Extraterrestrial LifeMay 18, 2022
Origin of Life Theory Involving RNA-Protein Hybrid Gets New Support
A structure that links amino acids suggests that early organisms could have been based on an RNA-protein mix
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Space ExplorationMay 18, 2022
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
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Planetary ScienceMay 5, 2022
NASA Spacecraft Will Visit Apophis, Once Earth’s Deadliest Asteroid Threat
After delivering extraterrestrial samples to Earth in 2023, OSIRIS-REx will embark on an extended mission to a potentially planet-threatening space rock
AstronomyMay 3, 2022
Costly SOFIA Telescope Faces Termination after Years of Problems
NASA and the German space agency ground the telescope on a plane, citing the astronomy community’s concerns over cost and productivity
Space ExplorationApril 25, 2022
Europe Cancels Joint Moon Missions with Russia
Russia will move forward with lunar exploration without its European partners
Planetary ScienceApril 19, 2022
Next Stop, Uranus? Icy Planet Tops Priority List for Next Big NASA Mission
An influential panel’s recommendation makes the ice giant a likely destination for a flagship space mission
Planetary ScienceApril 14, 2022
Hubble Confirms Megacomet Bound for Inner Solar System Is Largest Ever Seen
The icy nucleus of Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is about 80 miles (129 kilometers) wide
AstronomyApril 14, 2022
Ukrainian Astronomers Discover ‘Exocomets’ around Another Star
The alien comets could illuminate the history of their planetary system
AstronomyApril 13, 2022
China Is Hatching a Plan to Find Earth 2.0
A satellite will scour the Milky Way for exoplanets orbiting stars just like the sun
OpinionApril 12, 2022
Spy Satellites Confirmed Our Discovery of the First Meteor from beyond the Solar System
A high-speed fireball that struck Earth in 2014 looked to be interstellar in origin, but verifying this extraordinary claim required extraordinary cooperation from secretive defense programs
Space ExplorationApril 12, 2022
SpaceX’s Starship and NASA’s SLS Could Supercharge Space Science
Scientists are beginning to dream of how a new generation of super-heavy-lift rockets might enable revolutionary space telescopes and bigger, bolder interplanetary missions
Space ExplorationApril 8, 2022
Ax-1, First Private Crewed Space Station Mission, Launches Successfully
Axiom Space’s visit to the International Space Station is a milestone for commercial human spaceflight