Inspiration4 Astronaut and billionaire Jared Isaacman is giving the US Space Force Historical Foundation the largest private donation in the nonprofit's 35-year history, funding future meticulous restoration of rare rocket-related…
NASA, as always, is looking at the next generation of thrusters to enable ever more ambitious space missions. One idea currently moving into Phase II of NASA's Innovative Advanced Concept…
The warm gas giant WASP-107 b, known for its unusually low density and moderate temperature, may have its bloated atmosphere due to tidal heating that warms its interior more than…
According to new observations from James Webb Space Telescope (JWST(. The discovery shows that planetary atmospheres can swell to remarkable amounts without resorting to esoteric theories of planet formation, astronomers…
As part of NASA's efforts to expand commercial supplies into low Earth orbit, Sierra Space's unmanned spacecraft arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its maiden flight…
New "star signs" have been identified above Earth made from defunct satellites and parts of old rockets to draw attention to the worsening space debris problem. Called Space Trash Signs,…
The beginning of May was a very stormy period for our Sun. A powerful solar storm has lit up the skies around the world with a mesmerizing and intense glow.…
New evidence strongly suggests the existence of Planet 9 on the outskirts of our solar system. Image via Solen Feyissa/ Unsplash. New evidence for Planet 9 The case that a…
Zoom in / The surface of Ryugu. Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, Aizu University, AIST An asteroid…
The Orion Nebula may be a familiar and well-studied celestial object, but new images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show this star-forming cloud of gas and dust in…