The Cassini spacecraft caught the 6th planet from the sun and its rings like never before. In this image, Saturn’s rings are gloriously backlit with the sun blocked by the
The Cassini spacecraft caught the 6th planet from the sun and its rings like never before. In this image, Saturn’s rings are gloriously backlit with the sun blocked by the
Artist’s schematic concept of the Wolf 1130ABC system. It consists of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A (left), its close and compact white dwarf companion Wolf 1130B (middle) and the
The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) shines in the constellation Cassiopeia. (Image credit: Ronald Brecher) Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a colorful view of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805), which is
What can cryovolcanism on Pluto teach scientists about the dwarf planet’s current geological activity? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address as
SpaceX will notch two big milestones on a single Falcon 9 launch today (Oct. 19), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch 28
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is preparing for its 50th Falcon 9 rocket
Mars has experienced multiple ice ages, with each one leaving less ice than the last. By studying craters that serve as “ice archives,” researchers traced how the red planet stored
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began operations, one of its earliest surveys was of galaxies that existed during the very early universe. In December 2022, these observations revealed
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned liftoff of the Starlink
After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA’s US$10 billion (AU$15 billion) James Webb Space Telescope. There had not been




