It was a busy weekend for SpaceX, with the private space company launching three of its Falcon 9 rockets into orbit over a period of three days. SpaceXs final launch may even have been carrying a cla… [+2817 chars]
China plans to haul Mars samples to Earth in 2031, two years before NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) aim to do so, according to media reports. The target date was announced in a Monday (Jun… [+3767 chars]
This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Marcia Rieke (opens in new t… [+8085 chars]
More than a century ago, Albert Einstein conjured the hypothesis of all hypotheses -- an idea so extraordinary that it would relentlessly echo through the vast directory of human thought. It would a… [+15895 chars]
NASA is currently evaluating the ability of docked Cygnus spacecraft to serve as boosters for the International Space Station, but a recent test of the concept was quickly stopped, for reasons that a… [+2875 chars]
The world's largest liquid mirror telescope is ready to gaze at the stars. Located at the Devasthal Observatory in India's Himalayas, at an elevation of 8,038 feet (2,450 meters), the four-meter Int… [+2178 chars]
ByUniversity of ArizonaJune 21, 2022 Artists impression of the red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris. Located about 3,009 light-years from Earth, VY Canis Majoris is possibly the most massive star in… [+3326 chars]
To date, however, American utility companies havent widely deployed current-blocking devices to the live grid. Theyve only done things, like moving to higher and higher operating voltagesfor cheaper … [+5042 chars]
