This image provided by the European Space Agency and taken with the ESA’s High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) aboard the Mars Express spacecraft shows Mars as the spacecraft approaches the…
Category: Space
Exactly how massive is the Milky Way?
Artist depiction of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: Andrew Z. Colvin How do you weigh a galaxy? It’s an astronomical challenge, particularly if it’s the galaxy you call home. It…
Space tractor beams may not be the stuff of sci-fi for long
Graphic illustrating how a servicer spacecraft could remove debris from orbit using electrostatic forces. Credit: Schaub Lab On Feb. 10, 2009, disaster struck hundreds of miles above the Siberian Peninsula.…
Thermal Protection Material for NASA’s Moon Rocket Hardware Installed
Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, have completed applying thermal protection system material to the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket…
Once hostile, NASA holds first public meeting on UFOs
Scientists at NASA’s first ever public meeting on “unidentified anomalous phenomena” — more commonly called UFOs — have called for a more rigorous scientific approach to clarify the origin of…
Study investigates the behavior of X-ray binary GX 349+2
The two-days binned MAXI light curve of GX 349+2. The red and blue vertical lines represent AstroSat and NICER observations. Credit: Kashyap et al., 2023. Using the AstroSat spacecraft and…
NASA, Boeing Provide Update on Starliner Flight Test Readiness
NASA and Boeing completed a joint Crew Flight Test checkpoint review May 25 ahead of the first flight of Starliner with astronauts to the International Space Station. During the checkpoint,…
All known planet-hosting, three-star systems in a single catalog
Triple-stellar systems have two stars orbiting one another with a third orbiting the pair. Now we have a catalog containing all known three-star systems that also host planets around them.…
The search for habitable planets expands
A University of Michigan astronomer and his team suggest a new way to expand the search for habitable planets that considers a zone not previously considered: the space between the…
