Rolls-Royce teases small nuclear reactor for space travel and moon bases
Reactor would use shielded uranium and natural nuclear decay
An asteroid came so close to the Earth that its orbit was permanently altered
That was close! An asteroid approximately the size of a large SUV or bigger swung around the Earth Thursday evening missing us by just over 2,000 miles. NASA said that it was one of the closest flybys of a near-Earth object in recorded history.
Space startup schedules launch to test asteroid mining and ore refining in orbit
Subsequent flights will enter deep space to study and eventually mine a nearby space rock
NASA wants to test a nuclear-powered spacecraft within five years
For shorter and safer journeys to Mars, we need to go nuclear
US government publishes annual unclassified report on unidentified aerial phenomena
More than 500 UAP reports have been cataloged
NASA's James Webb Telescope confirms its first exoplanet
LHS 475 b is located 41 light-years away in the constellation Octans
First-ever attempted space flight to launch in the UK fails to reach orbit
Blimey!
What just happened? The UK's first-ever orbital launch attempt took place last night, but the occasion will likely be remembered for all the wrong reasons after the satellite mission failed to reach orbit due to an undisclosed "anomaly." A disappointing end to what had been hailed as a new space era for the country.
Researchers identify twin exoplanets that may be the first water worlds
Located 218 light-years from Earth
Space infrastructure startup to build a multifunctional manufacturing platform in LEO
The final (commercial) frontier: A new space infrastructure startup called "ThinkOrbital" wants to boldly go where no manufacturing corporation has gone before --- low-Earth orbit. It aims to construct a space station for manufacturing various commercial products. It says the platform can also recycle space junk.
China and the US have plans for nuclear-powered moon bases
Look out, moon. Here comes humanity
NASA's Orion spacecraft comes within 81 miles of the Moon during successful flyby
The first crewed Artemis mission is scheduled for 2024
NASA adjusts Webb Telescope's schedule to minimize micrometeoroid threats
Reducing risk to maximize longevity
The largest-ever commercial communications satellite spans 693 square feet
It's a bird... it's a plane... no, it's a giant communications satellite.
Astronomers are finalizing a 3.2 gigapixel camera that'll map the sky over a decade
The camera will capture 20 terabytes of data every night for 10 years
Webb's portrait of the Pillars of Creation is a star-filled delight
NASA points Webb at the Pillars of Creation
Minecraft player recreates the entire known universe
18-year-old Christopher Slayton spent more than two months analyzing and constructing the cosmos
New supercomputer simulation suggests the Moon may have formed in mere hours, not months or years
A new take on the giant-impact theory
NASA shares first close-up images of Jupiter moon Europa in two decades
Juno flew within 219 miles of Jupiter's moon
Watch NASA hit an asteroid with a spacecraft as it happened
The first-ever demonstration of a planetary defense system
James Webb Telescope captures clearest image of Neptune's rings in more than 30 years
Our first look at Neptune in infrared
SiFive RISC-V cores and Microchip processors will power NASA's future space missions
NASA's upcoming HPSC, RISC-V based computer will be 100 times faster
NASA's James Webb telescope captures a Cosmic Tarantula
The Tarantula Nebula is located 161,000 light-years away
Webb and Hubble team up on multi-spectrum image of Phantom Galaxy
A comprehensive view of the Phantom Galaxy
Radio observatory records signals from Voyager satellite launched almost 45 years ago
At more than 14 billion miles away, the craft is the farthest man-made object in space