Astronomers have discovered a planet beyond the solar system that orbits its twin parent stars closer than any ever seen before in a binary. The twin stars in the sky
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Why Old Moon Dust Looks So Different from the Fresh Stuff
Tracking down resources on the Moon is a critical process if humanity decides to settle there permanently. However, some of our best resources to do that currently are orbiting satellites
Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight — here’s what to expect from one of the best shooting star shows of the year
A composite view of the Geminid meteor shower taken from Arizona in the United States. (Image credit: Alan Dyer/VW Pics/UIG via Getty Images) The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight
Measuring Radio Leaks from 36,000 Kilometres Up
Radio astronomers hunting for the faint whispers of the early universe face an unexpected threat from above: satellites designed to be silent are leaking radio noise into space. New research
Spacecraft from Chinese launch nearly slammed into Starlink satellite, SpaceX says
One of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites just dodged a bullet in orbit. That bullet was one of the nine spacecraft that launched atop a Chinese Kinetica 1 rocket on Tuesday
Astronaut sees gorgeous 'skies of blue and clouds of white' | On the International Space Station this week Dec. 8-12, 2025
The seven members of the Expedition 74 crew studied stem cells, packed up a cargo ship and maintained their toilet this week, Dec. 8-12, 2025, on board the International Space
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ORLANDO, Fla. — K2 Space said Dec. 11 it raised $250 million in new funding that values the satellite manufacturing startup at $3 billion. The Series C round was led
5 min read NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind ‘U-Turn’ Images captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun in
Navigating in a microgravity environment is a challenge even for trained human astronauts, but it is even more challenging for autonomous robots, limiting their use in places like a space
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a $16 million contract to continue work on software that aims to keep “constant custody” of large
Normalized torques as a function of planetary mass and semimajor axis, assuming circular and coplanar orbits. The different migration regimes are indicated, separating inward from outward migration. The mass required
Graphical Abstract Viruses play essential roles in shaping the structure and function of microbial communities, including those inhabiting extreme environments. The Qaidam Basin is a unique Mars-analog desert characterised by
a) Mn/Na vs. Mn/Mg and b) Mn/Na vs. K/Li ratios among planetary bodies. The coloured curves denote the evolution of the composition of an evaporation residue calculated using eq. 35
Peak emission wavelength of a Dyson Swarm as a function of swarm temperature, following Wien’s displacement law, λmax = b/TDS. The shaded regions indicate the approximate wavelength coverage of key
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