NASA has announced more than a third of a billion dollars worth of “Tipping Point” contracts awarded to over a dozen companies pursuing potentially transformative space...
In a first for the space agency, the van-size spacecraft will try to swipe space souvenirs to bring home to Earth. But it might not be...
NASA's new rover prototype, DuAxel, is able to eject one of its axels and use it as a tethered explorer that can traverse hazardous terrain on...
On Saturday, October 20, 2018, the BepiColombo space probe set off on its journey to Mercury from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The 6.40...
Quasars are the brightest objects in the universe and among the most energetic. They outshine entire galaxies of billions of stars. A supermassive black hole li...
Former NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson says he no longer plans to command the first-ever crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner, the spacecraft he's spent the las...
Half of the Great Barrier Reef's corals have been lost over the past quarter of a century, a new Australian study has found.
It's here: Scientists have reported the discovery of the first superconductor at room temperature, after more than a century of waiting. The discovery evokes dr...
MIT engineers have made their initial design more practical, efficient, and scalable. Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have significantly boosted the output fro...
A trio of space travellers has blasted off to the International Space Station using for the first time a fast-track manoeuvre that allowed them to reach...