Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time (Image Credit: Space.com) Much of what we understand about Uranus comes from data gathered by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft. Thirty-eight years ago, this probe flew by the ice giant, providing humanity with its first close-up glimpse of the seventh planet […]
China’s Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean (Image Credit: Space.com) Happy Martian New Year! Today marks the start of a new year on the Red Planet, the 38th since humans began counting in 1956. The Martian new year begins with data from a now-defunct rover spotting what […]
‘I weigh the same’: NASA astronaut Suni Williams refutes tabloid health claims (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) Don’t believe the tabloids: NASA astronaut Suni Williams says she’s doing just fine aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Last week, media outlets such as The Daily Mail and The New York Post published stories speculating […]
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s chief center for robotic planetary exploration is conducting another round of layoffs. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California — which manages many of NASA’s high-profile robotic missions, such as the Perseverance and Curiosity Mars rovers — […]
NASA’s Mars Rovers Are Having a Rough Time Out There (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers have been roaming Mars for years, exploring different parts of the Red Planet hundreds of miles apart. Over the past few months, however, both robots have been struggling to complete a crucial part of […]
China reveals reusable cargo shuttle design for Tiangong space station (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] China has unveiled the design of a new reusable shuttle to take cargo to and from the country’s space station. The Haolong space shuttle is being developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute under […]
Chinese private rocket launches 1st satellite for international customer (Image Credit: Space.com) Chinese commercial space firm CAS Space announced that it successfully launched 15 satellites into Earth orbit, including one for the Sultanate of Oman. CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 (also known as Lijian-1) solid rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center […]
James Webb Space Telescope finds galaxies pointing toward a dark matter alternative (Image Credit: Space.com) A group of astronomers analyzing data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) say some of the oldest galaxies in our universe appear much larger and brighter than expected, suggesting they formed early and grew rapidly — […]
Mysterious, city-size ‘centaur’ comet gets 300 times brighter after quadruple cold-volcanic eruption (Image Credit: Space.com) A mysterious volcanic comet has just reawoken, unleashing four major eruptions in less than 48 hours and spraying out enough of its icy guts to make the city-size object appear almost 300 times brighter than normal, researchers […]
Open Gateway: Step into mock lunar orbit habitat at Space Center Houston (Image Credit: Space.com) The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration by entering an early mockup for astronaut accommodations around the moon. The “ground prototype” for what evolved into part of NASA’s lunar orbit Gateway is now […]
