronagraph (ESC). Main properties and






