Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Catch a falling rocket with a helicopter? Yes, that's the plan Small rocket builder Rocket Lab USA Inc is gearing up for a mission that seems … [+1826 chars]
NASA has an ambitious plan to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth for study. Called the Mars Sample Return mission, the idea is to send a robotic team consisting of a lander, rover, and an ascent veh… [+1902 chars]
A team of astronomers has analysed the Hubble Space Telescopes observations of over 25 hot Jupiters to answer five questions that are essential for your understanding of exoplanet atmospheres. Hot Ju… [+2599 chars]
Scientists are almost certain that a vast saltwater ocean with twice as much water as all of Earth's oceans combined lies beneath the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa. The Radar for Europa Assessme… [+1756 chars]
If the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) sounds familiar, it's because its team was responsible for a pretty impressive achievement. Back in 2019, the team released the first-ever image of a black hole's… [+1935 chars]
Amendment buried in 2022 federal budget bill extends Canadian criminal jurisdiction to the cosmos Space X's Falcon 9 rocket as it lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida June 28, 2015.Photo by BRUCE… [+6352 chars]
The International Space Station and Chinas space station photobombed a four-planet line-up in the early morning sky for Italian astrophysicist Gianluca Masi. No less than four planets (Jupiter, Venu… [+1100 chars]
Sometimes there are pretty valid reasons for leaving right after sex. A team of Chinese scientists has discovered that male orb-weaving spiders fling themselves away from their partnerspulling 20 Gs… [+3553 chars]
The worlds space agencies should abandon ambitions to send astronauts to the moon and Mars and instead leave them to explorers and billionaires who can afford and risk such journeys privately. Lord … [+4753 chars]
A monstrous black hole lies at the center of a distant galaxy photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, called M91, is located approximately 55 million light-years from Earth in th… [+1730 chars]
Maintaining American leadership in the increasingly disputed space realm necessitates bipartisan support, a durable lunar exploration architecture, and incentives for private sector investment and co… [+4804 chars]
Vanessa Ellerbe Wyche, the leader of NASAs spaceflight hub in charge of the astronaut corps, mission control, and the International Space Station, will return to her hometown on May 7 to deliver the … [+4557 chars]
