The Kepler Space Telescope may have been retired in 2018, but data from the mission is still being used to make new discoveries. Recently, an international team of astronomers used data from the miss… [+2738 chars]
Europe’s dark matter investigation spacecraft, Euclid, is getting ready for its launch next year. Now it has reached a milestone with the joining of two of its major components: The payload and servi… [+2437 chars]
Researchers from Virginia Tech and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory determined that crucial sections of the global carbon cycle used to track carbon dioxide transportation in the environment… [+5491 chars]
If you had a huge tape measure that started at the center of the Earth and went to the highest peak on our planet, you wouldn’t look at Mount Everest. Instead, it will be the tallest mountain on the … [+2331 chars]
It may seem surprising, but ice can form on components of the James Webb Telescope, even in space. How is this possible and what is NASA doing to reduce risks? gradually, James Webb Space Telescope … [+2586 chars]
Our solar system is a living, breathing universe. A sophisticated camera on NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter a spacecraft orbiting the red planet discovered a recent impact site on the Martian surf… [+1619 chars]
When it arrives on Mars, the ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover will join a growing fleet of robotic rovers, landers, and orbiters dedicated to searching for life on Mars. As part of the Exomars program, … [+5002 chars]
This article by Guy Plint, Western University and Charles Helm, Nelson Mandela University originally appeared on the Conversation and is published here with permission. Giant crocodiles once roamed … [+3786 chars]
