China's upcoming exploration mission to the lunar south pole will carry one of more than 500 experiments designed and submitted by students across the country.
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James Webb Space Telescope will do a galaxy deep dive into the dust
Scientists already know the oceans are rapidly warming and sea levels are rising.
Pulsar Shoots 7-light-year-long Phaser Blast
Image: Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 30 July 2021, this image shows smoke billowing from several fires along the southern coast of Turkey.
Bulova marks Apollo 15 50th with golden replica of moon-worn watch
Bulova is launching the 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Lunar Pilot, a golden replica of its infamous watch.
NASA Chooses Falcon Heavy Over SLS to Launch Europa Clipper, Saving About $2 Billion
The bureaucracy of government control is slowly fading away in space exploration, at least in the US. A series of delays, cost overruns, and imposed requirements have finally started taking its toll on the Space Launch System (SLS), the next generation NASA rocket system. Now, the space agency has finally conceded a point to the commercial launch industry. It has elected to use Space X’s Falcon Heavy to launch one of its upcoming flagship missions – Europa Clipper.
Live coverage: ULA set to roll Atlas 5 and Starliner capsule back to launch pad
Live coverage of the unpiloted test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule on the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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NASA chief excited for Starliner launch, touts importance of competition
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is ready to cheer on the launch of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule on a vital uncrewed test flight this week.
A space laser is tracking subglacial lakes hidden in Antarctica
A NASA satellite in space that shoots a laser beam down to Earth has spotted still more subsurface lakes sandwiched between Antarctica's land and ice.
Hubble telescope spots a complex cloud of gas expanding into space
Iceland may be the last exposed remnant of a nearly Texas-size continent — called Icelandia — that sank beneath the North Atlantic Ocean about 10 million years ago
Progress supply freighter docks with space station
This year, Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to launch the first private space mission into orbit with no professional astronauts.
Rocket Lab to deploy two more BlackSky imaging satellites
Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo are set to make space history with two Venus flybys just 33 hours apart on 9 and 10 August.
Science in motion for ExoMars twin rover
The first science tests for the ExoMars rover replica kicked off after several weeks of driving tests around the Mars Terrain Simulator at the ALTEC premises in Turin, Italy.
A Black Hole Emitted a Flare Away From us, but its Intense Gravity Redirected the Blast Back in our Direction
In 1916, Albert Einstein put the finishing touches on his Theory of General Relativity, a journey that began in 1905 with his attempts to reconcile Newton’s own theories of gravitation with the laws of electromagnetism. Once complete, Einstein’s theory provided a unified description of gravity as a geometric property of the cosmos, where massive objects alter the curvature of spacetime, affecting everything around them.
All eyes on weather as Boeing looks to Starliner launch on Tuesday
Weather concerns continue as NASA and Boeing look to launch the Starliner capsule on a vital uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station on Tuesday (Aug. 3).
Look up! Saturn shines bright, shows off rings as it reaches opposition.
Starting Monday (Aug. 2), you can find Saturn shining in the sky as part of a celestial phenomenon called opposition.
4 bizarre Stephen Hawking theories that turned out to be right (and 6 we're not sure about)
Some of Hawking's theories revolutionized the way we view the universe, but others still leave scientists scratching their heads.
Welcome, Jupiter & Saturn!
The Perseids are upon us — and as you're looking out for shooting stars, look for Jupiter and Saturn low in the southeast as soon as night begins to fall.
A hundred days of science for Thomas
“I am finding it magical every day, but there is also a lot of routine,” says ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet reflecting on his first 100 days aboard the International Space Station during his second mission. In total, Thomas has logged 296 days in space.
Lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Fuel Tanks Pass a Critical Test, and Could Knock a lot of Weight off a Rocket’s dry Mass
Material science is still the unsung hero of space exploration. Rockets are flashier, and control systems more precise, but they are useless without materials that withstand the immense temperatures of forces required to get people and things off the planet. Now a team from MT Aerospace, working on a grant from ESA, has developed a new type of material that will be immensely useful in one of the most important parts of any rocket engine – the fuel tanks.
Hercules, the mighty strongman of the summer sky
A staple of mythology, the hero Hercules has a strange celestial story.
Perseverance Fails to Collect its First Sample
The growing problem of space junk poses a risk to future space missions, but the solution isn't going to be easy.
