Space

Scisat tracks changes in the atmosphere that could 'delay the ozone recovery in a warming world.'

This could explain how supermassive black holes grew to have masses billions of times that of the sun so quickly in the early universe.

We once thought the Moon was completely airless, but it turns out it has an atmosphere, after all. Even wilder: it has a tail of its own.

The first world that humans should inhabit beyond the Earth is the Moon, not Mars. Here's how to terraform our lunar neighbor.

Microgravity research and technology development on the ISS will continue "full throttle" through the end of 2030, the agency says.

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel just joined to map its strategy.

How humanity responds to the first contact with intelligent alien life could determine the very fate of our species.

Using nuclear fusion, Pulsar's rocket could dramatically increase travel speeds, aiming for tests by 2025 and fusion temperatures by 2027.

Four astronauts from four countries are on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Autonomous Restructuring of Asteroids into Rotating Space Stations: Asteroid restructuring uses robotics, self replication, and mechanical automatons to autonomously restructure an asteroid into a large rotating space station.
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2302/2302.12353.pdf
#space #spaceexploration #spacestation #spacecraft #asteroids #robots #robotics #science #tech #technology

Experts have ideas about what the cosmic question mark object spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope could be.

Astronomers have found planets that are twice as wide as Jupiter and more than 10 times as heavy, but there's a limit to how big planets can get.

White holes are mathematically possible, according to general relativity. But does that mean they're actually out there?

Get ready stargazers: The Perseid meteor shower and a super blue moon are highly anticipated sights this August.

Asteroids, comets and meteorites are increasingly essential to scientists' understanding of our solar system.

The James Webb Space Telescope has been used to observe Earendel, the most distant star ever detected.

The largest storm in the solar system, a 10,000-mile-wide anticyclone called the Great Red Spot, has decorated Jupiter's surface for hundreds of years.

'We now have for the first time vestiges of times that could have been conducive to the origin of life.'

Researchers have used a "gravitational lens" to reveal distant galaxies. The snapshot could help astronomers better understand dark matter.

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new giant exoplanet transiting a nearby M-dwarf star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-4860 b, is comparable in size and mass to Saturn. The finding is reported in a paper published August 2 on the pre-print server arXiv.

Russian cosmonaut becomes first to ride European robotic arm on ISS spacewalk: Sergey Prokopyev just made history.
https://www.space.com/iss-spacewalk-russian-robotic-arm-ride-august-2023
#space #iss #spacecraft #spaceflight #spacewalk #russia #cosmonaut #ERA

NASA just found a question mark in space. What exactly is it? The object is far outside our galactic neighborhood, possibly billions of light-years away. But astronomers have seen similar objects closer to home.
https://archive.is/Bs8VQ
#space #astronomy #nasa #jwst

Longest Ever Time-Lapse Of An Exoplanet Squashes 17 Years Into 10 Thrilling Seconds: A new video has captured a huge exoplanet 12 times the mass of Jupiter orbiting its star over a 17-year period, condensed down to a thrilling 10-second time-lapse.
https://www.iflscience.com/longest-ever-time-lapse-of-an-exoplanet-squashes-17-years-into-10-thrilling-seconds-70194
#space #exoplanets #astronomy #REACH

Galactic-02, Virgin Galactic’s first mission to carry paying civilian customers to space, is scheduled to launch from New Mexico on 10 August

NASA's Artemis 3 mission, set to return humans to the Moon in 2025, might not involve a crewed landing after all, an official said Tuesday.