764 results for "spacecraft"

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), an experimental spacecraft designed to harness sunlight for propulsion, is facing technical challenges after a bent boom caused it to lose orientation and…

The Hera spacecraft, on a mission to study the aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid impact, has beamed back its first images from space. Taken from a distance of over 1.6…

NASA has completed the spacecraft bus for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a critical step toward launching this next-generation observatory in 2027. The spacecraft bus, responsible for transporting and…

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Juice spacecraft, currently en route to explore Jupiter’s icy moons, has made an intriguing discovery much closer to home. During its August 2024 flyby of...

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft safely touched down on September 7, 2024, following an uncrewed mission that has brought renewed focus on the spacecraft's challenges. Details of the Landing Starliner touched down...

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore has reported an unusual and mysterious sound emanating from the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, which is currently docked at the International Space Station (ISS). This report...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor, a next-generation infrared space telescope, is making significant progress as it moves closer to its planned launch in late 2027. Designed to detect asteroids and comets that...

In a significant milestone for space exploration, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) successfully performed a rare double gravity assist flyby, utilizing both the Moon and...

Greatly disappointed, to the relief of all those who keep an eye on the skies, the massive object was not an asteroid. ESA's Juice Spacecraft Confused with a Threatening Asteroid...

Space enthusiasts and observers have a rare chance to witness the European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE spacecraft as it makes a historic Earth-Moon flyby next week. This remarkable maneuver will...

Technicians at NASA have been meticulously preparing the Orion spacecraft for its crucial role in the upcoming Artemis II mission. Set to orbit the Moon, the integrated spacecraft recently underwent...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed the loss of communication with its Akatsuki spacecraft, the only active mission currently studying Venus. This development puts the future of Venus...

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has allowed scientists to identify a new cosmic “exhaust vent” that is directing hot gas away from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole...

Following a last-minute delay of the Boeing Starliner's inaugural trip earlier this week, a NASA contractor has warned the space agency that potentially dangerous flaws may still exist in the...

Posted on Aug 27, 2021 in Alien Life, Artificial Intelligence, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Cosmology, Dark Matter, Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, Physics, quantum physics, Science, Technology, UFO, Universe Another amazing...

ESA scientists observe that it cannot be proven whether the particular cloud of dust and gas that gave birth to our Sun collapsed as a result of the collision with...

Posted on Feb 26, 2020 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Climate Change, Science Today Mars is a frigid desert world with a carbon dioxide atmosphere 100 times thinner than Earth’s, the result...

Posted on Apr 19, 2019 in Science “Mercury’s interior is still active, due to the molten core that powers the planet’s weak magnetic field, relative to Earth’s,” said Antonio Genova,...

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Astronomy, Science, Technology “My passion is to follow the trail of cosmic breadcrumbs left behind to reveal whether this story played out elsewhere across...

Perhaps someday in the near future the first signal from an alien intelligence will be detected by artificial intelligence. The future of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for finding exoplanets hidden...

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Science New research, from data gathered during fly-bys from six of Cassini’s instruments before its mission ended in the spacecraft’s fiery death-plunge into Saturn...

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, NASA, Science You can’t help but wonder what unknown worlds and, perhaps, advanced civilizations might be awaiting discovery within the final record...

Posted on Nov 19, 2021 in Astronomy, Science Radio signals from two NASA probes, Cassini at Saturn (above) and Juno at Jupiter, allowed researchers to pierce the swirling clouds that...

“Europa’s plumes are the most straight-forward way to taste its subsurface ocean,” says Hans Huybrighs with Max-Planck Institute of Solar System Physics. “Flying through one of the plumes of water...

“Only a fraction of the interstellar objects might be technological debris of alien civilizations. But we should examine anything that enters the Solar System from interstellar space in order to...

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 The Oumuamua Spacecraft Hypothesis –Harvard’s Avi Loeb Responds to the World’s Media “The Big Bang Star” –‘An Object Like That Could Exist in Our Galaxy’...

