HELSINKI — China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near Earth asteroid and a main belt comet. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft
HELSINKI — China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near Earth asteroid and a main belt comet. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft
The most powerful explosions in the known universe come from what are known as gamma-ray bursts — though they may not sound particularly exciting, scientists usually speak about these incredible
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 peaks tonight! Here’s how and when to catch one of nature’s most spectacular light shows, courtesy of Halley’s comet. Southern hemisphere skywatchers will have
Credit: NASA NASA has awarded a bridge contract to ASRC Federal System Solutions LLC of Beltsville, Maryland, to provide financial support and project planning and control services to the agency.
Watch live! Elon Musk talks SpaceX, Mars and more prior to Starship flight 9 – YouTube Watch On A lot of eyes will be looking at SpaceX today. SpaceX CEO
Just months after SpaceX landed a Falcon 9 rocket in the Bahamas for the first time, the country has hit pause on future landings pending an environmental review, according to
TAMPA, Fla. — Californian software startup PiLogic announced $4 million in seed funding May 22 to develop satellite diagnostics and other artificial intelligence tools tailored for space applications. The first
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The Sun hangs low on the horizon above solidified pancake ice in the Arctic Ocean. (Photograph courtesy Andy Mahoney, NSIDC.) The moons of Jupiter and Saturn, such as Europa and
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