Between 2014 and 2016, the European Space Agencys Rosetta spacecraft orbited and studied a comet hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, collecting data on the space rocks structure and geology. No… [+2203 chars]
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a witness at the scene of a star's explosive death: a companion star previously hidden in the glare of its partner's supernova. The discovery is a first fo… [+8010 chars]
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule has joined up with its rocket ride. Technicians stacked Starliner atop its United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket Wednesday (May 4) at ULA's Vertical Inte… [+2890 chars]
A new qubit platform: Electrons from a heated light filament (top) land on solid neon (red block), where a single electron (represented as a wave function in blue) is trapped and manipulated by a sup… [+4196 chars]
For M87, listeners can hear representations of three different wavelengths of light X-ray, optical, and radio around this giant black hole.Black Hole at the Center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster Sinc… [+2719 chars]
Since the first moon landing in 1969, its long been a goal to establish lunar colonies. After all, the moon has water we could use, subterranean caves we could inhabit, and now, it seems, a native wa… [+3117 chars]
It’s been a whole year since the last launch out of Starbase, Texas – as SpaceX continues to lay the groundwork for the orbital launch attempt. Somewhat a victim of their own success, the achievemen… [+8024 chars]
An old Russian motor has exploded in orbit, creating a further 16 shards of potentially hazardous debris. The Russian SOZ ullage motor (also known as ullage rockets) was put into orbit 15 years ago,… [+2170 chars]
Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter Image source, Kerry Key/Columbia University Image caption, The team collected their measurements during a multi-week expedition Vast quantities… [+4295 chars]
When astronomers first observed supernova 2013ge, all they saw for several years was bright ultraviolet light from the explosion. But after time, the light began to dim and another source of ultravio… [+1377 chars]
Marine biologists aboard an expedition in Monterey Bay in California recently spotted a brilliant and rare deep sea fish named for a mythical creature: the highfin dragonfish (Bathophilus flemingi). … [+3148 chars]
For M87, listeners can hear representations of three different wavelengths of light X-ray, optical, and radio around this giant black hole.Black Hole at the Center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster Sinc… [+2719 chars]
