Chinese Orbiter Crushes Starlink With a 2-Watt Laser From 36,000km Above Earth
At Lijiang Observatory in southwestern China, the signal did not arrive as a neat, steady beam. It came…
U.S. High-School Student Uncovers 1.5 Million Hidden Cosmic Objects NASA Missed
For more than a decade, NASA’s NEOWISE telescope scanned the entire sky in infrared. Its primary mission was…
Meteorite hunters call Northeast Ohio’s meteor historic
MEDINA COUNTY — Meteorite hunters have rushed to Northeast Ohio, including Roberto Vargas, who traveled from Connecticut to…
Why low earth orbit is attracting billions in investment
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket takes off, in Kourou, French Guiana, July 9, 2024. European Space Agency ESA |…
Astronomers Detect a Dozen New Moons Around Saturn, Creating a Record Gap With Jupiter
A new set of tiny moons has been identified around Jupiter and Saturn, quietly increasing their already vast…
How Will Martian Gravity Affect Skeletal Muscle?
NASA and the China National Space Agency (CNSA) plan to send astronauts to Mars as early as the…
Possible meteorite crashes into Houston area home, officials say
A possible meteorite crashed into a Houston area house on Saturday night, tearing through the roof and two…
DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news
Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off…
Watch Russia launch Progress 94 cargo ship to the ISS on March 22
A Russian cargo spacecraft will launch toward the International Space Station on Sunday morning (March 22), and you…
Artemis 2 returns to the pad for April launch attempt
WASHINGTON — The Artemis 2 launch vehicle and spacecraft have returned to the launch pad for a launch…