The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is promoting a case for economic activity on and around the moon. In some quarters, it’s all blue-sky yammering. On the other
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is promoting a case for economic activity on and around the moon. In some quarters, it’s all blue-sky yammering. On the other
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Even before an Elon Musk-owned artificial intelligence company opened a
Floating above Earth, the International Space Station is a symbol of global cooperation, scientific discovery and the relentless curiosity that drives us to explore the cosmos. It’s not just a
View larger. | Prototype of a Tumbleweed rover nicknamed Pink Lady, in the Negev desert in Israel. Swarms of Tumbleweed rovers could explore large areas of Mars, using only the
On July 22, 2028, the moon’s shadow will cut a 143-mile-wide (230 kilometer) path across Australia and New Zealand. According to NASA, it will mark the first total solar eclipse
For many college students, satellites are faint dots crossing the sky on clear nights. These objects are background details from science fiction to reality, like GPS, satellite radio, and WiFi.
arXiv:2508.00249v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Any population of artificial radio broadcasts in a galaxy contributes to its integrated radio luminosity. If this radio emission is bright enough, inhabited galaxies themselves
By modeling the limb darkening of a star, astronomers can get a better measure of the transit depth of an exoplanet. This will allow us to get better measurements of
New observations made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) identified an enormous a rogue planet with the strongest growth rate ever recorded. These observations reveal that
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