SpaceX has launched its Crew Dragon spacecraft on a “rescue mission” to bring back two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) since…
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In January 2023, a new comet was discovered. Comets are found regularly, but astronomers quickly realised this one, called C/2023 A3…
Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the…
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to go to the International Space Station (ISS) on a roughly…
Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend…
On September 4 2024, astronomers discovered an asteroid, one metre in diameter, heading towards Earth. The space rock would burn…
Most space mission systems historically have used one spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission independently. Whether it was a…
Have you ever wanted to make a $150,000 gamble? If you’re right, you open a new window to the universe.…
When the International Astronomical Union announced in 2006 that Pluto was being demoted from its status as the Sun’s ninth planet, many…
Boeing’s crew transport space capsule, the Starliner, returned to Earth without its two-person crew right after midnight Eastern time on Sept. 7, 2024.…