The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE, also known as “Wukong”) Collaboration has obtained a high-precision cosmic-ray boron spectrum in the energy range of 10 GeV/n–8 TeV/n, and discovered a spectral
The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE, also known as “Wukong”) Collaboration has obtained a high-precision cosmic-ray boron spectrum in the energy range of 10 GeV/n–8 TeV/n, and discovered a spectral
A new international award named for the first person to step foot on the moon will honor excellence in “space discovery” as established by the school known as “the cradle
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The image to the left, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows a possible planet being born around the young star HD 135344B. This star, located around 440 light-years
Thick clouds prompted SpaceX to call off Thursday’s planned launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.
Imagine the cosmos unfolding before your eyes, the craters of the moon casting shadows in vivid clarity, and the vast landscape of the Earth stretching far beyond the horizon. That’s
NASA/Nichole Ayers The aurora australis arcs above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above in between Australia and
For years, cosmologists have been struggling with the “Hubble tension,” a disagreement between measurements of the present-day expansion rate of the universe. One promising solution to this predicament is the
No spoiler warnings were required. When moviegoers first sat down to watch “Apollo 13” in the summer of 1995, they already knew how the story would play out. Those old






