Why Land Detection Is Critical for Confirming Exoplanetary Life
How can identifying land on exoplanets help scientists better understand whether an exoplanet could harbor life? This is what a recently submitted study hopes to address as a team of…
Mars Glaciers Have More Water Content than Previously Thought
On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers,…
Cosmic Rays Could Support Life Just Under the Ice
If you’ve ever dreamed of traveling through space as an explorer, you know there’ll be some serious “downside dangers”. One of them is cosmic rays. These high-speed particles slam through…
Senate Commerce Committee advances Jacobs nomination for NOAA administrator
The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the nomination of Neil Jacobs to lead NOAA as that agency’s top satellite official remains on administrative leave. The post Senate Commerce Committee advances Jacobs…
SpaceX, NASA say Crew-11 astronaut mission is ‘go’ for launch to ISS on July 31
Mission managers with NASA and SpaceX polled ‘go’ to proceed with a launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission to the ISS on Thursday (July 31).
JWST sees beauty in the death of a star, offers a preview of what’s in store for our sun
The James Webb Space Telescope’s investigations of the planetary nebula NGC 6072 suggest a second star played a hand in sculpting the death of the primary star.
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is a love letter to the Space Age we always dreamed of
From rocketships and exoplanets, to FTL and black holes, there’s something for every space fan in Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.”
NASA acting administrator to meet with head of Roscosmos at KSC
The acting administrator of NASA will meet with his Russian counterpart in the first face-to-face meeting between agency heads in several years. The post NASA acting administrator to meet with…
Artemis 2 astronauts stress importance of their moon mission as NASA faces budget, workforce cuts: ‘We have to move the needle.’
NASA’s next moon astronauts underscored the importance of their upcoming Artemis 2 mission despite a turbulent time for the space agency full of budget cuts and workforce reductions.
NASA Releases Opportunity to Boost Commercial Space Tech Development
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Credit: NASA NASA has released a new proposal opportunity for industry to tap into agency know-how, resources, and expertise.…