Industry wary of UK Space Agency shake-up
LONDON – A day after the British government announced plans to fold the UK Space Agency into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), industry leaders said the move…
Sensors Could Permanently Fly In The “Ignorosphere” Using Novel Propulsion Technique
Earth’s atmosphere is large, extending out to around 10,000 km from the surface of the planet. It’s so large, in fact, that scientists break it into five separate sections, and…
Another Earth-like Exoplanet Crossed Off The List: The JWST Shows That GJ 3929b Has No Atmosphere
In 2022, astronomers announced the discovery of GJ 3929b. It’s a rocky planet, similar to Earth in both mass and size. Astronomers have examined the planet with the JWST and…
The Stunning Astrogeology of the Apollo Missions
Neil Armstrong almost made a mistake. He had found an interesting rock sticking out of a formation. Curious to see what the rock was made of, he needed to examine…
Uranus’ 29th Moon Can’t Hide From The JWST
The JWST has found another moon orbiting Uranus. It’s the planet’s 29th known moon, and it bears the uninspiring, temporary name S/2025 U1. It’s too small and faint to be…
SpaceX moves giant Super Heavy rocket to pad ahead of Starship Flight 10 launch (photos)
SpaceX has moved its giant Super Heavy booster to the launch pad ahead of Sunday’s (Aug. 24) planned liftoff of the Starship megarocket.
NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Mission Overview
NASA’s SpaceX 33rd commercial resupply mission will launch on the company’s Dragon spacecraft on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver research and supplies to the International Space Station NASA…
To See the World in a Grain of Sand: Investigating Megaripples at ‘Kerrlaguna’
Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features…
Astronomers discover strange new type of supernova: ‘This is the first time we have seen a star that was essentially stripped to the bone’
A weird and extremely violent new type of supernova in which a massive star was “stripped to the bone,” offers a rare glimpse of the interior of a massive star…
How do the biggest stars in the universe grow so large?
Some stars in the universe grow to 300 times larger our own sun. But how do they get so big, and how do they sustain their mass?