China’s latest deep-space mission is underway. The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket from the
China’s latest deep-space mission is underway. The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket from the
The Resilience lunar lander will attempt a soft landing in the Sea of Cold on June 5. (Image credit: NASA) ISpace’s private Resilience Lander will attempt to touch down on
This plot shows the current sensitivity of detecting planets around Barnard’s Star using the MAROON-X Red channel and ESPRESSO data. — The Astrophysical Journal Letters Astronomers confirm the existence of
When the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its top-level budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 on May 2, NASA and the space industry feared the worst.
SpaceX’s Starship megarocket tends to put on a show, and its latest test flight was no exception. That mission, the ninth ever for the roughly 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship, lifted
The core portion of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully completed vibration testing, ensuring it will withstand the extreme shaking experienced during launch. Passing this key milestone brings
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is back at
WASHINGTON — In a new sign of concern over China and Russia’s space activities, two senators unveiled bipartisan legislation June 5 to deepen military space cooperation between the U.S. and
For stargazers and nature aficionados alike, the UncleHu Telescope for Adults stands as a remarkable tool designed to amplify your exploration of the cosmos. With its striking silver-gray finish, this
Astronomers have discovered an exceptionally rare star that may help to solve one of astronomy’s enduring mysteries: where the universe’s heaviest elements came from. The star, named LAMOST J0804+5740, resides