Kathy Lueders Was NASA's Top Human Spaceflight Official. Now She Works for SpaceX
Another of NASA’s top human spaceflight officials has joined SpaceX. Kathy Leuders, the former associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations…
Astronomers Have a New Way to Measure the Expansion of the Universe
A new method of measuring cosmic expansion uses multiple observations of a supernova in a lensed galaxy.
An Innovative Heat Shield That Doesn’t Need to Be Replaced Between Missions
A revolution in space manufacturing is coming. Enabled by cheaper launch costs, companies are scrambling to take advantage of easier…
Astronomers Want Your Help to Identify Risky Asteroids
You, too, can be an asteroid hunter --- thanks to a citizen-science project launched by the University of Arizona's Lunar…
It’s Time to Figure Out How to Land Large Spacecraft Safely on Other Worlds
One of the most iconic events in history is Apollo 11 landing on the lunar surface. During the descent, astronauts…
Seismic Waves Help Map the Core of Mars for the First Time
More than a hundred years after geologists first observed how seismic waves traveled through Earth, they've achieved another seismic first.…
The Moon has a Solid Core Like the Earth
A new study by a team of French researchers has confirmed that the Moon has a solid inner core.
Astronomers Find a “Red Nova”: A Main-Sequence Star Just Eating its Planet
Back in 2020 astronomers observed a Red Nova, which while enormously powerful, is on the low side of energetic events…
Galactic Black Hole Winds Blow Up to a Third the Speed of Light. The Impact on Their Galaxies is Impressive.
A new study by the SUper massive Black hole Winds in the x-rAYS (SUBWAYS) project explores the role of "space…
New Clues to the Formation of Globular Clusters: Their Ultramassive Stars
New images from JWST have revealed the light from a globular cluster in this earliest epoch, showing that it contains…