The Mars Sample Return (MSR) program, a joint effort between NASA and the ESA to bring samples of Mars back to Earth, just moved into the...
According to statements made by JAXA, the samples returned by the Hayabusa 2 mission included black sand and gases obtained from the asteroid itself.
A very rare astronomical phenomenon has been in the headlines a lot recently, and for good reason. It will be hundreds of years until we can...
Eclipses, meteor showers, occultations and more.
There’s a powerful scene in the movie “Contact” (one of my favs) where lead character Ellie Arroway is sitting among an array of telescopes and hears...
NASA has released the Artemis III Science Definition Team Report, which defines the science operations that the "first woman and next man" will conduct on the...
A new image from the world’s largest solar observatory shows a spectacular, high resolution view of a gigantic sunspot. The sunpspot measures about 16,000 km (10,000...
The galaxy NGC 1052-DF4 surprised scientists by having almost no dark matter to complement its stellar population. Recently a team of astronomers has provided an...
Ultra-precise measurements of stars in our galaxy put us closer to galactic center than we thought.
Oxygen ranks right up there as one of the most important resources for use in space exploration. Not only is it a critical component of rocket...