Fragments of CI chondrite meteorites, which are space rocks that are typically rich in water, have turned...
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Astrobotic staff examine a propulsion tank sitting in front of Griffin-1’s structure. Image: Astrobotic Astrobotic is now...
Hurricane Melissa could make a record-breaking landfall in Jamaica, and satellites are monitoring the situation.
So much happened in the earliest moments of the universe. Elementary particles appeared, the first nuclei of...
This quiz dives into the historic and scientific journey behind the search for life in the universe—testing...
The distinctive colored fur of two of Australia’s rarest marsupials could be caused by “broken” pigment genes,...
The 4MOST instrument on the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope has captured its first light.
In the beginning, Earth was a violent place with no atmosphere to soften the blow.
In a new milestone for space-enabled semiconductor research, the University of Florida, in collaboration with NASA, MIT,...
Turn your telescope on the moon at sunset on Oct. 28 to see a colossal "X" and...
Researchers have uncovered genetic elements that drive the rapid development of marsupials’ facial features.
As Europe prepares its next generation of Earth-Observation (EO) missions, a less visible but equally strategic challenge...
Cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Oct....
Could scientists find life in the clouds of exoplanet atmospheres? This is what a recently submitted manuscript...
The Chinese company LandSpace continues to develop the Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3), a two-stage reusable launch vehicle inspired by...
Malaysia and the Philippines have signed the Artemis Accords, which outline norms of behavior for space exploration....
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink satellites today (Oct. 27), sending 28 of them up...
A team led by a University of Maryland astronomer detected large complex organic molecules in ices outside...