NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has twice transmitted a laser pulse to a cookie-sized retroreflector aboard JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration...
In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, a researcher from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a...
Almost 55 years after the launch of Apollo 11—the first mission to land humans on the moon—scientists have found evidence...
A spacecraft launched last year will slingshot back around Earth and the moon next month in a high-stakes, world-first maneuver...
What is dark matter? Even for astrophysicists, it’s a question that remains unanswered. These invisible particles make up most of...
The surface of Uranus’ moon Ariel is coated with a significant amount of carbon dioxide ice, especially on its “trailing...
A gentle rumble ran under Ngan Huang’s feet as a rocket carrying her research—live, human muscle cells grown on scaffolds...
Using modern techniques, researchers have re-examined Johannes Kepler’s half-forgotten sunspot drawings and revealed previously-hidden information about the solar cycles before...
Already more than a month late getting back, two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers...
A vein-filled rock is catching the eye of the science team of NASA’s Perseverance rover. Nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” by the...
In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT—the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an MPIA-led team of astronomers imaged a new exoplanet that orbits a star...
