Scientists reported new research results today suggesting that artificial objects in orbit around the Earth are brightening night skies on our planet significantly more than previously understood.
The research, accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, finds that the number of objects orbiting Earth could elevate the overall brightness of...
The origin of heavy elements in our universe is theorized to be the result of neutron star collisions, which produce conditions hot and dense enough for free neutrons to merge with atomic nuclei and...
The National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, managed by the U.S. Space Force, is responsible for ensuring reliable and affordable access to space for critical national security payloads. To facilitate the launch procurement process...
Source: NASA
In the mid-1990s, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center quietly worked on a massive rocket concept known as Magnum. This super heavy-lift vehicle, although never progressing beyond the preliminary design phase, represented an ambitious...
Satellites are more likely to be at risk from high-speed solar wind than a major geomagnetic storm according to a new UK-US study published this week in the Journal Space Weather.
Researchers investigating the space...
Designed to make the first-ever global survey of Earth’s surface water, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography, or SWOT, satellite will collect detailed measurements...
NASA to decide when to reschedule Starliner crewed launch
by Mike Heuer
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 1, 2024
NASA officials won't know until late Saturday night...
An international team of researchers has successfully used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b.
Precise...