We now know who will be on board for Blue Origin's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022.Today (April 4), Jeff Bezos' company announced the six crewmembers for the NS-25 space tourism mission, which will lift off from Blue Origin's West Texas site in the...

A face for radio | Astronomy Magazine false product a-face-for-radio https://www.astronomy.com/picture-of-the-day/photo/a-face-for-radio/ A face for radio | Astronomy Magazine Charles Pevsner, taken from Rio Hurtado, Chile At just 12 million light-years away,...

Some of the biggest names in aerospace — and the automotive industry — will play roles in putting NASA astronauts in the driver’s seat for roving around on the moon. The space agency today selected three teams to develop the capabilities for a lunar terrain...

Science & Exploration 03/04/2024 508 views 7 likes ESA gives new names to its key contributions to the lunar Gateway, which is set to become the first space station around the Moon. The Gateway will support the most distant human space missions ever...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will soon begin its decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, monitoring the entire sky over the southern hemisphere thousands of times over. A mission this huge requires a camera of equal magnitude. Fortunately, SLAC...

During the 2017 total solar eclipse, the Sun’s corona, only visible during the total eclipse, is shown as a crown of white flares from the surface. Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas. The word “corona” means “crown” — during the eclipse, it becomes visible, and...

The edge of the Solar System is defined by the heliosphere and its heliopause. The heliopause marks the region where the interstellar medium stops the outgoing solar wind. But only two spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, have ever travelled to the heliopause....

Enabling & Support 02/04/2024 774 views 15 likes In brief The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter is approaching the closest point to the Sun in its current orbit. It is an important time for the mission’s science activities, and the mission control team at ESA is...

An unusual "horned" comet is now visible in the night sky — and it may even make a rare appearance during the 2024 total solar eclipse on April 8.Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks can currently be seen in the night skies of the northern hemisphere. Comets, composed of...

Back to Article List For such an old planet, Venus has a relatively young surface. The only way that can be is through volcanic activity. The volcano Maat Mons towers over its surroundings in this rendering based on data from NASA's Magellan probe. Credit:...