Starliner Launches Successfully, but Two of its Thrusters Failed
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner successfully launched and rendezvoused with the ISS, a crucial step towards performing commercial crew and payload services!
NASA is Building a Mission That Will Refuel and Repair Satellites in Orbit
NASA is planning a mission to demonstrate the ability to repair and upgrade satellites in Earth orbit. The mission, called…
The “Doorway on Mars” is More Like a Dog Door
Mars Curiosity rover took a panorama of this rock cliff during its trip across Mount Sharp on Mars. Circled is…
Thanks to Gaia, Astronomers are Able to Map Out Nebulae in 3D
In this 2D image of nebulae in the Orion Molecular Complex, the submillimetre-wavelength glow of dust clouds is overlaid on…
Forget About Mars, When Will Humans be Flying to Saturn?
It might be hard to fathom now, but the human exploration of the solar system isn’t going to stop at…
The Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) Could Detect Exoplanets Within a few Dozen Light-Years of Earth Using Astrometry
A team of Chinese researchers has proposed a new mission to find Earth-like planets in neighboring star systems - the…
Dust Storms on Mars Happen When the Planet Can’t Release its Heat Fast Enough
New research led by the USRA has found a possible explanation for planet-wide Martian dust storms, which could the result…
Spinlaunch Hurled a Test Rocket Into the air. See What it Looked Like From the Payload’s Point of View
Can watching a video give you motion sickness? If so, a commercial launch company called SpinLaunch just released a video…
Is This the Future of the Milky Way?
The central region of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 474. It's set against a backdrop of more distant galaxies. Will…
Plants can grow in lunar regolith, but they’re not happy about it
NASA is sending astronauts back to the Moon by the end of this decade, and hope to send humans to…