New research using computer simulations and astronomical data has uncovered that some long-lasting gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are caused by cosmic mergers forming black holes, challenging…
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NASA’s annual Antarctic Long Duration Balloon Campaign, beginning around December 1, will launch three scientific balloons from McMurdo Station, Antarctica. These balloons will support five…
The Roscosmos Progress 84 cargo craft is pictured docked to the International Space Station’s Poisk module. Credit: NASA NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and…
Astronomers have discovered a rotating disk around a forming high-mass star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking the most distant such observation. This discovery, made…
An aurora dances in the horizon of Earth’s atmosphere as city lights shine through clouds cast over Mongolia while the International Space Station orbited 263…
This image shows the “moonrise” of the satellite, now named Selam, as it emerges from behind asteroid Dinkinesh as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance…
NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter captured stunning images of Mars and its moon Phobos, providing a unique perspective of the planet’s curved landscape and atmosphere. This…
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara treats brain cell-like samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox aboard the International Space…
The sun’s first rays burst through the Earth’s atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above the Pacific…
Researchers discovered a universal scaling law in neutron stars, including magnetars, that might explain mysterious Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). By studying the sub-structure of their…
Cosmology, the study of the universe’s origin and structure, is divided into observational and physical branches. It has evolved from Copernicus’ and Newton’s discoveries to…
The European Space Agency, in partnership with the University of Bern’s Astronomical Institute, conducted a study to understand the unpredictable tumbling of defunct satellites in…
Astrophysicists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that teenage galaxies, emerging within the first 2-3 billion years after the Big Bang, exhibit high…
Artist’s view of the configuration of Ariane 6 using four boosters (A64). Credit: ESA – D. Ducros Cinq, quatre, trois, deux, un. Allumage Vulcain! This…
This Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy cluster Abell 3192 in the constellation Eridanus. Initially thought to be a single cluster, further research revealed…
Artist’s impression of Theia colliding with the Earth billions of years ago. Credit: Hongping Deng and Hangzhou Sphere Studio New research suggests that large remnants…
Three Artemis II astronauts recently visited NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility to see the core stage for the Space Launch System. NASA’s SLS rocket will launch…
On the launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana, this Ariane 6 test model was put through a combined test hot-fire (CTHF) before launch – over…
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in orbit over Earth. The PACE observatory will help us better understand how the ocean and atmosphere…
Researchers studied fungi behavior under hypergravity, revealing both the risks and potential benefits of fungi in space missions. Future studies will investigate other organisms in…