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The World’s Ground Stations are Getting Ready to Watch a Spacecraft Crash Into an Asteroid Next Week!
On Monday, Sept. 26th, the DART mission will collide with an asteroid to test a method of planetary defense. The…
Webb Turns its Infrared Gaze on Mars
The first Webb images of Mars were just released by the ESA, revealing spectra from the planet's atmosphere and what…
Astronomers Find a Sun-like Star Orbiting a Nearby Black Hole
Using data from the Gaia Observatory, a team of astronomers has detected a Sun-like star that co-orbits with a dormant…
Mars Might Have Been Covered in Lakes in the Ancient Past
New research by an international team of scientists indicates that Mars may have had far more ancient lakes on its…
There Could be as Many Water Worlds as Earths in the Milky Way
A new study has examined all the rocky planets around red dwarf stars and determined that "water worlds" are as…
Mars did Have Moving Glaciers, but They Behaved Differently in the Planet's Lower Gravity
New research shows that glaciers on Mars moved very slowly, which could have allowed ancient life there to survive.
Want to Stay Healthy in Space? Then you Want Artificial Gravity
A new study involving fruit flies aboard the ISS demonstrates the importance of artificial gravity for missions to deep-space.
DART Sees Asteroid Didymos for the First Time. In two Weeks, it’ll Crash Into its Moon
The Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) took its first picture of the asteroid system it will collide with later this…
BlueWalker-3 Satellite Launches This Weekend, May Be Bright
A new satellite launching this weekend could be conspicuously bright once it’s unfurled in orbit.
Firefly, Northrop Grumman to Redesign Antares
Northrop Grumman will partner with startup Firefly Aerospace, to continue sending cargo to the International Space Station.