Reusable Rockets Could Fly Back to Their Launch Sites With Wings
A study supported by the French Space Agency describes a "reusability kit" that will make any first stage booster retrievable.
Touch Galaxies and Listen to Black Holes. Now You Can Explore the Universe With Multiple Senses
Astronomy is a visual science, gathering data with electromagnetic radiation with different detectors, including our eyes. Now experts have converted…
Follow Comet E1 Atlas Through the July Sky
Comet C/2023 E1 ATLAS skirts the northern pole for summer northern hemisphere observers.
Artemis Accords Adds 25th, 26th, and 27th Signatory Countries
NASA recently welcomed the newest signatories of the Artemis Accords as Spain, Ecuador, and India became the 25th, 26th, and…
Mars Lacks a Planet-Wide Magnetosphere, but it Does Have Pockets of Magnetism
China's Zhurong rover measured the magnetic environment on Mars, which is helping scientists narrow down when its global magnetic field…
Germany is Building a Tiny Rover That Will Roam the Surface of Phobos
Japan's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) will include a Phobos exploration rover provided by the French and German space agencies.
A Nearby Supernova Almost Destroyed the Solar System Before it Could Form
Way back in time, about 4.6 billion years ago, our Sun and planets were busily forming nestled inside a cloud…
Watching the Watchers With Nancy Grace Roman
Astronomers have discovered thousands of planets using the transit technique, watching how distant stars dim as a planet passes in…
Supervillains Take Note. Here’s a New Way to Destroy a Star
If you're an evil genius supervillain looking to freak out your enemy with a big messy space kablooie, here's a…
Another Key Amino Acid Found in Space: Tryptophan
Astronomers continue to find more and more of the building blocks of life out in space. This time, researchers have…