JWST Reveals A Star-Scorched Mercury-Like Planet That's Bigger Than Earth
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
JWST Reveals A Star-Scorched Mercury-Like Planet That's Bigger Than Earth

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a dark, scorched world that may be similar to the Moon or Mercury but about 30 percent larger than ...

Source: ScienceAlert

NASA's mega moon plans unveiled: Drones, landers, rovers, millions of dollars contracts to 4 US companies
Artemis Missions 3 weeks ago
NASA's mega moon plans unveiled: Drones, landers, rovers, millions of dollars contracts to 4 US companies

During April's Artemis II mission, four astronauts flew around the moon, travelling deeper into space than the Apollo moon crews did during the l...

Source: The Times of India

Comet & Asteroid News 3 weeks ago
Tianwen-2 mission target asteroid (469219) Kamoʻoalewa probably develops an Itokawa-compositional but more space-weathered surface

The origin of asteroid (469219) Kamo‘oalewa, target of China’s Tianwen-2 mission, is debated. Here, the authors show that it probably originated from ...

Source: Nature.com

Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
The Weirdness of Early Universe SMBHs Gets Even Weirder

The JWST has shown us some strange things about supermassive black holes (SMBH) in the early Universe. Many of them are far more massive than we think...

Source: Universe Today

Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the Internat...

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Rovers and Drones laying the foundations for NASA Moon Base

NASA has outlined the initial missions under its Moon Base initiative, rebranding existing Commercial Lunar… The post Rovers and Drones layi...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Space Technology 3 weeks ago
Released: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft

The Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) is available for review via SAM.gov.

Source: NASA

NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety

With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers th...

Source: NASA

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Expands Florida Rocket Facility Footprint, Ron DeSantis Touts State's 'Ideal Environment' For Success
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Expands Florida Rocket Facility Footprint, Ron DeSantis Touts State's 'Ideal Environment' For Success

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) announced on Friday that Blue Origin will expand its Rocket Park campus in Cape Canaveral with a $600 million proje...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

Watch: Nasa shows renderings for planned permanent moon base
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Watch: Nasa shows renderings for planned permanent moon base

The plans include permanent human habitation on the Earth's only natural satellite by 2032.

Source: BBC News

Noble Audio’s FoKus Artemis is the first wireless headphone with dynamic and planar magnetic tech
Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
Noble Audio’s FoKus Artemis is the first wireless headphone with dynamic and planar magnetic tech

The headphone competes with premium models like the Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2.

Source: Acquiremag.com

NASA announces 3 uncrewed missions to the moon this year to prepare to build a base
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA announces 3 uncrewed missions to the moon this year to prepare to build a base

NASA announced plans for three uncrewed missions to the moon this year that will serve as early steps toward building a permanent base on the lunar su...

Source: NBC News

Rocket Lab Adds Mars-Proven Robotics Capabilities with Completion of Motiv Space Systems Acquisition
Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
Rocket Lab Adds Mars-Proven Robotics Capabilities with Completion of Motiv Space Systems Acquisition

Rocket Lab has acquired Motiv Space Systems, adding Mars heritage for complex planetary missions, plus precision mechanisms for space infrastructure.....

Source: GlobeNewswire

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missions - The Guardian

Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missionsThe Guardian NASA announces 3 uncrewed missions to the moon this year ...

Source: Slashdot.org

NASA announces three new Moon missions as agency races to build permanent lunar base by end of 2026
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA announces three new Moon missions as agency races to build permanent lunar base by end of 2026

NASA announces three new Moon missions as part of its Moon Base program, aiming to establish a permanent human presence on the lunar surface by 2026.

Source: Fox News

NASA reveals first plans for a moon base
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA reveals first plans for a moon base

NASA has provided the first look at its plans for its moon base, which include several robotic missions to the surface of the moon as early as this ye...

Source: CBC News

Voyager 2 flew past Neptune in 1989 and detected faint hints of auroras it couldn’t explain — because the magnetic field is tilted 47 degrees off the rotation axis and the auroras were glowing in entirely the wrong place
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
Voyager 2 flew past Neptune in 1989 and detected faint hints of auroras it couldn’t explain — because the magnetic field is tilted 47 degrees off the rotation axis and the auroras were glowing in entirely the wrong place

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct evidence of auroras on Neptune, according to findings published in Nature Astronomy, with lead auth...

Source: Space Daily

Space Technology 3 weeks ago
Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war

As U.S. kamikaze drones guided by Elon Musk’s Starlink network began to make visible gains in the war against Iran, senior SpaceX officials reached a ...

Source: Japan Today

Artemis Missions 3 weeks ago
NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list

NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar ...

Source: Japan Today

NASA reveals new details on plan to build a base on the moon
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA reveals new details on plan to build a base on the moon

The space agency hopes to return humans to the lunar surface in 2028.

Source: Abcnews.com