Artemis Program 1 month ago
Nearly half the objects orbiting Earth are ‘uncontrollable’ space junk — and jeopardize future space travel

Nearly half the manmade objects orbiting Earth are chunks of “uncontrollable” space junk — with just three countries fueling the problem and endangeri...

Source: Freerepublic.com

NASA’s new AI space chip could let spacecraft think for themselves
Space Technology 1 month ago
NASA’s new AI space chip could let spacecraft think for themselves

NASA is testing a next-generation space computer chip that could give spacecraft the ability to operate far more independently in deep space. The radi...

Source: Science Daily

The Artemis 2 astronauts came home from 252,756 miles away with the same line — “planet Earth, you are a crew” — and it’s the kind of thing that sounds like a slogan until you hear who said it and why
Artemis Missions 1 month ago
The Artemis 2 astronauts came home from 252,756 miles away with the same line — “planet Earth, you are a crew” — and it’s the kind of thing that sounds like a slogan until you hear who said it and why

Christina Koch said it on Saturday April 11, 2026, in an auditorium at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, after the four members of Artemi...

Source: Space Daily

Francia tiene su mayor frontera con... Brasil
Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Francia tiene su mayor frontera con... Brasil

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made a surprising discovery about a galaxy long, long ago and far, far away: It isn’t rotating. ...

Source: Linksdv.com

Non-Rotating Early Galaxy Is a Surprise to Astronomers
Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Non-Rotating Early Galaxy Is a Surprise to Astronomers

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made a surprising discovery about a galaxy long, long ago and far, far away: It isn’t rotating. ...

Source: Linksdv.com

JWST resolved a galaxy from 800 million years after the Big Bang while NEO Surveyor — the only NASA mission Congress has required by statute — remains roughly 30 years behind its city-killer catalog deadline, and the gap is a lesson in what makes a proble
Astronomy Research 1 month ago
JWST resolved a galaxy from 800 million years after the Big Bang while NEO Surveyor — the only NASA mission Congress has required by statute — remains roughly 30 years behind its city-killer catalog deadline, and the gap is a lesson in what makes a proble

JWST has just resolved a galaxy as it existed 800 million years after the Big Bang, even as NEO Surveyor — the only NASA mission Congress has required...

Source: Space Daily

The same precision sensor that kept Webb locked on galaxies 13 billion light-years away has been quietly miniaturized — and it’s about to solve the navigation problem nobody wanted to discuss on the way to the Moon
Moon Science 1 month ago
The same precision sensor that kept Webb locked on galaxies 13 billion light-years away has been quietly miniaturized — and it’s about to solve the navigation problem nobody wanted to discuss on the way to the Moon

Lunar missions are running into a navigation wall. Landers heading for the south pole this decade cannot rely on GPS, the Moon has no positioning cons...

Source: Space Daily

Space Technology 1 month ago
SpaceX launches CRS-34 cargo mission to ISS

A Falcon 9 launched a Dragon cargo spacecraft May 15 carrying nearly 3,000 kilograms of cargo to the International Space Station.

Source: SpaceNews

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Reveals a Sky Filled With Thousands of Alien Worlds

NASA’s TESS mission has released its most complete cosmic mosaic yet, revealing thousands of confirmed and candidate exoplanets scattered across the n...

Source: Freerepublic.com

Artemis Program 1 month ago
A New Theory of Dark Matter Could Solve Three Cosmic Mysteries

A study led by UC Riverside physicist Hai-Bo Yu suggests that a new type of dark matter could explain three astrophysical puzzles across vastly differ...

Source: Universe Today

The devil may wear Prada on Earth, but NASA Artemis astronauts will on the moon. Here's why.
Artemis Program 1 month ago
The devil may wear Prada on Earth, but NASA Artemis astronauts will on the moon. Here's why.

What the devil does the fashion industry in The Devil Wears Prada 2 have to do with NASA?

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Starlink Mobile challengers back proposed telco-led D2D joint venture

A planned direct-to-device joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon has divided operators behind the satellites needed to connect ord...

Source: SpaceNews

Space Technology 1 month ago
NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station

The 34th SpaceX commercial resupply mission under contract with NASA is headed to the International Space Station with new scientific experiments afte...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Turbulence in the Milky Way's ISM Distorts Light from Distant Quasars

We may be getting better images of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole in the future. Astronomers used 10 years of observations of a distant ...

Source: Universe Today

ISS astronauts pose with fresh fruit in microgravity
Space Technology 1 month ago
ISS astronauts pose with fresh fruit in microgravity

A Cygnus XL spacecraft recently brought produce, oxygen tanks, and even a new exercise machine. The post ISS astronauts pose with fresh fruit in micro...

Source: Popular Science

Artemis Missions 1 month ago
NASA Reveals New Details About Artemis 3—and It’s a Bit Weird - Gizmodo

NASA Reveals New Details About Artemis 3—and It’s a Bit WeirdGizmodo SLS to launch without upper stage for Artemis 3SpaceNews NASA Outlines Preliminar...

Source: Slashdot.org

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
NASA Captures Volatile Changes in Earth's Artificial Light

A study of NASA's Black Marble data reveals a pattern of regional volatility in nighttime illumination across the planet.

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
How Did This Peculiar Planet Pair Form?

A planetary odd couple — a mini-Neptune and a hot Jupiter — probably formed much farther away from their star before migrating closer in. The post Ho...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Space Technology 1 month ago
Live Coverage: SpaceX makes another attempt to launch space station cargo mission

Liftoff of the resupply mission, atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. ...

Source: Spaceflight Now

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Joint ESA-China SMILE mission set for launch to study Earth’s magnetic shield

A pioneering joint ESA-China science mission to study Earth’s magnetosphere is set to launch May 19, after a decade of preparations.

Source: SpaceNews