space exploration

International researchers studied galaxy NGC 4383 in the nearby Virgo cluster and found a gas outflow so large that it would take 20,000 years for light to travel from one side to the other. The discovery is published in the journal Monthly…

NASA and Lockheed launched the Juno space probe in 2011 as part of the New Frontiers program. It entered Jupiter's orbit on July 4th, 2016, to peek beneath the planet's dense clouds. Now, in its extended mission, the probe is taking a…

A team of scientists is creating robots based on the movement of ancient animals, including pleurocystitids, a sea creature from 500 million years ago. Richard Desatnik, a Carnegie Mellon University scientist, collaborated with European…

There’s a new technology under test at the Redwire Corp. facility in Longmont, CO. NASA hit a key technology milestone at the new facility with a successful deployment of one of four solar sail quadrants.   NASA considers solar sail…

Japan is now the fifth nation to make a soft lunar landing. Its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) successfully landed on the moon, but its solar panel failed to generate power, posing a challenge. According to the Japan…

As part of the 2023 Holidays at the White House, First Lady Jill Biden debuted the first-ever White House Advent Calendar and is celebrating with this new image from the JWST. In it, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) gleams against the…

According to a new study published in Nature Synthesis, a robot chemist powered by AI could solve the challenge of delivering oxygen to humans on Mars before humans could. The researchers found that an AI robot could solve how to cook up…

Boeing's internal data from defense and space contractor Boeing was published online by the Lockbit cybercrime gang, which steals and releases data unless a ransom is paid. Boeing was given until November 2 to pay the ransom. The published…

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s optical navigation team, as backup to the OSIRIS-REx mission to near-Earth asteroid Bennu, double-checked the primary navigation team’s work, proving the viability of navigation by visual cues. Using…

In its innovation of unique technologies for use in space, NASA has developed and licensed a myriad of treatments and products, especially for those with injuries and disabilities. Examples include an “anti-gravity" treadmill used by…