WFIRST Gets its Coronagraph, to Block the Light of Stars and Reveal Their Planets
The coronagraph instrument, which will help NASA's WFIRST mission to search for exoplanets, just passed a major milestone!
Shape-shifting Robots Like These Could Be Just What We Need to Explore Titan
When it comes to space exploration, it's robots that do most of the work. That trend will continue as we…
Astronauts Explore Caves on Earth, Learning the Skills They’ll Need for the Moon and Mars
We're accustomed to astronauts pulling off their missions without a hitch. They head up to the International Space Station for…
This Summer’s Asteroid Near-Miss Helped Greenlight NASA’s NEOCam Mission to Search the Skies for Killer Spacerocks
Last July, a once-in-a-lifetime event happened. Not the good kind; the football-field-sized-asteroid near-miss kind. And that near miss is the…
Weekly Space Hangout: September 25, 2019 – Seth Lockman & Aaron Lockman: The Astronomy Brothers
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Carolyn Collins Petersen (TheSpaceWriter.com / @spacewriter) Moiya…
Lockheed Wins the Contract to Build Six More Orion Capsules
NASA and Lockheed Martin have finalized their contract for the delivery of the 6 to 12 Orion capsules that will…
Just How Feasible is a Warp Drive?
At a presentation at this year's AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, engineer Joseph Agnew spoke of the progress being made…
Messier 92 – the NGC 6341 Globular Cluster
Located in the Hercules constellation, roughly 26,700 light-years from Earth, is the globular cluster known as Messier 92.
SpaceX Starship Gets Some Fins
Elon Musk has provided another update on the construction of the Starship prototype, which now includes steerable tail fins.
Better Than Earth? Are There Superhabitable Worlds In The Milky Way?
I’ve said many times in the past that the Earth is the best planet in the Universe. No matter where…