A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Friday and carried 50 more satellites into orbit for the Starlink internet constellation. A SpaceX webcast showed the rockets upper stage deplo… [+816 chars]
One of the rationales suggested for going to Mars is that given all the vagaries of the universe, human culture would have a better chance of surviving far into the future if humans settled on two (o… [+8204 chars]
The Curiosity rover took a picture of something pretty enticing this week on the surface of Mars. While the object in question looks like a tiny little flower or maybe even some type of organic featu… [+2579 chars]
Astronomers have just completed the first successful measurement of the spectrum of the night side of an exoplanet in the WASP-121 system located 850 light years from Earth. The host star is a magnit… [+4259 chars]
The surface of Venus, as imaged by NASA's Magellan spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/JPL) Scientists have shown how the swirling winds and searing heat on Venus work together in a revealing new study.… [+3876 chars]
You may be able to watch the moon cluster up with ringed Saturn and fleeting Mercury on Monday (Feb. 28), but it will be a considerable challenge. The three worlds will be clustered extra-close to t… [+2851 chars]
New York, February 27 Space agency NASA has announced that James Webb continued on its path to becoming a focused observatory as the team has successfully worked through the second and third out of … [+1884 chars]
London, Feb 27 (IANS): An international team of astronomers and scientists have mapped more than a quarter of the northern sky using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a pan-European radio telescope. … [+1929 chars]
Solitary Evening Planet As evening twilight fades this month, the night sky will appear to be devoid of planets. Keen-eyed observers from dark sites will be able to spot the sole evening planet, Ura… [+2652 chars]
A "lost" continent that once connected Asia to southern Europe may have formed an ancient passageway that helped animals migrate west, leading to a sudden and widespread extinction event around 34 mi… [+1270 chars]
During the Eocene Epoch, which spanned 55 million to 34 million years ago, Europe and Asia were home to distinctly different types of mammals. At the end of the Eocene, however, there was a dramatic … [+2807 chars]
You may be able to watch the moon cluster up with ringed Saturn and fleeting Mercury on Monday (Feb. 28), but it will be a considerable challenge. The three worlds will be clustered extra-close to t… [+2851 chars]
