Starliner Launches Successfully, but Two of its Thrusters Failed

By Matthew Williams - May 24, 2022 05:36 PM UTC | Missions

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner successfully launched and rendezvoused with the ISS, a crucial step towards performing commercial crew and payload services!

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NASA is Building a Mission That Will Refuel and Repair Satellites in Orbit

By Nancy Atkinson - May 24, 2022 08:17 AM UTC | Missions

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The "Doorway on Mars" is More Like a Dog Door

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 23, 2022 10:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Thanks to Gaia, Astronomers are Able to Map Out Nebulae in 3D

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 23, 2022 04:42 PM UTC | Milky Way

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Forget About Mars, When Will Humans be Flying to Saturn?

By Andy Tomaswick - May 23, 2022 09:26 AM UTC | Space Exploration

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The Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) Could Detect Exoplanets Within a few Dozen Light-Years of Earth Using Astrometry

By Matthew Williams - May 21, 2022 04:00 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A team of Chinese researchers has proposed a new mission to find Earth-like planets in neighboring star systems - the Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES)!

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Dust Storms on Mars Happen When the Planet Can't Release its Heat Fast Enough

By Matthew Williams - May 20, 2022 03:10 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research led by the USRA has found a possible explanation for planet-wide Martian dust storms, which could the result of an imbalance between the energy it absorbs and emits.

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Spinlaunch Hurled a Test Rocket Into the air. See What it Looked Like From the Payload's Point of View

By Andy Tomaswick - May 20, 2022 09:17 AM UTC | Space Exploration

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Is This the Future of the Milky Way?

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 19, 2022 11:25 PM UTC | Milky Way

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Plants can grow in lunar regolith, but they're not happy about it

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 19, 2022 08:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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The Lunar Eclipse, Seen From the International Space Station

By Nancy Atkinson - May 19, 2022 03:29 PM UTC | Missions

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May 31st Could Be the Most Powerful Meteor Storm in Generations, or Nothing at All

By David Dickinson - May 19, 2022 10:44 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Be sure to watch the skies on the last morning of May, for a possible meteor outburst.

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LISA has Passed a key Review Phase, it's Time to Actually Design the Final Mission

By Andy Tomaswick - May 19, 2022 06:55 AM UTC | Missions

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InSight is Losing Power, it Probably Will be Shut Down in a Few Months

By Nancy Atkinson - May 18, 2022 05:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Maybe We Don't Hear From Aliens Because They Choose To Go Silent

By Evan Gough - May 18, 2022 04:45 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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Ceres Probably Formed Farther out in the Solar System and Migrated Inward

By Evan Gough - May 18, 2022 04:03 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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China has a new Human Lunar Space Program, With Plans for Landers, Orbiters, Rovers, and a Lunar Base

By Matthew Williams - May 18, 2022 12:47 PM UTC | Space Exploration

In a recent interview, an engineer associated with the Chinese space agency confirmed that China has established a Crewed Lunar Program.

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No, This Isn't a Doorway on Mars

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 18, 2022 12:10 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Congressional UFO Hearing Brings a Few Answers and More Questions

By Alan Boyle - May 17, 2022 07:03 PM UTC | Site News

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Carbon-12 is an Essential Building Block for Life and Scientists Have Finally Figured Out How it Forms in Stars

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 17, 2022 06:43 PM UTC | Stars

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