NASA Selects 12 Companies to Innovate on Key Moon and Mars Technology
NASA has chosen 16 projects from 12 U.S. companies to push forward capabilities for Moon and Mars missions. The projects will focus on developing a…
NASA has chosen 16 projects from 12 U.S. companies to push forward capabilities for Moon and Mars missions. The projects will focus on developing a…
Gemini South captures first direct evidence of an exoplanet being swallowed by an ancient Sun-like star. For the first time, scientists have directly observed a…
The merging of neutron stars, generating potent gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), is crucial for the creation of heavy elements in the universe. However, a 2021 discovery…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found for the first time the fingerprints left by the explosion of the first stars in the…
The early universe, known as the Cosmic Dark Ages, was devoid of light sources, consisting of a hot soup of subatomic particles that formed ionized…
Two cosmonauts from Roscosmos are preparing for the fifth spacewalk of the year on the ISS to relocate an experiment airlock. Simultaneously, four crew members…
More observations will be needed to determine if exoplanet GJ 486 b has an atmosphere. GJ 486 b is about 30% larger than the Earth…
NASA has successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a vacuum, using a specialized carbothermal reactor. This achievement is a major stride towards enabling…
What are some skywatching highlights in May 2023? Venus reaches its highest point in the evening sky for the year, while Jupiter disappears behind the…
NASA’s Hubble Telescope has captured an image of the lenticular galaxy NGC 3489, 30 million light-years away. This galaxy, exhibiting traits of both spiral and…
The Expedition 69 crew at the International Space Station is preparing for their second spacewalk within a week, led by Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight…
In 2021, a pair of quakes sent seismic waves deep into the Red Planet’s core, giving scientists the best data yet on its size and…
The observations will help astronomers pin down the physics of the plasma around black holes. Astronomers have used the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA) to…
Protocluster Confirmed, 650 Million Years after the Big Bang How did we get here? This fundamental question may be applied on its grandest scale in…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has successfully reached the top of a canyon it has been climbing for weeks, offering a new view and interesting rocks…
New research reveals that supernovae can pose an additional, previously unidentified threat to nearby planets. This involves intense X-rays, generated when a supernova’s blast wave…
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured detailed images of the jellyfish galaxy JO175, over 650 million light-years away. Named for their star-forming tendrils, recent research…
The Mars Map displays high-resolution images of the Red Planet through the lens of the UAE’s own Hope probe, and showcases the huge scientific advances…