After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on October 20, touching down for a few seconds to collect...
Enlarge / Firefly tests the first stage of its Alpha rocket. Welcome to Edition 3.17 of the Rocket Report! Weather and technical issues permitting, we’re looking...
On August 19 of this year, astronomers using the Panoramic Surveying Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) Observatory in Hawaii discovered an
The largest-ever study of tree rings from Norilsk in the Russian Arctic has shown that the direct and indirect effects of industrial pollution in the region...
Less than three weeks after shipping to Texas, SpaceX says that Starship’s first Raptor Vacuum engine has completed a “full duration test fire” on the march...
Einstein's general theory of relativity predicts the existence of time loops or time travel - where an event can occur in the past and future -
Last week it was announced that phosphine, a compound known as an indicator of life, has been discovered in the atmosphere of Venus. So is there...
As the streets of San Francisco emptied out in the months of the pandemic, the city's male birds began singing more softly and improving their vocal...
Survey of geosynchronous orbital debris led by University of Warwick found over 75% of debris detected could not be matched to known objects in public satellite...
The Australian Space Agency wants Aussie companies on NASA’s books, and they’ve got the cash to make it happen.