iPhone 14 Will Have Satellite Connectivity. How Exactly It Will Work
Earlier today, Apple announced that its new generation of phones, iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, will have the Emergency…
Star Formation in the Center of the Milky Way Started at the Core and Then Worked its way out
Based on a new survey of the Milky Way's center, a team of researchers has concluded that star formation began…
Wow! Here's Webb's View of the Tarantula Nebula
Here’s the Tarantula Nebula like we've never seen it before. The James Webb Space Telescope turned its detectors towards the…
Asteroids are Constantly Spitting out Pebbles
Asteroids are commonly thought of as solid balls of rock and metal - a place where Bruce Willis can land…
A New Map Shows how Solar Winds Rain Down Everywhere on Mars
In a joint effort between NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft and the United Arab Emirates’ Emirates Mars mission (EMM), scientists have observed…
What’s Being Done to Protect Astronauts From Radiation in Deep Space?
In 1982, author James Michener published his sprawling Space Race novel, Space. In it, he describes a fictional Apollo 18…
Chinese Astronauts Successfully Grow Rice in Space
Rice is one of the world's staple crops. It is regularly eaten by more than half the world's population. And…
Some Sand on Mars is Green, Showing That it was Once wet
Green sand might sound like a strange thing to find on the Red Planet, but that is exactly what a…
Starliner Needs Even More Fixes, and Probably won’t Carry Astronauts Until 2023
Private spaceflight is taking off, though some are going faster than others. As SpaceX preps for its sixth crewed launch…
Rocketlab Sent This Engine to Space and Then Retrieved it. A new Test Shows it’s Still Working Fine
Reusable rocket engines have become all the rage lately, even as NASA's continually delayed Artemis I mission attempts to launch…