Massive Sun Outburst Smacks NASA Spacecraft
If it had hit Earth, this coronal mass ejection could have caused continent-scale blackouts, scientists say
If it had hit Earth, this coronal mass ejection could have caused continent-scale blackouts, scientists say
TRAPPIST-1 could make or break the extended push to make red dwarfs an astrobiological priority
The decision to send hominin bones on a commercial spaceflight has raised eyebrows among paleontologists
The successful lunar landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India only the fourth country to achieve the feat
Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in nearly a half-century, was the vanguard of a planned series of lunar probes
In the latest chapter of an ongoing “moon rush,” Russia’s Luna-25 mission will attempt the nation’s first lunar landing in nearly 50 years
The Luna 25 spacecraft will attempt to land at the lunar south pole for the first time in a hunt for valuable water ice
Scholars look to understand how Americans view space activities
A glitch may have silenced NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft until mid-October—but a “heartbeat” signal offers hope for reestablishing contact earlier
We need satellites and rocket bodies designed with an end-of-life plan to keep space uncluttered and navigable
Explorers of space and the deep sea face similar dangers, but some differences make one realm safer than the other
Scientists are gearing up for a high-stakes finale to OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to snare a sample from an asteroid
After a failure in 2019, India’s second attempt to land on the moon comes as the nation signs on to a U.S.-led plan to shape future global lunar activities
At a stay in Biosphere 2, I went in skeptical but learned to understand why analog astronauts love what they do
Tiny spheres of once-molten metal magnetically dredged from the seafloor could be pieces from IM1, a potential interstellar meteor that struck Earth in 2014
Astrophysics reminds us that earthly beauty has stellar origins
Privately owned space colonies are more likely to be totalitarian nightmares than libertarian utopias
Here’s how the winners of NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge are making food out of thin air
More and better data are required to solve the mystery of strange apparitions in the air, the sea and space, according to NASA’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study team...
Researchers have gained a new view of the journey ahead for the twin Voyager spacecraft and other probes bound on one-way trips into interstellar space
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