WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 21 launched the U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane to low Earth orbit for its eighth mission. To continue reading this article:
WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 21 launched the U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane to low Earth orbit for its eighth mission. To continue reading this article:
Blue Origin plans to launch its 35th New Shepard mission on Saturday (Aug. 23), and you can watch live. The commercial spaceflight company, which was founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos,
A: Bioreactor setup of A. manzaensis grown on ESAE-01 basalt analog material. B: Exposure wells with desiccated A. manzaensis cells and ESAE-01 basalt pellets. C: Successful recultivation of A. manzaensis
NASA Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore NASA/Aubrey Gemignani After 25 years at NASA, flying in four different spacecraft, accumulating 464 days in space, astronaut and test pilot Butch Wilmore has retired
A team of astronomers says it has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed — a cosmic heavyweight that formed just 500 million years after the Big Bang, when
In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope
How can identifying land on exoplanets help scientists better understand whether an exoplanet could harbor life? This is what a recently submitted study hopes to address as a team of
Summer’s most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks soon.
A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have achieved a breakthrough in understanding TRAPPIST-1, the famous red dwarf star hosting seven Earth sized planets. By analysing stellar
Faith Vilas. Credit: Bonnie and Gabe, Two Creative Birds Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Faith Vilas was awarded the 2025 Gerard P. Kuiper Prize by the Division for Planetary Sciences