WASHINGTON NASAs Europa Clipper mission is one step closer to starting its journey to Jupiters icy moon. The main body of Europa Clipper is an aluminum cylinder that clocks in at 10 feet (3 meters)… [+1342 chars]
The moon will block the bright double star Dschubba, or Delta Scorpii, in an occultation on June 12, 2022. Stargazers in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada can see the stars slip behind the moo… [+2742 chars]
Astra aims to notch its second consecutive satellite-deploying success today. The California-based startup is targeting Sunday (June 12) for the launch of two tiny cubesats for NASA's Time-Resolve… [+2592 chars]
ByWayne State University - Office of the Vice President for ResearchJune 12, 2022Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a unique approach for measuring the age of male … [+5293 chars]
Ingenuity, NASAs autonomous Mars helicopter, was only meant to complete five flights. But since its history-making first flight in April 2021, the helicopter has flown 28 times, and preparation is un… [+3626 chars]
A spiral galaxy is curled up like a sleeping serpent in a striking new image from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). ALMA's high altitude … [+1924 chars]
Theres only one word for it: indescribable. Its one of those awesome experiences you cant put into words, says fish ecologist Simon Thorrold. Thorrold is trying to explain how it feels to dive into… [+21153 chars]
Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some of the building blocks of life on Earth may have been formed in space, scientists said Friday. Pristine ma… [+2634 chars]
Ask any astronomer, astrophysicist, or cosmologist, and they’ll probably tell you that a new age of astronomy is upon us! Between breakthroughs in gravitational-wave astronomy, the explosion in exopl… [+5516 chars]
A study on the moon map titled "The 1:2,500,000-scale geologic map of the global moon" has been accepted for publication in the journal Science Bulletin. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Scie… [+1097 chars]
The European Space Agency will release new data from its Milky Way-charting Gaia mission on June 13. Here’s how you can get the latest updates from the telescope live. A media briefing (opens in … [+2497 chars]
Ask any astronomer, astrophysicist, or cosmologist, and they’ll probably tell you that a new age of astronomy is upon us! Between breakthroughs in gravitational-wave astronomy, the explosion in exopl… [+5516 chars]