New research on the samples collected by China’s Chang’e-5 mission is revolutionizing our understanding of how the Moon cooled. A team led by Stephen M. Elardo, an Assistant Professor from
New research on the samples collected by China’s Chang’e-5 mission is revolutionizing our understanding of how the Moon cooled. A team led by Stephen M. Elardo, an Assistant Professor from
Credit: NASA NASA has chosen a group of contractors to supply multiple agency facilities with liquid and gaseous helium for at least the next two years. The NASA Agency-wide Supply
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Ames research scientist Kristina Pistone monitors instrument data while onboard the Twin Otter aircraft, flying over Monterey Bay
NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston closed 2025 with major progress across human spaceflight, research, and exploration. From Artemis II mission preparations to science aboard the International Space Station, teams
Lisa Kaltenegger Credit: Ryan Young/Cornell University Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor in the Department of Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the 2025 Carl Sagan Medal
A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material. Credits: NASA/Zia Rahman 5 min read NASA’s Bennu Samples Reveal Complex Origins, Dramatic
Example evolution of an unstable system with 5 one-Neptune-mass planets. Top: the semi-major axes of individual planets are plotted as solid lines. Orbits’ radial extents between pericenter and apocenter are
SpaceX aborted the launch of two communications satellites just before liftoff on Monday evening (July 21). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with two of SES’ O3b mPOWER internet spacecraft was
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sun-like star to Earth. It’s located
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on Earth. Simulations revealed that test results have been misleading for decades






