In a new study published today in the journal Science, the team from Cardiff University has been able to pinpoint exactly how the tilting and wobbling of the Earth as it orbits around the Sun has inf… [+3705 chars]
Starlink satellites streak (vertically) across a time-lapse photo of the night sky near Carson National Forest, New Mexico.Credit: M. Lewinsky (CC BY 2.0) Its been three years since SpaceX, an aeros… [+7951 chars]
In a new paper in the scientific journal Cretaceous Research, researchers claim to have discovered the fossilized remains of a humongous pterosaur that may in fact be the largest flying vertebrate ye… [+1340 chars]
Venus and the moon will meet up in the sky Thursday (May 26) and you can catch their greetings online. The two worlds will shine in a conjunction and the Virtual Telescope Project plans a broadcast … [+1882 chars]
NASA has shared one last selfie taken by InSight Mars lander that is about to retire soon as it is losing power due to dusty solar panels. The final selfie was taken on April 24 and shows the lander… [+1966 chars]
The repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine appear to be extending into space as well, with a NASA astronaut revealing rising tensions with Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Sta… [+4184 chars]
Research from the lab of Matthew Lew at Washington University in St. Louis offers entirely new ways to see the very small. The research -; two papers by PhD students at the McKelvey School of Engine… [+2618 chars]
Long-distance ocean travel began with watercraft using zero-emission propulsion systems. Gigantic sails harnessed the power of the wind. As technology developed, oceangoing craft switched to fossil-… [+1969 chars]
3D rendering of a spaceship aproaching Jupiter getty No fewer than nine robotic missions have visited the Jovian systemhome to the solar systems largest planet, Jupiterand in less than 80 years hum… [+4217 chars]
A tiny gold-coated satellite lifted off from Earth on Wednesday with a rather large goal in mind for NASA: beam down data at the fastest rate ever achieved by space lasers. The space agencys TeraBy… [+2890 chars]
Getting from point A to point B in the solar system is no simple feat, and inefficient, heavy rockets aren’t always the best way. Therefore, NASA has announced it is moving ahead with a new solar sai… [+2637 chars]
NASA's Psyche asteroid probe will wait several more weeks for launch. The agency announced on Tuesday (May 24) that a software problem with the Psyche spacecraft would delay the launch to at least S… [+2671 chars]