An ordinarily dim star is making a brilliant appearance in the night sky after unleashing a powerful nova explosion, which has rendered it visible to the naked eye. The nova
An ordinarily dim star is making a brilliant appearance in the night sky after unleashing a powerful nova explosion, which has rendered it visible to the naked eye. The nova
With this week’s (June 9 through June 13) expected arrival of a visiting crew delayed just before their launch, science and maintenance work on board the International Space Station was
A team of researchers led by Niccolò Maffezzoli, “Marie Curie” fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the University of California, Irvine, and an associate member of the Institute
Mars Curiosity rover Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Over the past decade, the Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) on NASA’s Curiosity rover has reported several detections of methane on Mars, attracting attention due to
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This picture of Mars is a composite of several images captured by Europa Clipper’s thermal imager on March 1.
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TAMPA, Fla. — Local regulators have approved Ukrainian telco Kyivstar’s plans to start testing space-enabled texting services this summer using SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, targeting areas crippled by Russian strikes and
The White House’s FY 2026 budget request for NASA proposes a radical shift in the agency’s direction, proposing extinction-level cuts to space science, severe cuts in other program areas and
Drake Awards Celebrate the Search for Life Beyond Earth On May 20, the SETI Institute held its annual Drake Awards event in Mountain View, CA, honoring contributions to SETI or
The inferred occurrence rates of giant planets orbiting interior to the water ice line of Sun-like stars as a function of age. Schematic decreasing, consistent, and increasing giant planet frequency






