Inside the core are Europa Clippers two propulsion tanks. The fuel and oxidizer theyll hold will flow to an array of 24 engines, where they will create a controlled chemical reaction to produce thrus… [+1491 chars]
Swirling like some cosmic watercolor painting, behold this breathtaking new image of the Orion Nebula recently captured by a venerable space telescope. This dreamy Hubble Space Telescope photo is a … [+2558 chars]
A team of paleontologists has discovered the remains of a previously unknown dinosaur species in Argentina, as reported Sunday by Science Alert. The researchers predict this dinosaur came from the Cr… [+1481 chars]
An Arizona-based photographer drove to great lengths in search of the perfect weather needed to capture the planet Saturn on Sunday during opposition. The irony is that astrophotographer Andrew McCa… [+4114 chars]
Anyone can name a star online, but the International Astronomical Union is offering a rare space opportunity: to name a planet discovered by the groundbreaking James Webb Telescope. The IAU is respo… [+3102 chars]
When it comes to space rovers, it's been all about Mars for NASA — save for the Apollo-era Lunar Roving Vehicle. But that's about to change with the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. … [+3490 chars]
A simple statistical test shows that contrary to current practice, the "gaps" within DNA protein and sequence alignments commonly used in evolutionary biology can provide important information about … [+4196 chars]
When it comes to space rovers, it's been all about Mars for NASA — save for the Apollo-era Lunar Roving Vehicle. But that's about to change with the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. … [+3490 chars]
In the early 1950s, a group of researchers at the Institute for Advanced Study embarked on a high-tech project. At the behest of John von Neumann and Herman Goldstine, the physicist Hedvig Selberg pr… [+8490 chars]
Paul M. Sutter (opens in new tab) is an astrophysicist at SUNY (opens in new tab) Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of "Ask a Spaceman (opens in new tab)"and "Space Radio (opens in new tab… [+5983 chars]
