A New Method for Making Graphene has an Awesome Application: A Space Elevator!

By Matthew Williams - July 18, 2022 06:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration

At the upcoming 2022 IAC, the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) will present a paper that shows how graphene could lead to a Space Elevator!

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Dmitry Rogozin is no Longer the Head of Roscosmos

By Matthew Williams - July 18, 2022 06:16 PM UTC | Space Policy

According to recent reports, the inflammatary and blusterous Dimtry Rogozin has been replaced as head of Roscosmos.

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Two Spacecraft Could Work Together to Capture an Asteroid and Bring it Close to Earth for Mining

By Evan Gough - July 18, 2022 04:00 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Weird String-Like Object Found on Mars, Probably Dropped by the Rover

By Nancy Atkinson - July 18, 2022 02:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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A new Record for the Strongest Magnetic Field Seen in the Universe: 1.6 Billion Tesla

By Paul Sutter - July 17, 2022 04:18 PM UTC | Physics

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Booster 7's BOOM, Nuclear Mission to Neptune, More JWST Images

By kuingul-gmail - July 15, 2022 07:39 PM UTC | Missions

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These Ancient Microbes Give a Glimpse of What Extraterrestrial Life Might Look Like

By Evan Gough - July 15, 2022 03:57 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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JWST Also Looked Inside the Solar System, at Jupiter and its Moons

By Nancy Atkinson - July 15, 2022 02:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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To get Artificial Gravity on the Moon, you'd Need a Giant Rotating Lunar Base

By Matthew Williams - July 15, 2022 01:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Kyoto University and one of Japan's largest construction companies are collaborating on a study for a "Lunagrass" rotating lunar base!

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The Earliest Galaxies Rotated Slowly, Revving up Over Billions of Years

By Paul Sutter - July 15, 2022 07:02 AM UTC | Extragalactic

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A New Instrument is Going to the ISS to Study the Climate Impact of Dust in Earth's Upper Atmosphere

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 14, 2022 11:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Here are the Locations in the sky for the First JWST Images

By Matthew Williams - July 14, 2022 06:47 PM UTC | Telescopes

A "NASA/JPL ambassador" created a map that shows where the objects shown in the James Webb's first images are within (or in relation to) the Milky Way.

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A Star Came too Close to a Black Hole and was Torn Apart. Surprisingly Little Actually Went In

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 14, 2022 12:12 AM UTC | Black Holes

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They're Here! Check out the First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope!

By Matthew Williams - July 12, 2022 01:02 PM UTC | Telescopes

The first images of the James Webb Space Telescope are here!

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Perseverance is Searching for the Perfect Landing Spot for the Upcoming Sample Return Mission

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - July 12, 2022 01:21 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Dusty Dark Galaxies in the Early Universe Revealed in Various Wavelengths

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 12, 2022 12:32 AM UTC | Extragalactic

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China's Tianwen-1 has Imaged the Entire Surface of Mars, Completing its Primary Mission

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - July 11, 2022 09:51 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Behold, the James Webb Space Telescope's First Image!

By Matthew Williams - July 11, 2022 06:56 PM UTC | Telescopes

NASA has just released the first image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope!

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A Swarm of Swimming Robots to Search for Life Under the Ice on Europa

By Evan Gough - July 11, 2022 06:43 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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China is Considering a Nuclear-Powered Mission to Neptune

By Matthew Williams - July 11, 2022 01:24 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A team of Chinese scientists have proposed a mission that would explore Neptune and its largest moon Triton using a nuclear-powered spacecraft.

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