China’s Nayuta Space raises fresh funding for aerodynamic-recovery rocket
Chinese commercial launch startup Nayuta Space has completed consecutive Pre-A financing rounds to support development of its unconventional Xuanniao-R rocket concept.
Closing The Exoplanet Radius Gap
Kepler and TESS showed us that there’s a radius gap in the exoplanet population. There are very few planets between 1.5 and 2 Earth radii, according to the data. But…
Unlocking the Mystery of X-ray Dots
A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent years.…
To Build a City on Mars, We Might Need to Plunder the Asteroid Belt
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and a city on Mars is likely going to take even longer to build than Rome itself. At the time of the first Martian…
First Images From the Pandora Exoplanet Mission
A new mission promises to ‘open the box’ on exoplanet science. Scientists and engineers recently released the first engineering images from the Pandora exoplanet survey mission. The pictures represent the…
NASA eClips and GLOBE Educators Strengthen a Regional STEM Ecosystem in Coastal Virginia
Explore This Section Science Science Activation NASA eClips and GLOBE… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science Science Activation Opportunities 3 min…
Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, satellite images show
Mexico City is one of the fastest subsiding cities in the world, dropping by up to 14 inches every year.
Voyager ‘very optimistic’ about Starlab amid potential NASA changes
Voyager Technologies says it is ready should NASA change plans for supporting development of commercial space stations.
Ukrainian forces test direct-to-device satellite imagery for frontline troops
Vantor executive: ‘We have more imagery, more sensors but much of that data still isn’t reaching the people who need it’
NASA just released 12,000 photos from Artemis 2. Here are our top picks
You could spend hours scrolling through the thousands of photos just released by NASA from the Artemis 2 moon mission.