Rocket Labs Electron launch vehicle lifts off into the skies over New Zealand, sending two BlackSky satellites into orbit. Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. played a supporting role in the mission. (Jos… [+4201 chars]
The Mars Express orbiter has captured a series of images showing a stunning view of impact craters in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars. The European Space Agency (ESA) orbiter took the images of th… [+2134 chars]
Indian astronomers in collaboration with their French counterpart, have found a galaxy that has a 'ghost-like' appearance. Stars are very much being formed in this galaxy. This faint galaxy was previ… [+1274 chars]
Saturn’s famous rings will eventually disappear – and we have a good idea when. The stunning belts of ice, rock and dust are slowly breaking apart. And it’s believed that we’re just a few hundred m… [+4742 chars]
Growing up in the Bronx during the 1960s and '70s, one of my mentors in astronomy was Dr. Kenneth L. Franklin, Chairman and chief scientist at New York's Hayden Planetarium, who wrote about celestial… [+6219 chars]
The Perseverance rover looks back and captures a photo of its trails on the red planet. NASA's Perseverance rover, on March 17, is seen looking back on its tracks on its 381st Martian day. The Perse… [+3633 chars]
The long process of getting the James Webb Space Telescope ready to begin collecting science data continues, and the Webb team has met another goal with the alignment of three out of its four instrum… [+2246 chars]
Earth will be graced with a springtime planetary parade of five planets throughout April 2022. Astronomers will have multiple chances to spot Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus in the … [+3379 chars]
The European Space Agency's Mars Express mission has revealed more details about the planets' diverse surface features. New views captured by the mission uncover fascinating ice-related features in t… [+2029 chars]
After the dinosaurs went extinct, mammals saw their bodies grow faster than their skulls.Dinosaurs dominated the world thanks to their disproportionate size, and when they disappeared, they were repl… [+1065 chars]
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter that accompanies the Perseverance rover has been spotted by a satellite orbiting the Red Planet. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spotted Ingenuity with its HiR… [+886 chars]
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A team of scientists from South Carolina and Alabama have discovered a new shark species that lived nearly 30 million years ago thanks to the discovery of the animal's teeth that ar… [+1141 chars]
