Earlier today, a giant crane added the second segment to SpaceXs upcoming Starship launch tower at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The new launch pad tower will eventually reach 121.92 m in height a… [+5192 chars]
With some data issues occurring, NASA has decided to slowly start shutting down the Voyager probes after 45 years in operation. It started with heaters and other nonessential components, and the reco… [+4899 chars]
Launched in November 2021, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test or Dart mission is on a course towards an alien asteroid. In less than 100 days it will strike its target, testing a technology that co… [+2389 chars]
NASA's next-generation observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, will help astronomers untangle some of the greatest mysteries of the cosmos - how galaxies grow and the nature of dark matte… [+1837 chars]
Its not often when we get a visit from celestial bodies that are larger than a couple of kilometers. We have already seen the years largest asteroid, 1989 JA, flying past the Earth in May and it was … [+2329 chars]
SCIENTISTS were taken aback when they discovered a treasure trove of black holes among many dwarf galaxies, potentially answering the mystery of how the Milky Ways own black hole grew so large. Dwar… [+3237 chars]
Space scientists have found how much they can achieve when they collaborate, with great feats accomplished this year through relationships with commercial sector and foreign nations. In 2022, succes… [+3522 chars]
Planetary scientists have created a new, detailed map of the asteroid Psyche, providing a tantalizing preview of the target for a NASA mission set to launch later this year. NASA's Psyche mission ,… [+2499 chars]
The Expedition 67 crew was kept busy on Friday by space research hardware as the four astronauts and three cosmonauts turned on free-flying robots, configured nanosatellites, and replaced a fuel bott… [+2676 chars]
After successfully completing its maiden flyby around Mercury last year, the BepiColomobo spacecraft is set for another close approach to the closest planet to the Sun. The spacecraft will conduct th… [+3015 chars]
Cells, the most basic units of life that form all living organisms, have long guarded their secrets, but now an international team from the University of Sydney, ETH Zurich and the University of Base… [+4485 chars]
The Sun is the source of all energy in our solar system, but what happens when this star dies havoc. Astronomers have observed a similar development in deep space as a dead star leads to cosmic canni… [+2982 chars]