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A White House statement mentioned NASA's Artemis campaign of lunar exploration even as the space industry is preparing for significant changes to it. The post U.S.-Japan statement mentions Artemis amid uncertainty about ...

Dive into the findings of the first detailed study of plesiosaur skin, which was a strange mosaic of textures.

NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency's Pandora mission, which will study at least 20 known exoplanets and their host stars to find out how changes in stars affect our ...

Measuring water loss from space This study showed that the International Space Station's ECOSTRESS instrument estimates of evapotranspiration (transfer of water to the atmosphere from Earth's surface and plants) are comp...

The Euclid space telescope brings the Einstein Ring into view. Check out the accidental discovery and what it looks like through the lens.

Learn about the upcoming snow moon that will happen on February 12, 2025, and how February sometimes doesn't have a full moon.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is now headed for the moon after firing its engines to send it out of Earth orbit.

A government-only version of NASA core Flight System with enhanced security and other features will be released in mid-2025. The post NASA to roll out major update to core flight software appeared first on SpaceNews.

The odds of 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 have doubled to 2.3%, but that's not surprising given that it's still early days. The post Yes, the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth Have Doubled. No, You Don’t Need to Wor...

Scientists say AI has crossed a critical 'red line' after demonstrating how two popular large language models could clone themselves.

A new study has unveiled new insights into the effects of massive stars on nearby molecular gas and star formation in the W4 super-large HII region.

The elevation changes may seem small -- amounting to fractions of inches per year -- but they can increase or decrease local flood risk, wave exposure, and saltwater intrusion. Tracking and predicting sea level rise invo...

Scientists have been arguing about a curious topic recently: Did temperatures on the moon dip due to the world's Covid-19 lockdown?

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we don't know it? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to addr...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the fastest-moving exoplanet system, nearly double our solar syst...

How do you dust a star for prints? Scientists have the answer to this strange question: by reconstructing the magnetic field of an infant star from the planet-forming disk of gas and dust around it.

The "dark universe detective" space telescope Euclid has discovered its first Einstein ring in the process, learning about dark matter at the heart of a distant galaxy.

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the fastest-moving exoplanet system, nearly double our solar syst...

An international research team led by the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made significant advancements in the observational study of the metamorphic supernova SN 2014C. Their work provides cr...

As the use of space accelerates, so too does the risk of orbital debris -- a pressing threat to communications, navigation and other technologies underpinning life on Earth. An estimated […] The post The efforts bridgi...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have observed a supermassive galactic open cluster designated Westerlund 1. Results of the study, published Jan. 28 on the pre-print server arXiv, yield essential detai...

Almost one year ago, at the Mobile World Congress, the Global System for Mobile Communications Association and Global Satellite Operators Association announced their cooperation to foster innovation and seamless terrestr...