Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is getting
Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is getting
WASHINGTON — Several senators are demanding details from NASA on claims that the agency is withholding funding already appropriated for the current fiscal year and plans to enact proposed cuts
RAIR spectra (top) and difference spectra (bottom) for irradiation of the (a) CO:PHP mixed ice and (b) CO/PHP layered ice, focusing on the region around the CO stretching mode. The
NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission successfully launched to deliver supplies and science investigations to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Outer space, the new high ground, is no longer the solitary domain of state powers. The growing participation of the private sector alongside government initiatives signals a dramatic transformation in
There’s no doubt that SpaceX’s Starlink internet service has connected the world like never before — but at what cost? Astronomers have long voiced concerns about Starlink’s satellite constellation interfering
White dwarfs are the stellar remnants left behind by stars after they run out of hydrogen and cease fusion. Only a small number of them are “high-mass white dwarfs” more
In a major step forward for one of NASA’s most anticipated space observatories, engineers at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have successfully installed two sunshields on the
This graphic shows the proportion of different types of phytoplankton – diatoms, haptophytes and cryptophytes (from left to right) – as a percentage of the total community according to chlorophyll
SpaceX on Tuesday was once again gearing up for the latest launch of its Starship megarocket after two successive postponements.






