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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In the early hours of this morning, SpaceX launched the company’s tenth Starlink mission carrying 57 satellites. The mission also carried a Spaceflight Industries...
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Russia to Attempt Record-Setting Sprint to the Space Station
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Virgin Galactic Surprises with Plans to Develop Mach 3 Aircraft
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NASA SpaceX Demo-2 Mission Concludes with Safe Return of Astronauts
Two NASA astronauts that rode the maiden crewed Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) and back have safely returned to Earth. The...