The U.S. military's X-37B space plane has embarked on its latest clandestine mission at last.The robotic X-37B lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida Thursday night (Dec. 28) at 8:07 p.m. EST (0107 GMT on...

Taters, NASA's Laser Beam Motion Analyst. Credit: Joby Harris/Instagram via taters_space_cat Taters, a 3-year-old orange tabby cat, is having his 15 seconds of fame. The world met Taters after NASA used a laser to stream a test video of the feline 19 million...

Our Milky Way bristles with giant molecular clouds birthing stars. Based on what we see here, astronomers assume that the process of star creation also goes on similarly in other galaxies. It makes sense since their stars have to form somehow. Now, thanks to...

Science & Exploration 18/12/2023 2670 views 70 likes ESA is launching a competition which initiates a first phase of activities for European companies to eventually demonstrate a complete cargo delivery service to and from space stations in low-Earth orbit...

After arriving in orbit around the moon on Christmas Day, Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) moon lander has beamed back its first images of the lunar surface.The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) revealed the monochrome but highly...

Neutron stars are the perfect cosmic laboratory for the scientists who study them, thanks to their observability, extreme gravity, and strong magnetic fields. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada. It isn’t a secret that humanity and everything around us is made of star...

As NASA continues to ramp up efforts for its Artemis program, which has the goal of landing the first woman and person of color on the lunar surface, two NASA astronauts recently conducted training with a replica of SpaceX’s Starship human landing system (HLS),...

Embark on a cosmic journey with ESA as we explore the universe through the lens of ‘One Million’. From the scorching temperatures of the Sun's corona to the cosmic gaze of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope — discover the astronomical wonders that...

The gold that comprises the ring on your ring, the jewelry, and the uranium used as fuel in nuclear power plants is believed to come from the violent conditions created when two ultradense dead stars called neutron stars collide. This collision between neutron...

Back to Article List The observable universe can be measured — but there could be a lot more space out there than what we can observe. The massive galaxy cluster RXC J0142.9+4438 is seen in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble...