Edscottite, a Never-Before-Seen Mineral, Discovered in Wedderburn Meteorite

SPACE 12.27.2019 22:16 PM

The Wedderburn meteorite is a Pandora's box of geological wonder. A new mineral was recently discovered just along the side of the road of an old gold rush town in Australia called Wedderburn.

Space Junk Can Now Be Mapped After Corrections in Laser Scope Algorithms

12.27.2019 22:06 PM

Orbital debris can really be dangerous for space missions, but some Chinese researchers have now figured out how to correct the scope algorithms.

These New Graduates of NASA's Astronaut Program All Set to Join the Artemis Mission

12.27.2019 20:53 PM

NASA designed the Artemis mission as a stepping stone to future manned missions to Mars and the trip to the moon is the primary testbed for the mission.

The Opportunity Rover Shows Most Remarkable Mission of the Decade: Panoramic View of Martian Landscape

12.26.2019 21:23 PM

In 15 years, the Opportunity Rover provided remarkable discoveries that mark a great change in how we view the universe. Because of that, we end the decade optimistic about future space missions.

LEGO Bricks as an Alternative Thermal Insulator for Dilution Refrigerators? Find Out [VIDEO]!

12.26.2019 06:20 AM

LEGOs are often used by scientists in conducting experiments and just this week, physicists at Lancaster University wanted to see how these popular bricks react to the lowest temperature possible.

Troublemaking Mars Lander "Mole" Is Digging Again

12.24.2019 07:39 AM

Images were captured documenting the situation from every angle, even evaluated the soil and the rocks in the area and mimicked those characteristics here on Earth to do some testing. As if like the mole is already tired of the whole mission, the camera was able to document that the mole popped out of Martian crust.

Boeing Launches CST-100 Starliner But Is Not Quite Successful

12.21.2019 06:46 AM

Boeing and NASA entered a partnership to efficiently and safely transport astronauts to International Space Station. However, this collaboration encountered a minor setback.

How NASA Evolved When It Entered a Partnership With the Private Sector

12.21.2019 06:46 AM

NASA attributes the advances in space science with its partnership with the private sector but will it continue to uphold scientific discovery over business ventures?

JCSAT-18/Kacific1 Mission Launched By Spacex Falcon 9

12.20.2019 08:29 AM

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket with JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 on December 16, 2019. SpaceX launched JCSAT-18/Kacific1 from Space Launch Complex 40 or SLC-40 on Dec.

Juno Spacecraft Discovers the Hexagon-Shaped Storm on Jupiter's South Pole

12.18.2019 08:53 AM

The Juno spacecraft was able to discover the giant storm during its death-dodging flyby last November 3 and it was observed that the Texas-sized storm is made up of six other cyclones.

SpaceX 2020 Mission: Send Coffee to ISS

12.18.2019 06:36 AM

Experiments like this create a path to understanding how plants will adapt to extreme environments like the zero-gravity setting of the International Space Station and enable agribusinesses like Front Range Biosciences to breed crops that can withstand harsh environments and can adapt to climate change.

OSIRIS-REx Sets Its Eyes on Nightingale Crater to Collect Samples from Asteroid Bennu

12.17.2019 06:43 AM

Fun fact: Asteroid Bennu's craters are named after birds; Osprey, Kingfisher, Sandpiper, and Nightingale.

Saturn's Moon Enceladus' Tiger Stripes Origin Explained

12.16.2019 09:05 AM

As seen from space, Saturn's moon Enceladus has a pure white surface save for a series of long fissures in its southern region which kind of looked like tiger stripes.

Modified MAVEN Spacecraft Found Surprising Data About the Circulation Patterns on Mars

12.13.2019 06:17 AM

The journal details the findings that were collected by the modified MAVEN spacecraft from 2016 to 2018 and there were a lot of surprises for the astronomers.

NASA's Space Launch System Rocket Successful in Tank Testing

12.12.2019 09:18 AM

NASA's Space Launch System rocket aims to launch astronauts to deep space missions and its first gig is to send astronauts and large cargo to the Moon via the Orion spacecraft.