Scientists discover drier mantle on moon’s farside, offering potential insight on lunar evolution

Lunar sample return sample missions with associated water content estimates. Credit: Prof. Hu Sen’s group Chinese scientists have discovered that the moon’s mantle contains less water on the lunar farside…

Watch Atlas V rocket launch 1st big batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites today

🔴 LIVE 🔴 April 9 Broadcast: Atlas V Kuiper 1 – YouTube Watch On Amazon’s first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites will take flight today (April 9), and…

Researcher proposes first-time model that replaces dark energy and dark matter in explaining nature of the universe

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has published a paper…

1 year since the Great North American Eclipse — Here’s how the 2026 total eclipse will compare

One year ago today, a total solar eclipse graced the skies of North America, as the moon fully blocked out the sun a narrow slice of Earth, bringing sudden darkness…

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Quantum cosmology with final states can explain the accelerated expansion of the universe

The logic in the derivation of deterministic equations for systems with final conditions. Credit: Charis Anastopoulos Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal…

Watch Soyuz rocket launch new US-Russian crew to the ISS early April 8

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Soyuz MS-27 Launch – YouTube Watch On Three astronauts will launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning (April 8), and you can watch…

Blue Origin plans an all-female space flight—but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

Mae Carol Jemison was the first black woman to travel to space. Credit: NASA For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will…

How bacteria could help build and maintain cities on the moon

If all goes to plan, scientists may someday begin building outposts on the moon — and some experts believe that these outposts could be constructed with bricks made out of…

Meet ‘Nighthawk’: Mars helicopter mission could be big leap for exploration

The little Ingenuity drone proved that helicopters can play a revolutionary role in Mars exploration. Now, NASA is thinking ahead to bigger and better things. On the back of the…