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It's not unusual for space probes to complete gravitational flyby manoeuvres en route to their destination. It's a bit more unusual when the flyby is at the destination planet. ESA's BepiColombo spacecraft is manoeuvring...

According to the most widely held astronomical model (the nebular hypothesis), new stars are born from massive clouds of dust and gas (aka a nebula) that experience gravitational collapse. The remaining dust and gas form...

On April 8, 2024, tens of millions experienced a solar eclipse from Mexico through the United States and into Canada. Astronomers, educators, and organizations had been preparing the public for this grand celestial event...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ongoing source of ca...

The Sun can kill. Until Earth developed its ozone layer hundreds of millions of years ago, life couldn’t venture out onto dry land for fear of exposure to the Sun’s deadly ultraviolet radiation. Even now, the 1% of i...

On April 21, 1972, NASA astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission, took a far-ultraviolet photo of Earth with an ultraviolet camera. Young's original black-and-white picture was printed on Agfacontour p...

A total lunar eclipse will be seen across North America on the night of March 13-14, 2025, while parts of Europe will get a brief view.

Robert Cabana, who served as a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps, received the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, recognizing his exceptio...

In February 2016, scientists working for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made history by announcing the first-ever detection of gravitational waves (GW). These waves, predicted by Einstein�...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ongoing source of ca...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida Tech graduate, she leaves with not only a dual degree in planetary science and astronomy and a...

International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features never seen before using data from NASA missions and other facilities. The features include t...

Frank Kendall: 'We're going to need a much bigger, much more capable, much more powerful Space Force' The post Air Force chief’s parting warning: U.S. must transform Space Force to counter China appeared first on Space...

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We're not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are technologies that could help transport a crew on that round-trip journey in a relatively quick two year...

Measurements from space support wildfire risk predictions Researchers demonstrated that data from the International Space Station's ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) instrume...

Multiple NASA telescopes recently helped scientists search the sky for supermassive black holes--those up to billions of times heavier than the sun. The new survey is unique because it was as likely to find massive black...

Media accreditation is open for the launch of two NASA missions that will explore the mysteries of our universe and Sun. The agency is targeting late February to launch its SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of ...

Wood has been a mainstay of human machines and construction for millennia. Its physical properties offer capabilities that are unmatched by almost any synthetic replacements. However, it has only very rarely been used in...

Leaders from NASA, Babcock International Group (Babcock), Lockheed Martin BAE Systems, UK Ministry of Defence, and US Government have been confirmed as speakers for the Farnborough International Space Show The post Farnb...

In 2024, NASA selected 25 new citizen science proposals for funding that will lead to new projects and new results to look forward to in 2025 and beyond. Here's a roundup of those selections and the principal investigato...

Scientists from around the world are gathered in Maryland this week for the so-called "Super Bowl of astronomy." the 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

It's easy to forget that, despite life having existed on Earth for billions of years and despite our relatively carefree existence from total destruction, throughout history there have been events that wiped out nearly e...