Using a new type of deep-learning algorithm, a team of NASA scientists have detected 301 more exoplanets in the Kepler archive!
The five-ton Prichal docking module arrived at the International Space Station at 10:19 a.m. EST, propelled by a modified Russian Progress propulsion compartment. They docked to the Nauka module on the Earth-facing side of the…
An Ultrahot Jupiter with a 16-hour orbit and a temperature exceeding 3000 Kelvin? Launch the James Webb and give us a better look!
Thanks to the Atacama Large Milimeter Array in Chile, a team of astronomers discovered two galaxies invisible to the Hubble Space Telescope.
New data from the exploration of Mars has provided more evidence of Mars’ volcanic past. The new study, which was published in Nature Communications, details how scientists used NARA’s InSight Mars Lander to record vibrations…
The latest news from Mars exploration has more details about the surface makeup of the planet, including a look beneath the surface.
A Russian cargo craft carrying a new docking module successfully hooked up with the International Space Station Friday after a two-day space journey.
A big space rock would have thrown the Earthlike planets of the Trappist-1 system out of sync, a new study says.
A node module billed as the final Russian element of the International Space Station docked with the station Nov. 26.
A Russian cargo craft carrying a new docking module has successfully hooked up with the International Space Station after a two-day space journey
The Russian docking station is the second major upgrade from that country in recent months.
A NASA spacecraft the size of a golf cart has been directed to smash into an asteroid, with the intention of knocking it slightly off course. The test aims to demonstrate our technological readiness in…
The new module docked in an automatic mode under the control of Flight Control Center specialists on the ground and cosmonauts onboard the ISS
Astronomers have discovered a new planet outside our solar system which orbits its star in just 16 hours. The ongoing hunt for planets beyond our solar system has resulted in over 4,000 discoveries of far-off…
Astronomers have discovered a new planet outside our solar system which orbits its star in just 16 hours. The ongoing hunt for planets beyond our solar system has resulted in over 4,000 discoveries of far-off…
Astronomers have discovered a new ultra hot planet bigger than Jupiter where a full year is only 16 hours long.
Ah, Neptune, the Planet of Illusion, Deception, and Dreams. For the past five months, this planetary body has been in retrograde, which means it's been appearing to move backwards through the sky. Retrograde can be…
The DART spacecraft will deliberately crash into a 530-foot-wide asteroid called Dimorphos in September 2022 at a speed of almost 15,000 miles per hour.
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of two new exoplanets orbiting an evolved sun-like star known as HD 137496. The newly found extrasolar worlds, identified using NASA's Kepler ...
Astronomers have found a new exoplanet in a fairly weird way — not because of its orbital motion around its host star, as is usually the case, but because of the motion of its host…
Seismic data collected in Elysium Planitia, the second largest volcanic region on Mars, suggest the presence of a shallow sedimentary layer sandwiched between lava flows beneath the planet’s surface. These findings were gained in the…
A spacecraft is on its way to nudge a distant asteroid.
A newly discovered “ultrahot Jupiter” has the shortest orbit of any known gas giant. The hunt for planets beyond our solar system has turned up more than 4,000 far-flung worlds, orbiting stars thousands of light…
The area between a pair of large black holes on the verge of colliding could provide the conditions to create dangerous bubbles of "true vacuum"
A big space rock would have thrown planets of the Trappist-1 system out of sync.
Astronomers have spotted two “invisible” galaxies hiding near the dawn of the universe. The team used radio waves to peer behind a curtain of dust that was obscuring them from view, and the find suggests…
NASA said it’s aiming to bump Dimorphos slightly off its orbital path. The space agency...
An asteroid that landed in Russia in 2013 injured 1,500 people – and was just 20 metres in diameter. What could we do if a major threat was detected?
Findings also include a distinctive planetary system with two gas giants. UCLA astronomers have identified 366 new exoplanets, thanks in large part to an algorithm developed by a UCLA postdoctoral scholar. Among their most noteworthy…
Breakthrough Initiatives just announced a collaborative effort to launch a space telescope that will search for habitable planets around Alpha Centauri
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station didn’t let a little thing like distance get in the way of gratitude or a good meal.
Nature - Nature highlights three key infographics from the week in science and research.
Scientists estimate that the Trappist-1 planets are in near perfect balance and could potentially host life as they are similar to Earth and formed in a similar way.
Upwards of 10 to 20 percent of the earliest galaxies are hidden by thick blankets of cosmic dust, new research suggests.
NASA’s DART mission is underway, launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 and aiming to answer one of the biggest questions in science – and sci-fi movies: can we avoid a potentially life-endin…
An international team led by astronomers from the University Of California, Los Angeles reported the detection of hundreds of candidate exoplanets, includi
Scientists have used the “perfect harmony” of a distant planetary system to understand more about its past.
Fragile orbits of seven exoplanets limit late arrival of water. Seven Earth-sized planets orbit the star TRAPPIST-1 in near-perfect harmony, and U.S. and European researchers have used that harmony to determine how much physical abuse…
Seven Earth-sized planets orbit the star TRAPPIST-1 in near-perfect harmony, and U.S. and European researchers have used that harmony to determine how much physical abuse the planets could have withstood ...
It's been talked about for years, but this will be the first time NASA has actually tried to deflect an asteroid
An algorithm has helped astronomers find some 366 possible new exoplanets.
A rocket has been shot into space and is heading for two asteroids. NASA is going to try to alter the path of an asteroid.
Mars' winds create enough noise to see what's underneath the InSight lander.
(CNN) — The holidays still happen in space, they just look a little bit different. But the sentiments are the same. “I’m going to do whatever I can to show how thankful I am for…
The uncrewed Progress 78 supply ship has a date with destruction.
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A Cedar Falls man will celebrate Thanksgiving in space.
The results, NASA says, will help scientists understand the dynamics of huge gas giant planets both in our own solar system and around other stars, as well as provide insights into how Earth’s atmosphere works.
Russia's Prichal docking module linked up with the International Space Station Friday, adding the final planned piece of the Russian segment of the outpost to provide a new connection for future crew and cargo ships.
A small NASA space probe blasted off from California early Wednesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a first-of-its-kind mission to change the orbit of an asteroid, pioneering a technique that may one day…
Russia plans to add another module to the International Space Station this week, and the journey began with a launch from Kazakhstan at 8:06 a.m. EST (1306 GMT) Wednesday on a Soyuz rocket. Russia's Prichal…
These photos show SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket standing on Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, hours before liftoff with NASA's DART mission, an experiment to test how a spacecraft might deflect a…
A first-of-its-kind asteroid deflection experiment lifted off overnight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SpaceX launched NASA's DART mission on a Falcon 9 rocket at 1:21 a.m. EST Wednesday (0621 GMT; 10:21 p.m. PST…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base, heading southeast over the Pacific Ocean with NASA's DART asteroid deflection experiment. It will take 55 minutes to deploy the DART…
NASA said Monday the launch of the $9.7 billion James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed at least four days until no earlier than Dec. 22 out of "sheer caution" to ensure the observatory suffered…
A small spacecraft set to launch on a collision course with an asteroid has been encapsulated inside the payload fairing of its Falcon 9 rocket for blastoff from California this week, a mission that will…
Astra launched its first rocket into orbit from Alaska early Saturday after falling short on three previous tries, an achievement company officials said will unlock "tremendous demand" for its small satellite launch service. The company's…
Blue Origin transferred a full-size mock-up of its reusable New Glenn booster through Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 11 from the company's factory to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Prichal is the second Russian module to reach the orbiting lab in recent months.
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