The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to observe a distant "wispy" or "ultra-diffuse" galaxy called GAMA 526784. The European Space Agency (ESA) has published a new image snapped by the Hubble Sp… [+1077 chars]
The earliest documented case of an aurora, the fleeting but brilliantly colored lights that sometimes illuminate the night sky, dates to the early 10th century B.C., a new study on an ancient Chinese… [+4324 chars]
China continues working hard to become a leading space power. In another example of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) aiming to rival NASA, the organization announced it aims to alter t… [+2124 chars]
A research paper, which was published in Nature Astronomy, suggested that the space should receive special legal protection in order to preserve and protect its environment from debris and light poll… [+1665 chars]
A test mission would launch around 2025 An illustration of NASAs DART spacecraft just before it hits Dimorphos NASA Chinas space agency plans to send a spacecraft to slam into an asteroid, knocki… [+2461 chars]
NASA's only visit to Uranus was Voyager 2s brief fly-by back in 1986. (File) A key committee of scientists have recommended the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prioritise … [+2814 chars]
A protein that allows the fungus which causes white mold stem rot in more than 600 plant species to overcome plant defenses has been identified by a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultura… [+3553 chars]
Sharing real-time information requires complex networks of systems. A promising approach for speeding up data storage devices consists of switching the magnetization, or the electrons' spin, of magne… [+3690 chars]
If you were an alien looking at Earth from a great distance, it would have looked mostly the same right up until 10,000 years ago. That’s when humans invented agriculture, and the planet has never be… [+2724 chars]
NASA is officially gearing up for a return to the Moon. And this time the space agency is testing out some sweet new technology to send with its next legion of lunar astronauts. Specifically, they’re… [+2038 chars]
NASA flight surgeon Dr. Josef Schmid gives a space greeting Oct. 8, 2021, as he is holoported on to the International Space Station. ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet I have a ne… [+4152 chars]
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope sent its first photos earlier this year. Since then, it has come a long way, going through seven stages of mirror alignment. Astrophotography and astronomy fans, rejo… [+2491 chars]
