Commander Eugene Cernan retrieves a drive tube from the Lunar Roving Vehicle during an Apollo 17 EVA. Samples from one of the Apollo 17 drive tubes was recently opened and…
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New private ‘Arc’ spacecraft aims to deliver cargo from orbit to anywhere on Earth in less than an hour (video)
A new private spacecraft aims to help the U.S. military get key supplies where they’re needed, and fast. On Wednesday (Oct. 1), the California-based company Inversion unveiled Arc, a vehicle…
New ‘Unfolding the Universe’ exhibit celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope through stunning artwork (photos, video)
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to deliver awe-inspiring views of the cosmos and the art world has taken notice. Digital artist Ashley Zelinskie took that inspiration to the…
Strange ‘rogue’ planet spotted guzzling matter like a star
An artist’s impression of the rogue planet Cha 1107-7626 sucking in matter from the disc that surrounds it. A mysterious “rogue” planet has been observed gobbling six billion tons of…
Undergrad students deploy applications to geosynchronous satellite 22,236 miles above Earth
Nischal Kharel and Dikchhya Kharel in the NSF Center for Space, High-performance, and Resilient Computing. Credit: Aimee Obidzinski, University of Pittsburgh For many college students, satellites are faint dots crossing…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 180 — NASA is Closed for Business
NASA is Closed for Business – And Other Top Space Stories – YouTube Watch On On Episode 180 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the…
‘Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition’ drops the VR requirement, offering serviceable Aliens thrills, anytime, anywhere (review)
With the huge success of Alien: Earth and Alien: Romulus, we can safely say things are looking better for the Alien franchise these days. Even on the gaming front, the…
New telescope cuts through space noise in hunt for distant Earth-like worlds
Credit: Adam Krypel from Pexels EU researchers are developing powerful new telescopes to help uncover Earth-like planets around distant stars and advance the search for extraterrestrial life. Across the billions…
Mysterious molecule found on brown dwarf casts further doubt on potential signs of life on Venus
Brown dwarfs: too small to be stars, too big to be planets. Only discovered in the 1990s, these in-between cosmic objects aren’t big enough to burn as hot and bright…
Detection of phosphine in a brown dwarf atmosphere raises more questions
Schematic of the Wolf 1130ABC triple system, composed of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A (l), its close and compact white dwarf companion Wolf 1130B (c), and the distant brown…