Hayabusa 2 may need to alter its visit to its next target. VLT observations show that the asteroid 1998 KY26 is three times smaller than thought and spinning much more
Hayabusa 2 may need to alter its visit to its next target. VLT observations show that the asteroid 1998 KY26 is three times smaller than thought and spinning much more
NASA says we now know of 6,000 confirmed exoplanets. At first there was just a trickle of discoveries. But the pace has quickened and shows no signs of slowing down.
WASHINGTON — House appropriators offered support, but no specific funding, for several NASA missions slated for cancellation in the administration’s 2026 budget proposal. The House Appropriations Committee approved a commerce,
How can the U.S. government restore public trust regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) through transparency and offering whistleblower protections? That was the core, mind-boggling question behind a Sept. 9 congressional
After arrival at ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s Plato spacecraft was unloaded from its container and moved into the cleanroom. Here it is tilted to a horizontal position on a
NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets! NASA published a longer version of this story on September 17, 2025. Edits by EarthSky. 6,000 exoplanets! NASA announced on September 17, 2025, that its
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TAMPA, Fla. — The Space Data Association (SDA) has picked Spanish technology provider GMV to upgrade and operate its global space traffic coordination platform starting early next year, the non-profit
Left: An interferometer with two antennas, separated by a baseline B and has a time delay between the wavefront reaching the receivers of τg. The fringe pattern is shown, with
Thanks to a theory put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago and a happy coincidence, astronomers have discovered radiation being pumped out from the core of a quasar