New spacecraft will watch Earth's shield take the hit as solar storms come roaring in
A joint European-Chinese spacecraft is set to blast off Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and giant ...
A joint European-Chinese spacecraft is set to blast off Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and giant ...
Despite being so elusive, neutrinos are produced in abundance in some of the most violent events in the universe. One of ...
I think this is a good systems design problem for HN to nerd out on.There was a recent discussion about how the world is overly complicated. If we could keep it simple from the very beginning, how would we do it?The goal: A civilization of humans living in harmony with fellow life forms. "Looking at the birds, feeling the wind". And since this is all we do, it's safe to assume that greed and crime no longer exist. No organized religion, discrimination, borders. No personal compute
A giant radio telescope in West Virginia tracked Artemis 2's Orion spacecraft around the moon for five days, gathering precise observations on its movements during the historic mission.
Nearly half the manmade objects orbiting Earth are chunks of “uncontrollable” space junk — with just three countries fueling ...
Scientists using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory say a growing supermassive black hole inside galaxy NGC 1365 is consuming ...
The latest Picture of the Month from NASA's famed James Webb Space Telescope features a dazzling spiral galaxy. The galaxy, ...
ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.
Astronomers have tracked a dramatic "changing-look" active galactic nucleus (AGN) whose central supermassive black hole appeared to switch off and then rapidly reignite. The galaxy, HE 1237−2252, ...
NASA's experimental MPD thruster could significantly cut Mars mission travel times by providing 25 times more power than current models.
Stardust from ancient supernova explosions has been discovered in Antarctic ice, offering clues about the Solar System’s path through space.
With this outdoor misting system, not even 100-degree weather can stop you from enjoying your outdoor space.
Your yard's about to have a serious glow-up.
NASA's Lunar Environment Monitoring Station, or LEMS, could be first payload at moon's south pole to survive night without nuclear heat.
The agency still has big decisions to make, but the preliminary mission plans include some interesting choices.
NASA satellites are tracking an intriguing patch of colored plumes in the waters off the US’s Mid-Atlantic coast. Swirling ...
The SR-71 Blackbird is a legend in the world of military aircraft, and NASA may have received one a bit earlier than it was supposed to. What happened?
NASA sends the Artemis II crew on a landmark mission beyond Earth orbit Freepix NASA has released dramatic new ...
NASA has released the final request for proposals for a Mars telecommunications system, confirming requirements that limit the companies that can bid on it.
Researchers expected to find "a gradual increase in artificial light at night," but instead saw "much more nuanced patterns," ...