SpaceX, Blue Origin, and a host of other private companies helped to make 2021 the year with the most space launches in history, but scientists say this mad dash to space could be causing further dam… [+6730 chars]
For the past few days, we've all been fawning over the glorious new image of our Milky Way's black hole. But for a moment, we might want to pause and pay our respects to a lonely chasm across the uni… [+7168 chars]
Robots have traditionally been purpose-built to perform a single, very specific task, but researchers from Beihang University are taking a much different approach with a new robotic drone that can op… [+6719 chars]
The sophisticated French-UK seismometer package is just weeks away from being shut off The seismometer on Nasa's InSight probe will keep listening for Marsquakes even as other systems on the mission… [+4822 chars]
Using a unique new instrument and a little help from nature, Swinburne researchers have gotten the first in-depth view of the enormous gas clouds that serve as galactic nurseries. Working internatio… [+4046 chars]
In 1996, a rock from space was found in southwestern Egypts Great Sand Sea. The rock was odd, even by extraterrestrial standards, and a team of researchers studying the rocks chemistry now propose th… [+2894 chars]
Even the deepest parts of the ocean are warming. (Getty) Much of the excess heat stored in the North Atlantic is in the deep ocean, at depths of below 2,300 feet, new research has shown. The resear… [+1861 chars]
For the past few days, we've all been fawning over the glorious new image of our Milky Way's black hole. But for a moment, we might want to pause and pay our respects to a lonely chasm across the uni… [+7168 chars]
A NASA spacecraft on Mars is headed for a dusty demise. Key points: <ul><li>NASA will call off the operation at the end of the year</li><li>InSight has detected more than 1,300 marsquakes since 201… [+2369 chars]
A NASA spacecraft on Mars is headed for a dusty demise. The InSight lander is losing power because of all the dust on its solar panels. NASA said Tuesday it will keep using the spacecraft's seismom… [+1968 chars]
Chinese researchers have detected hydrated minerals on Mars by analyzing data collected by the country's Zhurong rover that is currently trekking the surface of the Red Planet. The detection by the s… [+144 chars]
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 Starlink satellites launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday morning, May 18. SpaceX said the satellites will be positioned into low-Earth orbit. T… [+192 chars]
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