
Boeing’s Starliner Launch Will Bring New Cargo and Science to the Space Station
The uncrewed flight includes a payload of food, provisions and a specialized flight-test dummy
The uncrewed flight includes a payload of food, provisions and a specialized flight-test dummy
Ground stations are currently tracking 16 fragments associated with the event, which occurred on April 15
The icy nucleus of Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is about 80 miles (129 kilometers) wide
The surprisingly bright galaxy, called HD1, may contain some of the universe’s first stars, as well as a supermassive black hole
Axiom Space’s visit to the International Space Station is a milestone for commercial human spaceflight
Called Earendel, the star is nearly 13 billion light-years from Earth
Three decades after it began, the exoplanet revolution shows no sign of slowing down
The aircraft’s sorties are helping NASA’s Perseverance rover scout a path into an ancient Martian river delta
With its mirrors now focused, the observatory’s science instruments are now being readied for work
The eminent astrophysicist changed the way we view our home star
Citing the military invasion of Ukraine, the world’s leading organization for particle physics research has paused its work with Russia
The Rosalind Franklin rover was set to embark for Mars later this year, but the deteriorating relationship between Europe and Russia now makes that very unlikely
Proxima d might be only a quarter the mass of Earth, potentially making it one of the smallest worlds yet discovered beyond our solar system
The space agency has announced the timing of the ISS’s demise as part of a long-planned transition to private orbital outposts
The Trojan asteroid 2020 XL5 is projected to linger in our planet’s vicinity for the next 4,000 years
Despite efforts to reduce light pollution from the satellites, their disruptions of astronomical observations are increasing at an alarming pace
The atom interferometry technique uses the effects of time dilation to reveal subtle changes in gravity’s strength
The rover’s latest sample collection—an effort to gather material for eventual return to Earth—is off to a rocky start
The successful unfurling of the five-layered, tennis court-sized assemblage is a major milestone for the new observatory
The launch will now occur no earlier than Christmas Day
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