The future of astronomy goes far beyond the James Webb Space Telescope. For example, it's theoretically possible to use quantum computers as a means for constructing colossal, planet-sized telescope… [+3143 chars]
NASA explains that before the ISS, the first U.S. space station, Skylab, demonstrated that humans could live in space for up to a year. Skylab became a space outpost from 1973 to 1974. During those y… [+1482 chars]
Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a "supersonic ballet." Rocket Lab, the company that Beck founded, partially pulled off the feat Tuesd… [+2222 chars]
This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. Mars has a lot of rocks and a lot of sand, which makes it a pretty perfect location to explore the art of zen rock garden… [+1156 chars]
There are water molecules and ice up on the Moon, so how did they get there? Asteroid and comet collisions are likely to have produced some of it, but a new study suggests another source of lunar wat… [+3299 chars]
A team of researchers at Charles Darwin University, in Australia, has found that male fish that mouth-brood are not always guaranteeing that the eggs they carry were fertilized by them. In their pape… [+2784 chars]
NASA explains that before the ISS, the first U.S. space station, Skylab, demonstrated that humans could live in space for up to a year. Skylab became a space outpost from 1973 to 1974. During those y… [+1482 chars]
Stargazers are in for a rare spectacle this weekend with four planets set to align followed by Venus and Jupiter appearing to almost smash into one another. Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter will look… [+1007 chars]
Perth’s Curtin University and NASA JPL spin-off Chascii will work to deliver the first-ever optical communications from a 1U CubeSat based on the technology behind WAs Binar-1 spacecraft. The spacec… [+2596 chars]
Days after a fireball rattled Mississippi houses and was spotted in nearby states, NASA has confirmed fragments of the meteorite have been found in the Magnolia State. The fireball was spotted aroun… [+2009 chars]
It has shown that even a relatively weak jet from a supermassive black hole can clear the nuclear region of the galaxy of its gas, indicating that they may be playing an essential role in the evoluti… [+4291 chars]
When the Apollo 15 and 17 missions returned to Earth with pieces of the Moon in 1971 and 1972, some of the samples were deliberately set aside for the future. Flash forward half a century and these … [+4189 chars]