Posted on Nov 6, 2018 in Alien Life, Astronomy, Cosmos, Extraterrestrial Life, Physics, Science, SETI, Solar System, Space, Universe “It is impossible to guess the purpose behind Oumuamua without more...

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Astronomy, NASA, Science “Understanding the causes of the differences between the Trojans will provide unique and critical knowledge of planetary origins, the source of...

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Astronomy, Extraterrestrial Life, NASA, Science “It has revolutionized our understanding of our place in the cosmos,” said NASA’s astrophysics director Paul Hertz. “Now we...

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Astronomy, Extraterrestrial Life, NASA, Science Among its many findings, Dawn helped scientists discover organics on Ceres and evidence that dwarf planets could have hosted...

Posted on Oct 26, 2018 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Science, Space These clouds of stars called the Small Magellanic Cloud and the Large Magellanic Cloud, or SMC and LMC are satellite...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, will host a live-streamed Science Chat at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Friday, Sept. 7, during which experts will talk about the...

Posted on Sep 6, 2018 NASA’s Kepler space telescope, which has discovered more than 2,650 alien planets to date, has awakened yesterday, September 5, from it’s low-fuel induced sleep to...

Posted on Sep 6, 2018 in Astronomy, NASA, Technology Today’s robotic spacecraft are beginning to experiment with laser communications, artificial intelligence and 3-D printed parts. But did you know some...

Posted on Aug 26, 2018 In a statement Aug. 24, NASA said the Kepler Spacecraft went into a fuel-conserving “sleep mode” after transmitting the data it collected from its previous...

As of Aug. 20, NASA’s InSight spacecraft had covered 172 million miles (277 million kilometers) since its launch 107 days ago. In another 98 days, it will travel another 129...

Posted on Jul 6, 2018 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, NASA, Science Earlier this week, NASA’s Kepler team received an indication that the spacecraft fuel tank is running very low. NASA has...

Posted on Jun 7, 2018 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Science, Solar System “Our unique orbit allows our spacecraft to fly closer to Jupiter than any other spacecraft in history, so the...

Posted on Jun 6, 2018 in Astronomy, Science, Space, Universe NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is back “awake” and being prepared for the farthest planetary encounter in history – a New...

Posted on May 3, 2018 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmos, Discovery, Galaxies, Science, SETI, Space, Technology, Universe For the first time astronomers have spotted helium on a planet beyond the Solar...

Earlier this year, astronomers stumbled upon a fascinating finding: thousands of black holes likely exist near the center of our galaxy. The X-ray images that enabled this discovery weren’t from...

Posted on Mar 28, 2018 in NASA, Space, Technology “The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible,” said sci-fi author...

Posted on Mar 26, 2018 in Uncategorized Nearly 30 years ago, the Galileo spacecraft flew past Earth on its journey to Jupiter, prompting astronomer Carl Sagan to develop a novel...

Posted on Feb 15, 2018 in Exoplanets, NASA, Space, Universe “We started out analyzing 275 candidates, of which 149 were validated as real exoplanets. In turn, 95 of these planets...

Posted on Aug 27, 2017 By avoiding electronics, a NASA rover might be able to better explore Venus. The planet’s hellish atmosphere creates pressures that would crush most submarines. Its...

In a groundbreaking experiment, scientists witnessed a phenomenon that defies conventional understanding of material behavior. A cracked piece of metal demonstrated the ability to heal itself, opening up new possibilities…

Researchers have detected the most powerful gamma rays ever recorded at the center of the Milky Way, confirming the presence of a PeVatron, a cosmic accelerator that produces some of…

SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), heading for a scheduled splashdown on October 25, 2024, after delays caused by Hurricane Milton. The mission, which included…

NASA has unveiled a prototype telescope for the LISA mission, a collaboration with ESA to detect gravitational waves from space. Set to launch in the mid-2030s, LISA will feature three…

Chinese researchers have developed lunar bricks made from simulated lunar soil that are more than three times stronger than conventional building materials. These bricks, designed for future moon base construction,…