Twin Supernovae Open Up New Possibilities for Precision Cosmology
Cosmologists have found a way to double the accuracy of measuring distances to supernova explosions – one of their tried-and-true tools for studying the mysterious…
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Massive Flare Seen on Closest Star to the Solar System: What It Means for Chances of Alien Neighbors
Black Hole Pairs Found in Distant Merging Galaxies Provide Crucial Insight Into the Early Universe
AI “Magic” Just Removed One of the Biggest Roadblocks in Astrophysics
NASA Lunar Crater Radio Telescope: Illuminating the Cosmic Dark Ages
Astronomers See First Hint of Silhouette of Star Spaghettified by Black Hole
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes First Trip to New Airfield – “Another Great Achievement!”
Boeing’s Starliner Completes Full Space Station Mission Simulation
Using 3D Printing in Search for Black Holes
Evidence of Active Volcanoes on Mars Raises Possibility of Recent Habitable Conditions – “Mars Isn’t Dead”
New observations reveal that Mars could still be volcanically active, raising the possibility for habitable conditions below the surface of Mars in recent history. Evidence…
NASA Wallops Rocket Launch Will Be Visible in the Eastern United States
A mission to explore energy transport in space using a NASA suborbital sounding rocket launching May 8, 2021, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia…
NASA Ingenuity Helicopter’s Fifth Flight on Mars Will Be Different – Here’s Why
Around the time of our first flight, we talked a lot about having our “Wright brothers moment” at Mars. And that makes a lot of…
“I Felt Really Heavy!” – NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Discuss Their Historic Mission and Return to Earth
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, participated in the first media event…
SpaceX’s Starship Prototype Rocket Successfully Lands for the First Time
On the afternoon of May 5th, 2021, at 05:24 PM local time, SpaceX made its fifth attempt at a high-altitude test flight and soft landing…
Space Station Astronauts Study how Space Affects Immune System, Exercise
Human Research and space physics topped the science schedule aboard the International Space Station yesterday (May 6, 2021). The seven-member Expedition 65 crew also spent…
Mysterious Hydrogen-Free Supernova Sheds Light on Massive Stars’ Violent Death Throes
A curiously yellow pre-supernova star has caused astrophysicists to re-evaluate what’s possible at the deaths of our Universe’s most massive stars. The team describes the…
Alien Raindrops Are Surprisingly Similar to Rain on Earth
Raindrops on other planets and moons are close to the size of raindrops on Earth despite having different chemical compositions and falling through vastly different…
60 Years Ago: Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in Space
In 1961, the United States and the Soviet Union found themselves in a race to put the first human being into space. The United States…