A New Solution to the Space Junk Problem. Spacecraft with Plasma Beams to Force Space Junk to Burn Up
A Japanese-Australian team is developing a new way to remove space junk from orbit and sending it harmlessly towards Earth.
NASA Tests a Tiny Satellite to Track Extreme Weather and Storms
NASA recently deployed a technology demonstrator called the RainCube, a miniature satellite that could revolutionize how we monitor weather
The “Death Comet” Will Pass By Earth Just After Halloween
The mysterious "Death Comet" which flew past Earth in 2015 is coming around again, and will once again pass Earth…
NASA Report Outlines How it Will Go Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond in a Sustainable Way
NASA recently released its National Space Exploration Campaign Report, detailing a sustainable plan to return to the Moon and go…
Technosignatures are NASA’s New Target for Detecting Other Civilizations in Space. Wait. What’s a Technosignature?
A NASA workshop on Technosignatures paves the way for a new approach to the search for intelligent life.
JunoCam Wows Us Again With Detailed Images of the Great Red Spot
Dazzling images from the JunoCam show the intricate detail of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Is the Solar System's longest-lived storm…
Titan First-Ever Detected Dust Storms Prove the Moon is More Earth-like than Ever
Based on Cassini data, an international team of scientists found evidence of dust storms on Titan, yet another thing it…
NASA Spots Opportunity as the Dust Storm Clears. Still No Word From Her Though
With the recent Martian dust storm clearing, NASA managed to spot the Opportunity rover on the surface, though communications have…
Optical Rocket Boosts Electrons to Nearly the Speed of Light
In a new experiment, a team of researchers used laser pulses to accelerate photons to near the speed of light,…
Noctilucent Clouds Perform Delicate Dance for NASA’s Balloon-Cam
Noctilucent clouds 50 miles above the Earth in the mesosphere. A NASA mission spent five days above the Arctic photographing…