Launched in 2011, NASA’s NEOWISE mission operated in Earth’s orbit until late last week. It detected more than 3,000 near-Earth objects or NEOs –…
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New results from the first archaeological fieldwork conducted in space show the International Space Station is a rich cultural landscape…
Although our universe may seem stable, having existed for a whopping 13.7 billion years, several experiments suggest that it is…
Cutting-edge telescopes, gravitational waves, black holes and our solar system’s central star, the Sun, are just a few of the…
In an exciting breakthrough for astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial life, a team of international scientists has announced the discovery…
The stars aren’t fixed and unchanging, unlike what many ancient people thought. Once in a while, a star appears where…
NASA’s DART mission – Double Asteroid Redirection Test – was humanity’s first real-world planetary defence mission. In September 2022, the DART spacecraft…
NASA has announced the first detection of possible biosignatures in a rock on the surface of Mars. The rock contains…
Using radar, a NASA spacecraft, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), has confirmed the existence of caves beneath the lunar surface. Here’s why such geological…
When considering human settlements on the Moon, Mars and further afield, much attention is given to the travel times, food…