NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon. For several years now, the agency has been working to get a 40-kilowatt fission system ready for launch
NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon. For several years now, the agency has been working to get a 40-kilowatt fission system ready for launch
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Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies.
Titan Uranus — NASA.gov The formation and evolution of haze layers in planetary atmospheres play a critical role in shaping their chemical composition, radiative balance, and optical properties.
SpaceX’s Starship rocket is pictured at sunset at Starbase, Texas, following a mission scrub for Flight 10 on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is hoping that with two
A new emphasis on Mars exploration was clear from the very beginning of the second Trump administration. “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to
Astronomers used the JWST to examine M82, a nearby starburst galaxy. M82 is forming stars at a prodigious rate due to its interactions with its neighbour, M81. It produces thousands
WASHINGTON — In the nearly six years since the U.S. Space Force was created, Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt has watched the Pentagon’s newest military branch grow from an idea in
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has long been cast as a frozen relic of the early solar system — quiet, airless, and lifeless.




