1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (360+ words) "NASA's award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria mandated by Congress." Rocket Lab still holds out hope that it can build NASA's next Mars orbiter. The agency picked Blue Origin for that job earlier this month, awarding…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (349+ words) "Instead of confirming the standard model of cosmology, which assumes dark energy is fixed and unchanging, we have more evidence that dark energy may change over time." A catalog of almost 3,000 white dwarfs that exploded as type Ia supernovas after…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (437+ words) "Like light, gravitational waves can also be deflected, magnified, and split into multiple signals by massive objects." A "forbidden" merger between two massive black holes may not have been quite as impossible as previously thought. That's according to new research…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (426+ words) "For the first time, we were able to watch two massive stars move around one another while they were still being born." Using the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) radio telescope, astronomers have watched as two stars come together…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (649+ words) "When you look up at the night sky, most of those stars have planets." But while coronagraphs have been used many times before, the one that just launched toward the stars is unprecedented. "The Roman Space Telescope is carrying the…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (396+ words) "The side that can maneuver persistently and at scale will set the operational rhythm in orbit." To put it in plain English, this means that Space Command practiced maneuvering satellites and other spacecraft in proximity to one another in a…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (368+ words) On Sept. 9, 1982, the first private rocket launched from a Texas cattle ranch. The Conestoga 1 rocket was designed by Space Services Inc. of America (SSIA) and built from spare parts of other rockets. It was named after a type of covered…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (80+ words) Space Your membership journey starts here. Keep exploring and earning more as a member. Latest space missions, discoveries and exploration updates. Stargazing tips, cosmic events and expert insights on the universe Start exploring exclusive deals, expert advice and more Never…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (324+ words) A ghostly "false dawn" is about to light up the predawn sky — if you know where to look. Starting today (Sept. 9), skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere have a chance to spot one of the night sky's more elusive sights: the…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (688+ words) "China will not only grab the headlines but may be the first to find evidence of life on another planet." China is making progress on its Tianwen 3 Mars sample return mission, which aims to bring back to Earth roughly 500 grams…...