'Finding Prospero': Skyrora Launches Challenge to Find the Best Way to Retrieve This 1st and Only UK Spacecraft

Medicine & Technology Jul 09, 2021

Skyrora, an Edinburgh-based rocket firm has recently issued a challenge called "Finding Prospero," to find a way to retrieve the Prospero satellite.

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Space Flight: How and Where to Watch

Jul 09, 2021

Virgin Galactic will broadcast the flight of its founder, Richard Branson, as the billionaire soars into space on Sunday (July 11).

Statio Tianchuan: China's Official Chang'e 5 Moon Landing Site Has 7 Topographical Features

Jul 09, 2021

Chang'e 5, China's moon sample and return mission, finally has a name that has been approved and made official. The site has been named Statio Tianchuan.

Venus, Mars, Moon Conjunction: Will They 'Kiss' Before Parting This Week?

Jul 09, 2021

Easily visible with the naked eye and observable only from earth, a conjunction occurs when two planets appear to have come close even though they remain far away from one another.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: First Time to Usher Perseverance in Hunting for Ancient Signs of Life at the Jezero Crater

Jul 09, 2021

Engineers recently pushed NASA's Ingenuity's limits further than ever as it ushered the Perseverance rover in its quest for ancient signs of life at Mars' Jezero Crater.

Experts Accidentally Found Massive Galactic Structure

Jul 08, 2021

Scientists have accidentally discovered a huge and previously undetected galactic structure that could change the way we think about how stars are made.

Death of a Star Unveils 13-Billion-Year Space Mystery

Jul 08, 2021

Astronomers detects a star in the Milky Way that was born shortly after the Big Bang. It was formed by the explosion of a massive fast-spinning star with a strong magnetic field.

Southwest Research Institute-Led Study Discovers How Heavy Elements are Accelerated in Galactic Cosmic Rays

Jul 08, 2021

Researchers from the Southwest Research Institute using NASA's MMS missions discovered how heavy elements in GCRs are accelerated by shockwaves.

Hubble Space Telescope Suffers Most Serious Glitch in Over a Decade; NASA Aims to Fix It Safely, Instead of Quickly

Jul 07, 2021

The Hubble Space Telescope currently faces its most serious glitch in over a decade, and while NASA is too keen to fix this iconic observatory, the agency does not want to hurry the restoration process.

China to Launch Rockets to Redirect Near-Earth Object Collision

Jul 07, 2021

China has plans to launch a fleet of 900-tonne rockets into space by 2031 to divert an asteroid and avoid near-Earth collisions with our planet.

100 Stellar Black Holes Found Hidden in Fluffy Star Cluster 80,000 Light-Years Away from Solar System

Jul 07, 2021

Researchers discovered 100 stellar-mass black holes in the heart of a fluffy star globular cluster by analyzing the net mass of the cluster system. The study reveals that roughly 20% of the cluster's mass is comprised of the force exhibited by black holes.

Is European Robotic Arm Ready for Space? Astronomers Explain How This Feature Works

Jul 07, 2021

Engineers installed ESA’s European Robotic Arm (ERA) onto the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) and it is now ready for its flight to the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA Says Solar Flare Won't Destroy Earth; Here's Why

Jul 07, 2021

Some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth. But these are not powerful enough to physically destroy Earth.

Atmospheric Dynamo: NASA Set to Launch Dynamo-2 Mission to Study Earth-Sized Electric Generator

Jul 07, 2021

Earth-sized electric generator, also known as the atmospheric dynamo, is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) above the surface churning current humans know so little about. NASA scientists are set to send dynamo missions to understand how it generates electricity in the ionosphere.

Is NASA Perseverance Rover Ready to Look For Evidence of Life on Mars?

Jul 07, 2021

NASA Perseverance Rover rover has been undergoing systems tests, or commissioning, and supporting the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s month of flight tests.