NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract to deliver a pair of rovers and three scientific instruments to the moon's south pole.
NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon, aiming to establish such a power outpost by 2030, according to Politico.
Space travel, once a realm of science fiction, is rapidly becoming a tangible reality for a broader range of individuals and organizations. With advancements in propulsion systems, materials science, and robotics, humanity stands on the cusp of an exciting new era of exploration and commercialization beyond Earth's atmosphere.
They are known as Little Red Dots, or LRDs. We find them in deep field images of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), and they remain a bit of a mystery. But a new study finds that they are not super-Eddington objects, so while they are unusual, they don't break the known rules of astrophysics.
A billion things had to go just right for Earth to become the life-supporting world it is today. Our planet is just the right distance from the right type of star. It has a hot, convective core that generates its protective shield. And early in its history, it was the recipient of organic molecules and water that shepherded Earth towards habitability. Without impacts from both rocky and icy Solar System bodies, Earth wouldn't have received these materials, and it wouldn't be the planet it is today.
NASA has stopped trying to revive its Lunar Trailblazer moon orbiter, which went dark a day after its Feb. 26 launch.
The Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale has unveiled a patent for what it describes as a new method for space debris removal.
The dashing 'Trek' veteran talks Anson's wild wig, colorful kisses, and meditating on set while directing 'the latest Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' episode.
Venus and Jupiter meet in the morning sky on Aug. 12. Catch their dazzling conjunction just before sunrise with the crescent moon joining later!
Even today, the names of women in astronomy are not as well known as they should be.
Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex organic molecules.
From movie stars to moguls, test your knowledge of which celebrities have gone to the final frontier.
The Perseids are one of the most visually spectacular meteor showers of the year and are known for spawning impressive fireballs that light up the night sky.
Noah Hawley's daring exploration of the Alien universe makes for a great sci-fi TV show that asks big questions without neglecting the fun factor.
The world's largest optical telescope is still under construction but is raising the roof on its progress.
Astronauts exploring the Moon will need all the help they can get, and scientists have spent lots of time and plenty of money coming up with different systems to do so. Two of the critical needs of any long-term lunar mission are food and oxygen, both of which are expensive to ship to the Moon from Earth. So, a research team from the Technical University of Munich spent some of their time analyzing the effectiveness of using local lunar resources to build a photobioreactor (PBR), the results of which were recently published in a paper in Acta Astronautica.
By transforming idle heliostats into asteroid detectors, scientists aim to develop a cost-effective method for spotting faint, fast-moving space rocks.
You can save 20% on the Hommkiety Galaxy Projector on Amazon, which we praised for its build quality and high-end projections.
As preparations to launch Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1 satellite continue on track, the team at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, has bid a heartfelt farewell to this precious satellite as it was sealed from view within the Ariane 6 rocket’s fairing.
Sky & Telescope Associate Editor Sean Walker and Contributing Editor Stephen James O’Meara accompanied nine adventurers on a stargazing safari for an immersive experience in the African bush in Botswana.
The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion years of cosmic history.
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