NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket is no longer on the launch pad. The Artemis 1 stack — a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket topped by an Orion crew capsule — departed Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Cen… [+3242 chars]
We have all heard of Mars' Perseverance, the robotic explorer currently roaming on the Red Planet. It's one of eight active spacecraft, including three operated by NASA, that currently orbit Mars, ga… [+2717 chars]
A stubborn solar array on the NASA Lucy mission might yield enough to allow the mission to continue its asteroid-hunting mandate with few issues, NASA reports. The agency said it has made "significa… [+3147 chars]
ByLund UniversityJuly 2, 2022 Researchers have developed a method that converts cotton into sugar, which can then be turned into spandex, nylon, or ethanol. Many of us try to recycle our old textil… [+4900 chars]
In the 1970s, a rare phenomenon occurred: the outer planets of the solar system aligned together. This alignment was a scientific opportunity that had to be taken. Scientists and engineers built the … [+3166 chars]
As telescopes have become more advanced and powerful, astronomers have been able to detect more and more distant galaxies. These are some of the earliest galaxies to form in our universe that began t… [+3829 chars]
As a part of its Scientific Balloon Program, NASA launches 10 to 15 balloon missions each year. In an upcoming mission, NASA plans to use a balloon larger than a football field to send a telescope 13… [+3213 chars]
WASHINGTON NASA is continuing to work with Roscosmos on a seat barter agreement despite missing a self-imposed deadline last month to complete a deal in time to allow exchanges on missions launching … [+2437 chars]
Astronomers using the ALMA Observatory have discovered an unusual, massive star near the center of our galaxy, a star that has two spiral arms. The arms are part of an accretion disk, a broad disk … [+5841 chars]
PARIS Astronauts lose decades worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said on June 30, warning that it could be a big concern for future mis… [+2132 chars]
What does the VHE sky look like? These authors look for VHE gamma-rays from blazars collected by several catalogs, including 4FGL-DR3 from Fermi-LAT called (which can be seen in Figure 2), Roma-BZCa… [+3521 chars]
[Representation] Washington: New images captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter showed a mysterious rocket crashed into the far side of the moon, leaving behind it a double crater. The coll… [+1221 chars]