In a remarkable synthesis of over a decade’s worth of astronomical data, researchers have re-evaluated the long-standing narrative that the Milky Way is headed for a cataclysmic encounter with the
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Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps poses for a portrait inside the seven-window cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world,” while orbiting 259 miles above
Upper panel: the reduced IGRINS observation of WASP-77Ab. The flux at each phase is calibrated to the same level. The emission signal of WASP-77Ab is buried under the background and
A human astronaut under some form of deep sleep or “suspended animation” — Grok via Astrobiology.com Background: With renewed interest in long-duration space missions, there is growing exploration into synthetic
Variation of Enceladus’s ice shell thickness based on the shape model by Park et al. (2024) assuming isostasy. Contours denote intervals of 2 km. — astro-ph.EP Enceladus is among the
Once feared as a threat to Earth, the asteroid Apophis is now considered to pose a rare exploration opportunity — if space agencies can act in time. The 1,100-foot-wide (340
SpaceX kicked off a busy day with a Starlink satellite launch, which will be followed by the ninth-ever test flight of the company’s Starship megarocket, if all goes to plan.
4 min read Unearthly Plumbing Required for Plant Watering in Space NASA is demonstrating new microgravity fluids technologies to enable advanced “no-moving-parts” plant-watering methods aboard spacecraft. Boeing Astronauts Sunita Williams
Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner. In the new study, astronomers investigated a pulsar known as
This is a customer submitted press release. Submit your press release. Washington, D.C. – SpaceNews is pleased to announce the expanded role of longtime commercial space reporter Jason Rainbow, who
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