Dust that Japan's Hayabusa2 probe returned to Earth from asteroid Ryugu reportedly contain 20 amino acids, according to Japanese media. Which is very exciting indeed, because amino acids are the stu… [+1549 chars]
NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission is back at the launch pad. Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida began rolling the Artemis 1 stack — a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket topped… [+5351 chars]
NASA says it will soon award SpaceX another five Crew Dragon astronaut transport contracts after purchasing three extra missions from the company on February 28th. That June 1st announcement means t… [+3903 chars]
Nasa has selected two new instrument suites for what it calls priority science missions in its upcoming Artemis lunar space programme, including one to explore mysterious mounds on the moon. The Ame… [+2845 chars]
Researchers in Australia have been able to use trace amounts of liquid platinum to create cheap and highly efficient chemical reactions at low temperatures, opening a pathway to dramatic emissions re… [+6289 chars]
There are many wonderful places we’d like to visit in the universe, and probably untold numbers more that we haven’t even seen or heard of yet. Unfortunately…they’re all so darn far away. A best-case… [+7752 chars]
NASA's Curiosity rover is no stranger to spying unusual rocky features after a decade of exploring the Martian surface it was only a couple of months ago it even got to stop and smell the flowers. N… [+1614 chars]
Nasa has selected two new instrument suites for what it calls priority science missions in its upcoming Artemis lunar space programme, including one to explore mysterious mounds on the moon. The Ame… [+2845 chars]
Scientists create time machine simulations studying the lifecycle of ancestor galaxy cities. Many processes in astrophysics take a very long time, making their evolution tricky to study. For example… [+4866 chars]
RNA can spontaneously form when component molecules filter through basaltic glass, and this could explain the origins of life on Earth and tell us where to seek it on other worlds, according to new r… [+3444 chars]
Stranges pulses from the depths of space led astronomers to find a new kind of neutron star (Credits: PA) Astronomers have followed a mysterious radio signal from outer space to the discovery of a n… [+3999 chars]
ByPreston Dyches, NASA's Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJune 6, 2022 Skywatchers in June will want to see the planets Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, the Hercules Cluster, and the constellation Lyra. W… [+7775 chars]
