SALT LAKE CITY — Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and even collide with an asteroid that is making a very close flyby of Earth in 2029.
A ghostly object orbiting the Milky Way has left astronomers questioning its composition: Is it a dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxy or a star cluster bound by a hidden swarm of black
The early stages of a supernova explosion are revelatory in what they can reveal about stars that go boom. But while catching them immediately after they detonate has proven largely
Photograph of Magnificent bird-of-paradise specimen CREDIT Image_1: inset photograph of Magnificent bird-of-paradise: Wikipedia licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en Image_1: photograph of Magnificent bird-of-paradise specimen: David Ocampo, personal permission — PLOS Biology Editor’s note: Having
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — ESA Cometary comae are a mixture of gas and ice-covered dust. Processing on the surface and in the coma change the composition of ice on dust grains
Maximal (red) and minimal (blue) atmospheric heating factor vs instellation, for three values of the heat redistribution parameter: f = 0.2 (solid), 0.5 (dashed), and 1 (dotted). The locations of
Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. military is increasingly turning to commercial satellite
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero
1 Min Read 2024 NESC Technical Update Annual Report of NESC Technical Activities On behalf of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), I am pleased to provide you with
A visualization of starspots on the red giant star XX Trianguli. The size of the sun is shown on the left for comparison. Image via HUN-REN RCAES/ Zs. Kovári, MOME/
Polaris Dawn Commander Jared Isaacman sits down with Matt Anderson, the chief growth officer for the Space Force Association, during the second annual Spacepower Conference to discuss human spaceflight. Image:
View larger. | Artist’s concept of AR Scorpii, a binary star system made up of a red dwarf and a white dwarf. A system like this might be the source
The excitement is palpable at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) as preparations for the highly anticipated Starship launches ramp up significantly. At Pad 39A, the heart of SpaceX’s operations in Florida,
