Researchers Observe Super-Heated Exoplanet Where it Rains Iron
Researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have observed a super-heated exoplanet where they suspect it rains liquid iron.
With the use of the...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captured a 1.8-Billion-Pixel Panorama of Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab has released a 1.8-billion-pixel panoramic image of the surface of Mars. The image was captured by the agency’s Curiosity rover...
NASA Awards $170 Million Psyche Launch Contact to SpaceX
NASA has selected the SpaceX Falcon Heavy to carry the agency’s Psyche mission. The mission will explore an asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars...
NASA Discovers Moons Orbiting Neptune Locked in an Orbital Ballet
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have discovered two small moons around Neptune perform a “dance of avoidance” as they orbit the planet.
Naiad...
InSight Lander’s “Mole” Probe Resumes Drilling into Martian Surface
NASA has revealed that the Mars InSight lander’s Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package probe is once again operational. The probe is designed to...
Italian Air Force Award Research Flight Contract to Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic has secured a contract with the Italian Air Force to support a “human tended” research flight aboard the company’s SpaceShipTwo spaceplane.
The flight...
NASA Celebrate the Discovery of the 4,000th Exoplanet
NASA has revealed that it surpassed 4,000 identified exoplanets in June. To celebrate, the agency has created a video that tracks the agency’s progress...
NASA Selects 12 Payloads to Launch Aboard Commercial Lunar Landers
NASA has selected 12 science and technology payloads that will launch aboard commercial lunar landers as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)...
NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock will Pave the Way for Interplanetary Travel
NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock is set to be launched aboard a Falcon Heavy later this month. The GPS-like instrument will allow spacecraft to...
UNOOSA Select 9 Experiments to be Conducted Aboard China Space Station
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has selected nine international experiments to be conducted...
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OneWeb To Resume Launch Campaign After Being Rescued from Bankruptcy
The previously bankrupt communications provider OneWeb announced September 21 that it would resume launch operations as early as December.
OneWeb was founded in 2012...
NASA Release Detailed Lunar Gateway Space Station Rendering
NASA’s Johnson Space Center has published one of the most detailed looks at the agency's lunar Gateway space station to date.
A total of nine...
Netflix Release Four-Part Docuseries Examining Challenger Disaster
Released on September 16, Netflix's Challenger: The Final Flight is a four-part docuseries that examines what led up to one of the greatest tragedies...
Scrubbed SpaceX Starlink Launch Rescheduled to Friday
A SpaceX Falcon 9 mission that was set to carry 60 Starlink satellites to orbit today has been scrubbed due to a “recovery issues.”...
Dynetics Complete Lunar Lander Test Article for NASA’s Artemis Program
A test article of the lunar lander being developed by Dynetics for NASA’s Artemis program has been completed. The mockup of the Dynetics lander...