Space News

NASA's Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Green, talks to solar physicist Alex Young.

The warming power of the sun could help to explain why the level of gas in the atmosphere changes with the seasons --

NASA's Kepler spacecraft hasn't discovered quite as many potentially habitable worlds as previously thought, new results from Europe's Gaia mission suggest.

An international team of astronomers have discovered the slowest-spinning radio pulsar yet known....

The commercial spaceflight industry expects to learn more this week on the status of regulatory reform efforts as well as progress on improving the integration of launches into the national airspace system. SpaceNews.com

ESA's exoplanet-characterising Cheops satellite being prepared for electromagnetic compatibility testing inside the Maxwell chamber at ESTEC, the Agency's technical heart in Noordwijk, the Netherlands....

China's first attempt to deploy a privately developed rocket capable of carrying a satellite has failed.

A remarkable atmospheric feature on Mars reminds us how topography connects to climate --

A week full of Moon to Mars and more for administrator Bridenstine, seeking ideas for future cargo deliveries to our Gateway, and an oddity of an iceberg ... a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week...

Could new findings explain why the universe is made of matter?