“Sunlight” beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025. This is an example of sunglint,
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Orbital and lunar data centers are often framed as engineering challenges or launch economics problems. Those matter, but they are not the limiting factor. The real bottleneck is the absence
The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window. Ebert D, Walton M, Byrne VE, Nelson AM, Sargsyan A.Autonomous
Top: Simulated time-series spectroscopy observation of a SIMP 0136-like brown dwarf for our Scenario 1. The difference between the each spectrum and time-averaged mean flux is shown at each phase
Joel Montalbano, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate NASA Editor’s note: This release was updated Thursday, Feb. 26 to reflect the effective date of the leadership changes.
We’ve been waiting a long time for the Vera Rubin Observatory to begin its work. The observatory features the largest digital camera ever built. It’ll create a time-lapse of the
WASHINGTON — Sierra Space raised $550 million in a Series C funding round led by LuminArx Capital Management, valuing the privately held spacecraft manufacturer at about $8 billion, the company
In 2019, NASA’s New Horizons mission flew by Kuiper Belt object 486958 Arrokoth. Arrokoth has a snowman shape – or 2-lobed figure – that is common in our outer solar
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How ESA’s Mars orbiters make use of radio occultation — ESA What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency’s Mars orbiters, we now know:
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