The asteroid sample collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft just experienced its second touchdown in only two days. The sample — a stash of dirt and gravel that the probe snagged from the asteroid Bennu in October...
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NASA is asking U.S. industry for proposals to create a “space tug” for removing the International Space Station from orbit in the early 2030s. The agency plans to use a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) to safely steer...
Redshift and blueshift describe the change in the frequency of a light wave depending on whether an object is moving toward or away from us. When an object is moving away from us, the light from the object is known as redshift...
NASA’s Red Planet helicopter took to the skies again after a three-month pause. The Ingenuity drone flew sometime in the last few days on Mars, achieving Flight 53. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has...
The Spy balloon was spotted near Billings, Montana, on Wednesday (Feb. 1) as it appeared to be hovering stationary(opens in new tab), high in the sky. On Thursday (Feb. 2), U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace...
The oscillating frequencies of two short gamma-ray bursts are the best evidence yet for the formation of ‘impossible’ hypermassive neutron star that can briefly defy gravity before collapsing to form a black...
The Department of Defense is sticking with SpaceX and ULA launch as its two primary launch services for U.S. national security missions for the foreseeable future. The U.S. Air Force said on Friday it awarded...
A European satellite that has been scrambling to escape premature death in Earth’s atmosphere due to bad space weather has narrowly avoided a collision with a random piece of space debris. Swarm, the satellite...