Phys.org - 22 Dec 2020 16:20

A small team of researchers from California Institute of Technology, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Santiago High School has developed an updated version of an old equation to calculate the likely existence of extr...
Phys.org - 22 Dec 2020 15:51

In the northern sky in December is a beautiful cluster of stars known as the Pleiades, or the "seven sisters." Look carefully and you will probably count six stars. So why do we say there are seven of them?
Phys.org - 22 Dec 2020 15:30

The optical and infrared instruments of Euclid, ESA's mission to study dark energy and dark matter, have passed the qualification and acceptance review and are now fully integrated into the spacecraft's payload module. T...
SPACE.com - 22 Dec 2020 22:02

The bill does not include NASA's requested funding levels for its Artemis moon lander.
SPACE.com - 22 Dec 2020 21:38

China successfully launched the first Long March 8 rocket late Monday (Dec. 21), kicking off a line of boosters that will eventually be reusable.

MIT: Today, the moon lacks a global magnetic field, but this wasn't always the case. Spacecraft measurements of the moon's crust and lunar rocks retrieved by the Apollo missions contain remnant magnetization that formed ...
SPACE.com - 22 Dec 2020 21:08

The moons of Uranus could be sloshing with oceans hiding just below the surface.
SPACE.com - 22 Dec 2020 20:42

Saturn and Jupiter shared a rare "great conjunction" on Dec. 21 that thrilled skywatchers around the world.
Space News - 22 Dec 2020 20:12

An upgraded upper stage for the Space Launch System rocket has passed a major review, allowing its prime contractor, Boeing, to start producing hardware. SpaceNews
Phys.org - 22 Dec 2020 20:01

The supersharp radio 'vision' of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) has revealed previously unseen details in a jet of material ejected at three-quarters the speed of light from the core of...
Space News - 22 Dec 2020 19:23

Raytheon Technologies' acquisition of satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies has been completed, the company announced Dec. 22. SpaceNews
Universe Today - 22 Dec 2020 19:00

Astronomers look for dark matter in the radio signals of neutron stars. If found it could solve two problems in fundamental physics. The post If Axions Explain Dark Matter, it Could be Possible to Detect Them Nearby Neut...

Video: 00:05:00 2020 has been another year of progress for ESA. The launch and commissioning of Solar Orbiter heralded a new era of space science, whilst Eutelsat Konnect revolutionised telecommunications. The new Vega S...
Space News - 22 Dec 2020 15:00

It's past time for a multilateral agreement on the principles governing space traffic management and sustainability, writes Jennifer A. Manner. SpaceNews
SPACE.com - 22 Dec 2020 14:33

The new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has announced a three-year agreement with Google to host data from astronomy observations in the cloud.
SPACE.com - 22 Dec 2020 14:33

A generation after a NASA spacecraft's probe found an unexpectedly hot and dense atmosphere at Jupiter, a newer agency mission may have some answers to the puzzle.
SPACE.com - 22 Dec 2020 14:00

The eROSITA X-ray telescope just revealed two strange bubbles of X-ray energy, sitting smack-dab inside the Fermi Bubbles.
SPACE.com - 22 Dec 2020 14:00

This October, I left the comfortable embrace of Earth's gravity, taking to the skies aboard a "zero-gravity flight."
Scientific American - 22 Dec 2020 14:00

“Multi-messenger” SETI would broaden the quest to find celestial companions --
Phys.org - 22 Dec 2020 13:32

China's new carrier rocket, the Long March-8, made its maiden flight on Tuesday, the country's space agency said, the first phase of a strategy to deploy launch vehicles that can be reused.
Space News - 22 Dec 2020 13:09

China successfully carried out a first launch of the new Long March 8 medium-lift rocket late Monday, marking a small step towards Chinese rocket reusability. SpaceNews
Space News - 22 Dec 2020 12:21

The Commerce Department will be able to accelerate it work on space traffic management after Congress provided the agency with most, but not all, the funding it requested for that effort. SpaceNews