Long-time advocate of SLS rocket says it’s time to find an “off-ramp”
“A revised Artemis campaign plan should be a high priority for the new NASA Administrator,” Pace…
NASA’s new telescope will create the ‘most colourful’ map of the cosmos ever made
NASA will soon launch a new telescope which it says will create the “most colourful” map…
Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power
But, of course, you need to make the fuel there in the first place. The obvious…
Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history
That mission, and the 2020 Chang’e-5 robotic mission before it, are the first to return lunar…
It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite
These actions followed pre-established protocols. However, it highlighted the small but non-zero risk of rocket debris…
Why is one half of Mars so different to the other? ‘Marsquakes’ may have just revealed the answer
Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy,…
Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
Julianna Scheiman, director of NASA science missions for SpaceX, said it made sense to pair the…
A total eclipse of the Moon, Saturn’s rings ‘disappear’, meteors and more: your guide to the southern sky in 2025
In addition to the annual parade of star pictures or constellations passing above our heads each…
Humans will soon be able to mine on the Moon. But should we? 4 questions to consider
By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well be mining the surface…
Follow the sun: Nasa spacecraft completes successful fly by
NASA has made history by flying a spacecraft closer to the Sun than any other manmade…
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After Russian ship docks to space station, astronauts report a foul smell
Russian space program faces ongoing challenges Zak reported that the cosmonauts aboard the Russian segment of…
A 4.45 billion-year-old crystal from Mars reveals the planet had water from the beginning
Water is ubiquitous on Earth – about 70% of Earth’s surface is covered by the stuff….
Elon Musk’s new job will bring tech ‘disruption’ to the US government – and history says it won’t be pretty
On November 12, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced he would appoint Elon Musk, the world’s…
Egg-shaped galaxies may be aligned to the black holes at their hearts, astronomers find
Black holes don’t have many identifying features. They come in one colour (black) and one shape…