This screengrab image from NASA’s live broadcast shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida bound for the…
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Musk says Starship to depart for Mars at end of 2026
Starship (pictured during a test flight) — the world’s largest and most powerful rocket — is key to Elon Musk’s long-term vision of colonizing Mars. SpaceX founder Elon Musk said…
4 rocky exoplanets found around Barnard’s Star, one of the sun’s nearest neighbors
Scientists have confirmed the existence of four small, rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star — the second closest star system to Earth — using a specialized instrument on the mighty Gemini…
Atmospheric wave-studying mission releases data from first 3,000 orbits
This image shows AWE data combined from two of the instrument’s passes over the United States. The red and orange wave-structures show increases in brightness (or radiance) in infrared light…
James Webb Space Telescope investigates the origins of ‘failed stars’ in the Flame Nebula
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has probed deep into the dusty shroud of a young nebula alight with star formation on the hunt for “failed star” brown dwarfs. Brown…
Weighing in on a Mars water debate: Analysis challenges previous findings
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its atmosphere, however, surface water could…
A total lunar eclipse comes to North America tonight — Here’s everything you need to know about the ‘Blood Worm Moon’
The moon will turn red tonight for skywatchers across the U.S., but to see this total lunar eclipse unfold, you need to be in the right place at the right…
Researchers develop glass sensors for the Einstein Telescope
Researchers from Jena have manufactured highly sensitive resonators made entirely of glass for the vibration sensors of the Einstein Telescope. Credit: Fraunhofer IOF From 2035, the Einstein Telescope will be…
Astronomers crack the case of a mysterious deep space radio signal that repeats every 2 hours
Astronomers have cracked the case of a mysterious repeating radio signal that has been a mystery since it was uncovered last year. The team tracked the signal back to a…
Remember that asteroid that isn’t going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
Artist’s impression of an asteroid. Credit: ESA-Science Office Last year, astronomers detected the near-earth asteroid (NEA) 2024 YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth’s orbit.…
