MINERVA-II Rovers Return Images of Asteroid Surface 200 Million Miles Away
A pair of Japanese rovers deployed on the surface of the Ryugu asteroid late last week have returned the first images from the surface.
The...
NASA Still Hope To Revive Mars Opportunity Rover
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California are hopeful they can revive the Opportunity rover. JPL lost contact with the rover...
NASA’s InSight Lander Checks In Halfway to Mars
Officials at NASA have confirmed that the InSight Mars Lander has travelled roughly half the distance on its way to the Red Planet.
The Mars...
Hayabusa 2 Prepares to Land on Distant Asteroid
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 has made its closest approach to the Ryugu asteroid yet after arriving in mid-June. The approach brought the spacecraft within less...
NASA Complete First TESS Data Downlink
NASA has successfully completed their first downlink from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The data will be shared with hundreds of scientists who...
NASA’s TESS Exoplanet Hunter Begins Operations
NASA’s next-generation Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) began searching for undiscovered planets on July 25, 2018. The first set of data from the satellite...
The Chinese Chang’e-3 Lander Remains Operational on the Lunar Surface
The Chang'e-3 lunar lander is still sending data back to Earth over four years longer than expected. The discovery was published on the Twitter...
NASA’s Curiosity and Opportunity Rovers Brace for Massive Dust Storm
A massive dust storm has swept across the surface of Mars. As NASA loses its link with the long-lived Opportunity rover, Curiosity is tasked...
Mars Curiosity Rover Resumes Soil Testing
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has begun testing soil samples again. It’s the first time the rover has received a fresh sample into its mineralogy...
Stunning Composite Image of Rare Neutron Star (E0102)
Using data gathered from a number of ground and orbiting observatories, astronomers have discovered a rare type of neutron star. Referred to as 1E...
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