Jessica Watkins, a planetary scientist and NASA astronaut, will travel to the International Space Station on April 15 and will most likely be in space when the agencys Artemis 1 mission to the moon l… [+5579 chars]
Washington: NASA said it has ordered six additional resupply missions from SpaceX under its Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract and also placed an order for six more missions with aerospa… [+1372 chars]
The Solar Orbiter, which is jointly managed by both NASA and European Space Agency (ESA), has created history. The spacecraft has taken the closest-ever photo of the Sun. The image showcases the star… [+2970 chars]
Species that rely on darkness to forage and feed are losing the gift of camouflage thanks to advances in the lighting used to illuminate the world's cities and coastlines, a study has shown. The wor… [+5428 chars]
An announcement regarding the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) program will drop on Wednesday, March 30th. NASA has promised that the "exciting new observation" by Hubble will be "one for the record boo… [+765 chars]
An announcement regarding the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) program will drop on Wednesday, March 30th. NASA has promised that the "exciting new observation" by Hubble will be "one for the record boo… [+765 chars]
Just a few days ago we enjoyed the beautiful view of the so-called Worm Moon in Yucatán, which preceded the spring equinox, and this Monday, March 28th, there will be another beautiful astronomical e… [+998 chars]
Asteroid Sar2594 (now officially called 2022 FD1) grazed Earths atmosphere at 08:10 UTC on March ... [+] 25, 2022 and passed through Earths mighty shadow in space as it cruised over the South Pacific… [+2110 chars]
War always looks different from space. The five Russians, four Americans and one German currently living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will be able to see the smoke and flashes of miss… [+563 chars]
The long process of getting the James Webb Space Telescope ready for science operations continues, with the ongoing alignment of three of its instruments. Webb recently reached the major milestone o… [+2485 chars]
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Astronomers have spotted an enormous and mysterious object more than a million light-years across, called an odd radio circle (ORC). ORCs were first identified in 2019, and now researchers have relea… [+2184 chars]