The mass distribution in and around the Local Group
Figure 1 is a Hubble diagram. The points in blue show the 31 isolated galaxies used to constrain…
Vega C to launch Brazilian satellite
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Brazilian government agency will launch an Earth observation satellite on a Vega C rocket,…
World’s first robot astronaut for space exploration program
Chinese humanoid robot maker Engine AI has unveiled plans to send a humanoid robot into space, aiming to…
‘Time is of the essence’ to build a made-in-Europe space policy, French and German ministers say
“Time is of the essence” to quickly develop a European space policy that relies much more heavily on…
The Rubin Observatory Will Rapidly Detect More Supernovae
In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that…
Where is the best place to see this year’s solar eclipse from?
There are some standout events coming our way this year that are worth getting excited for: Christopher Nolan’s…
NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware
Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a…
Discovery Alert: An Ice-Cold Earth?
A candidate planet that might be remarkably similar to Earth, HD 137010 b, has one potentially big difference:…
NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China’s closed program
When Apollo 13 looped around the Moon in April 1970, more than 40 million people around the world…
The HWO Must Be Picometer Perfect To Observe Earth 2.0
Lately we’ve been reporting about a series of studies on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA’s flagship telescope…
in a few days, the truth about 3I/ATLAS will be revealed
Earth is about to get a rare, almost straight-line view of a visitor from another star system. In…
NASA Launches Its Most Powerful, Efficient Supercomputer
NASA is announcing the availability of its newest supercomputer, Athena, an advanced system designed to support a new…