ByNASAJuly 24, 2022 An illustration of Drapers SERIES-2 lunar lander, which will deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon for NASA in 2025. Credit: Draper Draper of Cambridge, Massachuse… [+5119 chars]
What's coming up in the northern hemisphere's night sky in the week of 25th to 31st July. Chris Bramley Hello and welcome to Star Diary, the podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night magazine. You… [+9963 chars]
This observation shows a small sand dune field on the floor of Newton Crater, an approximately 300-kilometer wide crater in the Southern Hemisphere of Mars. The image shows both dome and barchan dun… [+725 chars]
Our bodies have evolved formidable barriers to protect themselves against foreign substances from our skin, to our cells and every component within the cells, each part of our bodies has protective l… [+5381 chars]
Testing can be a nerve-wracking process, and at one point the testing team was rather concerned. In 2016, a part of Webb was being put through vibration testing, in which the hardware is rapidly shak… [+1436 chars]
In the early '90s, on a trip to the Space Telescope Science Institute, Dave Meyer was met with an air of exhilaration and an urgent tone. "You've got to see this." Elsewhere in the building, image… [+12944 chars]
Astronomer Scott Sheppard has written a Perspective piece titled "In the glare of the Sun" in the journal Science. Sheppard is an astronomer from the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Hawa… [+1587 chars]
Imagine three stars orbiting each other in deep space with each of them being the size of at least 12 suns! That is the discovery that has become a popular topic among astronomers who are looking to … [+1485 chars]
If you werent scared of the ocean already, you probably will be after seeing this... A death pool has been discovered at the bottom of the Red Sea that instantly kills everything that swims inside i… [+1603 chars]
An art conception image of the Chinese Space Station Telescope slated to be launched at the end of 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] China plans to launch a large space telescope next year to fly alongside the … [+2133 chars]
Welcome back to the final installment in our "Going Interplanetary" series! In previous installments, we explored how humanity might someday live on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, the Asteroid Belt,… [+20664 chars]
An art conception image of the Chinese Space Station Telescope slated to be launched at the end of 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] China plans to launch a large space telescope next year to fly alongside the … [+2133 chars]