SpaceX Sets New Record with Successful Test-Firing of 31 Raptor Engines!

By Matthew Williams - February 09, 2023 05:27 PM UTC | Space Exploration

SpaceX set a new record for thrust with the B7 booster's static fire test, which saw 31 of its 33 engines fire simultaneously.

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The Raw Materials for Life Form Early on in Stellar Nurseries

By Evan Gough - February 09, 2023 03:36 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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Astronomers still scratching their heads over population of ocean-world exoplanets

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - February 08, 2023 11:20 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Dwarf Planet Quaoar has a Ring

By Evan Gough - February 08, 2023 06:10 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Could a Dark Energy Phase Change Relieve the Hubble Tension?

By Matthew Williams - February 08, 2023 04:54 PM UTC | Cosmology

A new study suggests that the Hubble Constant could be resolved by the presence of a "New Early Dark Energy" (NEDE) in the early Universe.

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A Russian Satellite Has Broken Into Pieces, Littering Debris in Space

By Nancy Atkinson - February 08, 2023 03:58 PM UTC | Space Policy

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New Discoveries Puts Jupiter at 92 Known Moons

By Nancy Atkinson - February 08, 2023 11:36 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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The World's Largest Radio Telescope Just Scanned 33 Exoplanets for a Signal From Aliens

By Matthew Williams - February 07, 2023 06:19 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Using China's FAST telescope and a new technique, an international team of astronomers scanned 33 exoplanets for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Astronomers Make a New Map of all the Matter (and Dark Matter) in the Universe

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - February 07, 2023 06:00 PM UTC | Cosmology

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This Exoplanet Orbits Around its Star's Poles

By Evan Gough - February 07, 2023 04:41 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Sierra Space Tests Another Inflatable Space Station Module ... to Destruction

By Nancy Atkinson - February 07, 2023 12:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Check Out This Great View of Comet 96P Machholz, Courtesy of SOHO

By David Dickinson - February 07, 2023 07:09 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Now's the time to catch periodic Comet 96P Machholz on its encore dawn performance, before it slides out of view.

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Earth-Sized Planet Found At One of the Lightest Red Dwarfs

By Evan Gough - February 06, 2023 10:22 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Hubble's New View of the Tarantula Nebula

By Evan Gough - February 06, 2023 04:25 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Face-on View of Galaxy NGC 4303 Reveals its Arms are Filled with Active Star Formation

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - February 06, 2023 03:45 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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JWST Unexpectedly Finds a Small Asteroid During 'Failed' Observations

By Nancy Atkinson - February 06, 2023 12:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Rolls-Royce Space Reactor, Close Call in Orbit, Webb's Back

By kuingul-gmail - February 05, 2023 07:51 PM UTC | Missions

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A.I. Finds a New Way to Build Multiple-Star Systems

By Paul Sutter - February 05, 2023 10:50 AM UTC | Stars

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Astronomers use Earthquakes to Understand Glitches on Neutron Stars

By Paul Sutter - February 04, 2023 10:48 AM UTC | Stars

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The James Webb May See the First Stars to Appear in the Universe

By Paul Sutter - February 03, 2023 10:27 PM UTC | Cosmology

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