Engineers at the European Space Agency have successfully finalized the assembly of the Plato spacecraft, a significant achievement in the ongoing mission to detect Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars. This
Engineers at the European Space Agency have successfully finalized the assembly of the Plato spacecraft, a significant achievement in the ongoing mission to detect Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars. This
A bright new solar system comet could put on a show in the October night sky as it zooms past Earth. Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was discovered on Sept. 10
Mars is a planet of mystery! Its surface today is cold and dry, yet evidence suggests it was once home to flowing water. Most of the planet’s remaining ice sits
A representative sample of nine historical events from Table 5. The top row shows nearby ( 4 kpc) events for which a combination of all three mass-distance relations (θE, πE,
Overlap of planned initial sample characterization activities for curation and the SSAF test-sequence. Graph modified from Tait et al. (2022). The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Sample Safety Assessment Framework
Schematic of the modeling framework used in this study. Chemical equilibrium between the core, mantle and atmosphere is calculated using the model from H. E. Schlichting & E. D. Young
Hollywood has been trying to turn videogames into movies (and, later, TV shows) ever since a pair of Brooklyn plumbers stunk up theaters in infamous 1993 flop “Super Mario Bros”.
The JWST Users Committee (JSTUC) will hold their second Community Forum on Monday, October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) to continue discussions with the JWST user community (following
TAMPA, Fla. — Lynk Global plans to merge with Omnispace to upgrade its direct-to-device (D2D) services with globally coordinated S-band spectrum, joining SpaceX and AST SpaceMobile in shoring up satellite
The four giant planets as seen by Hubble WFC3/UVIS at different near-UV wavelengths, and processed by Judy Schmidt (note – these images are not shown to scale). The Jupiter and