Mission controllers with the European Space Agency were forced to relocate a science satellite upon detecting a threatening piece of space junk, and they did so with very little time to sparejust 8 h… [+3313 chars]
DNA from ancient fossils in southern China has revealed that Native Americans may have roots in East Asia. Scientists compared the genetic information of the Late Pleistocene era fossils to those fr… [+4859 chars]
DNA from ancient fossils in southern China has revealed that Native Americans may have roots in East Asia. Scientists compared the genetic information of the Late Pleistocene era fossils to those fr… [+4859 chars]
The invasion of Ukraine has taken a toll on Russias ongoing partnerships with the U.S. and Europe in space. Yesterday, the European Space Agency announced that its fully terminating its cooperation w… [+3723 chars]
This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. The history-making Ingenuity helicopter, currently parked in the Jezero Crater on Mars, will be getting more vacation tim… [+1500 chars]
Look southeast Friday night to catch the moon commencing its monthly tour with a brief visit to Saturn! At approximately 11 p.m. local time on July 15, the waning gibbous moon will shine about a pa… [+2207 chars]
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto seven years ago, but the probe's work is far from done. New Horizons is still on duty in extended mission mode, diving ever deeper into the Kuiper Belt… [+6179 chars]
The primary objective of the European Space Agencys (ESA) Gaia satellite is to observe more than a billion stars to create the most accurate and complete map of the Milky Way. The mission recently re… [+4866 chars]
Peanut and Mark take the idea of unlikely best friends to a new level. Peanut is a squirrel who lives in Mark Longo's house, and they do almost everything together. Their bond began when Mark s… [+1607 chars]
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto seven years ago, but the probe's work is far from done. New Horizons is still on duty in extended mission mode, diving ever deeper into the Kuiper Belt… [+6179 chars]
An international team thinks its managed to pinpoint where a 4.5 billion year old meteorite found on Earth came from on Mars. The rock known as Black Beauty, or more prosaically NWA 7034 has intrigu… [+2629 chars]
There are 13 observatories on Maunakea, including the Gemini North telescope (right) and the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope (left).Credit: David Nunuk/Science Photo Library The state of Hawaii has s… [+5368 chars]
