The fields of extrasolar planet studies and astrobiology have come a long way in recent years. To date, astronomers have confirmed the existence of 4,935 exoplanets in 3,706 star systems, with another 8,709 candidates awaiting confirmation. With so many planets to study, next-generation instruments, and improved data analysis, the focus is transitioning from discovery to characterization. With the James Webb Space Telescope now deployed, these fields are about to advance much farther!
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Russia stops rocket engine sales to US as space cooperation frays
The decades-old space partnership between Russia and the West may be going up in smoke, another victim of the invasion of Ukraine.
Neutron stars release warm winds as they devour companion stars
Neutron stars release powerful warm winds after chowing down on a nearby stellar companion, new research shows.
'Star Trek: Picard' won't 'press forward' with the synthetic storyline, producer Akiva Goldsman says
"Star Trek: Picard" executive producer Akiva Goldsman comments a potentially game-changing transformation from season 1.
Seven of Nine grapples with her humanity in 'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2, SFX reveals
SFX Magazine sits down with "Star Trek: Picard's" Jeri Ryan to learn what’s on tap for Seven of Nine in the new season.
NASA Wants Your Ideas on How to Keep Trash-Burning Reactors Working for Future Missions to Mars!
In 2033, NASA hopes to make the next great leap in space exploration by sending the first crewed mission to Mars. Additional missions will launch every two years, coinciding with when Mars is in “Opposition” (closest to Earth), to establish a research outpost on the Martian surface. Naturally, many challenges need to be dealt with first, such as logistics, radiation protection, and ensuring enough food, water, and air for the astronauts.
After another Starlink mission, SpaceX on pace for one launch per week this year
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket exceeds the speed of sound Thursday, about minute after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center with 47 Starlink internet satellites. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now
Another batch of 47 internet satellites launched Thursday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, heading into the sky to join SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network on the company’s ninth mission in nine weeks, keeping pace with a goal of around 50 Falcon flights this year.
How a future gravitational wave detector in space will reveal more about the universe
Europe's gravitational wave detector is expected to launch in 2037 to push forward a rapidly growing science field.
Mars Explorers are Going to Need air, and Lots of it. Here’s a Technology That Might Help Them Breath Easy
In situ resource utilization (ISRU) is still a very early science. Therefore, the technology utilized in it could be improved upon. One such technology that created one of the most useful materials for ISRU (oxygen) is MOXIE – the Mars OXygen In-situ Resource Utilization Experiment. A small-scale model of a MOXIE was recently tested on the Perseverance last year. Its primary goal is to create oxygen out of the Martian atmosphere.
British rocket startup's staff helping defend Dnipro, Ukraine's space city
Ukrainian employees of the U.K.-headquartered rocket company Skyrora are helping to defend the space city of Dnipro as it braces for Russian air strikes.
Features on icy 'space snowman' Arrokoth receive names
The New Horizons team names point to three prominent features on the odd, binary world.
Germany switches off black hole telescope on Russian satellite, halts space cooperation
A space telescope making the largest ever map of black holes in the universe has been switched off after Germany decided to discontinue all science cooperation with Russia to protest against the invasion of Ukraine.
James Webb Space Telescope will help assess atmospheres of strange 'sub-Neptunes'
The sharp mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope will finally be able to probe into the atmospheres of sub-Neptunes.
Aerial antenna for Venus mission test
Image: Aerial antenna for Venus mission test
Best space horror games
In space, no one can hear your scream... which is a relief for anyone playing any of these space horror games.
Meet Shackleton Crater: Moon Landing Site
Shackleton Crater Vitals Official name Shackleton Crater Location 89.90°S 0.00°E Diameter 21 kilometers (13 miles Depth 4 km (2.6 mi) Later this year, NASA plans to land a robotic drilling […]
Amateur Astronomers Team Up to Measure Distance to a Close-passing Asteroid
A small group of amateurs teamed up to measure the parallax, and thus the distance, to a near-Earth asteroid as it passed by our planet.
You can watch an asteroid zoom safely by Earth in a live webcast today
Online coverage starts Thursday (March 3) at 10 p.m. EST
Your name can fly around the moon on NASA's Artemis 1 mission
NASA is inviting people to put their names on a flash drive that will launch on the agency's Artemis 1 mission, which will send an uncrewed Orion capsule around the moon and back a few months from now.
SpaceX to launch 47 Starlink satellites, land rocket Thursday morning: Watch it live
SpaceX will launch 47 satellites and land the returning rocket on Thursday morning (March 3), and you can watch the action live.
Rocket crashing into the moon Friday: What to know
There's some dispute about what kind of rocket stage will strike the far side of the moon on March 4.
