Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle takes off from Mahia Peninsula with the Swedish MATS research satellite. Credit: Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher placed a small Swedish atmospheric research satellite into an on-target polar orbit Friday, but an attempt to recover a booster stage with a helicopter was aborted after a brief telemetry loss from the rocket on descent.
Researchers using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory have detected neutrinos emanating from the energetic core of an active galaxy millions of light-years away. Neutrinos are difficult to detect, and finding them originating from the galaxy is a significant development. What does the discovery mean?
The U.S. government has officially started to explain some of the most infamous UFO encounters of the last decade, with China and weather balloons as top offenders.
The study of extrasolar planets has led to some astounding discoveries, many of which have defied the expectations of astronomers and challenged our notions about the forms planetary systems can take. For example, the discovery of Jupiter-sized planets that orbit closely to their stars (“Hot Jupiters”) defied what astronomers suspected about gas giants. Previously, the general consensus was that gas giants form beyond the “Frost Line” – the boundary beyond which volatile elements (like water) freeze solid – and remain there for the rest of their lives.
A NASA Venus mission will have to wait at least three more years to launch due to issues with the agency's Psyche asteroid probe.
If the title of 'Star Wars: Episode IV' is 'A New Hope' then the title of 'Andor' episode VII should be 'Abandon All Hope.'
The first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi has been pushed back by two additional months, to April 2023.
NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket emerges from the Vehicle Assembly Building late Nov. 3. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket arrived back on its Florida launch pad Friday, ready for a series of overnight launch opportunities beginning Nov. 14 to begin a crucial, long-delayed test flight that officials hope will set the stage for future lunar missions with astronauts.
The sun is currently sleeping. Its surface and corona are relatively quiet as it prepares to ramp up for an expected phase of high activity in 2025. This past October, the ESA’s Solar Orbiter was able to sneak in a close-up peak at the Sun as it slumbers.
An asteroid 1.5 km across is no joke. Even a much smaller one, about the size of a house, can explode with more power than the first nuclear weapons. When an asteroid is greater than 1 km in diameter, astronomers call them “planet-killers.” The impact energy released from a planet-killer striking Earth would be devastating, so knowing where these asteroids are and where they’re headed is critically important.
The next SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch date is up in the air, but the most optimistic projections have Viasat-3 flying in December. A Space Force payload is just behind, in 2023.
The heads of NASA and the European Space Agency have issued statements condemning the latest example of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket booster falling to Earth in an uncontrolled reentry.
Astronomers have connected dozens of neutrinos detected by the IceCube Observatory to a nearby galaxy, M77, aka the Squid Galaxy.
A new Estes' SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon model rocket is ready to launch and land just like the real vehicle on which it is based.
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1B on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand with the Swedish MATS atmospheric research satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
Astronomers have confirmed that a suspicious space rock that hit Earth in 2014 came from another star system, predating the famous interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua by three years.
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It may look spooky, but a blood moon is just a trick of the light. Here we explain this phenomenon and tell you how and where to see the next one.
NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket arrived at the launch pad Friday morning (Nov. 4) and is now being prepared for launch to the moon in as soon as 10 days.
Week in images: 31 October - 4 November 2022
20th Century Studios delivers a second full trailer for December's "Avatar: The Way of Water."
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