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Mysterious explosion from empty region of space puzzles astronomers
October 08, 2023It feels like every time astronomers get a handle on a cosmic phenomenon, a new one pops up that sends them back to the drawing board. Case in point – Hubble has spotted a burst of light in a region of space where there didn’t seem to be a trigger. -
Axiom Space teams with high-fashion Prada to create new NASA spacesuit
October 05, 2023On the cosmic fashion front, Axiom Space is teaming up with the Italian luxury apparel house Prada to create the high-tech spacesuits that NASA astronauts will wear when they return to the Moon in 2025 as part of the Artemis program. -
"Starburst" galaxies could solve cosmic dawn mystery raised by Webb
October 03, 2023The James Webb Space Telescope can look farther back in space and time than ever before – and it’s revealed puzzling galaxies that seem to be too advanced for their age. Now astronomers have proposed a new explanation for them – starburst galaxies. -
New Horizons gets a new lease on life and a possible flyby mission
October 03, 2023The future of NASA's New Horizons interstellar probe as it speeds out of the solar system, never to return, is a bit more secure after the space agency announced a new extended mission plan that includes another possible Kuiper Belt object flyby. -
James Webb spots dozens of unexplained "JUMBO" objects in Orion nebula
October 02, 2023Hiding within new images of a nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have made a puzzling discovery – dozens of Jupiter-sized objects that defy explanation. -
New imaging reveals colossal cosmic web lurking in dark distant universe
October 01, 2023On the largest scales possible, the universe resembles a web of light spun by an inconceivably large spider. Now, astronomers have detected very faint light from these cosmic web filaments in the deep, dark, distant universe. -
James Webb spots carbon on Europa, boosting case for life
September 27, 2023The best places to search for life beyond Earth aren’t planets like Mars – they’re icy moons like Europa. The case for life on this watery world just got stronger, as the James Webb Space Telescope has detected a fresh carbon source there. -
James Webb analyzes atmosphere of first TRAPPIST planet
September 26, 2023The James Webb Space Telescope has achieved one of the first major science goals announced for it way back in 2017. The infrared instrument has now probed the atmosphere around one of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets. -
NASA reveals new plan to deorbit International Space Station
September 24, 2023NASA's final plans for the International Space Station when it is decommissioned at the end of the decade have been revealed as it asks for proposals for a new spacecraft that will be used to guide the station to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. -
Hopper2 test flight demonstrates advanced reusable rocket technology
September 24, 2023Startup Stoke Space has successfully completed a 15-second vertical launch/vertical landing test of its Hopper VTVL reusable rocket that is capable of atmospheric reentry and landing after acting as a launch vehicle second stage. -
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission lands safely in Utah
September 24, 2023After a two-and-a-half-year astral trek and seven years since lift off, asteroid samples from NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer OS(IRIS-REx) have been brought down to Earth. -
CubeSat rocket thruster is so small it has to be made like microchips
September 14, 2023Imperial College is developing a rocket thruster called the Iridium Catalysed Electrolysis CubeSat Thruster (ICE-Cube Thruster) that is so small that it can only be fabricated using techniques originally designed for making silicon chips. -
Tiny submersible may one day explore ice-covered extraterrestrial oceans
September 13, 2023Although Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa both have ice-covered surfaces, oceans may exist beneath that ice. The TRIPLE-nanoAUV 2 project is aimed at getting an uncrewed submersible into those oceans, to search for life. -
Bangor University to develop tiny nuclear fuel for future Moon bases
September 10, 2023Under a UK Space Agency contract, Bangor University in Wales is developing a new poppy-seed-sized nuclear fuel for the Rolls-Royce micro reactors that will power future crewed lunar outposts by 2030. -
Successful liftoff for Japan's first lunar landing mission
September 06, 2023It was second time lucky for Japan as it successfully launched its first lunar lander on September 6 at 23:42 GMT atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center 25 miles (40 km) south of Kyushu.
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