Artist's rendering of OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface. Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
After four years of moon flybys, Juice will then enter into orbit around Ganymede, the largest moon in the Solar System – becoming the first spacecraft ever to reach orbit around the moon of another planet.
Wild space 'ferry' idea uses paragliders to return to Earth | Space
Dropping in twice from a dozen miles high in the stratosphere, a paraglider safely touched down on Earth in a key milestone aimed at removing space debris.
The high-altitude tests in April 2022 were the flying start to Outpost Technologies' vision: to gently return used space hardware back to Earth for reflight or examination.
'The Short Story of the Universe' fits a big topic into your pocket | Space
It's a big universe, but a new book from an All About Space editor crunches it down into a compact guide.
Lavender summarizes nearly 14 billion years of the universe's history in little more than 200 pages, providing a pocket-sized look into how the universe came to be, why it matters and what it means for the public today.
NASA's 2023 budget includes funding for moon lander besides Starship | Space
Congress approved $25.384 billion for NASA in its $1.7 trillion omnibus bill passed Dec. 23, including full funding for a second Artemis program moon lander to supplement SpaceX's Starship, according to SpaceNews (opens in new tab) .
The overall allocation, however, is less than the nearly $26 billion White House request put forward in March.
See Earth from space in stunning video from China's Tiangong station | Space
Earth mesmerizes in a new video from space, taken by cameras onboard China's Tiangong station in orbit.
Our home planet displays its characteristic blue color as China's completed Tiangong space station , adrift high above the planet, appears in the foreground. The viewer glides over Earth at a gentle pace.
Interesting Engineering's top 10 science stories of 2022
As researchers from all across the globe add to the realm of human knowledge, 2022 has seen its lion's share of scientific discoveries.
The outcomes of scientists' relentless research are frequently shocking and extraordinary, to say the least. Interesting Engineering wants to honor this. We're proud to unveil IE 's top 10 science stories of 2022 .
10 weird things about SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites | Space
Hubble spots a peculiar galaxy with long, twisting space tentacles
At some point in its history, ESO 415-19 had a close encounter with another galaxy, and it's never been the same since.
Astronomers call these bizarrely long arms tidal streams, and they're what earned ESO 415-19 its coveted place in the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies , a catalog of 338 of the weirdest galaxies in the known universe.
George Robert Carruthers: Revealing the Mysteries of Space | Post News Group
At a time when only a few Black high school students were entering projects in Chicago science fairs, George Robert Carruthers (1939–2020) presented the telescope he'd designed and built. He won three awards, including first prize.
He later graduated (1957) from Chicago's Englewood High School and earned his Ph.D. in aeronautical and astronautical engineering at the University of Illinois (1964). But his deep interest in space started much earlier.
9 alien planet discoveries that were out-of-this-world in 2022 | Space
As scientists enter the third decade of exoplanet discoveries, they continue to uncover strange, fascinating findings that sometimes raise more questions than answers.
From a scorching super-Earth to a football-shaped world, here are the greatest alien planet stories of 2022.
South Korea sent drones across the border with North Korea for the first time after its neighbor dispatched five un… https://t.co/6NxFVBnHnI business (from New York and the World) Tue Dec 27 02:05:43 +0000 2022
Russia's successful space launches equaled 99% in the past five years and 100% during the last four-year period, th… https://t.co/qlwbOyZbJF tassagency_en (from Moscow, Russia) Tue Dec 27 09:30:10 +0000 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope has made it a huge year for astronomy research. And that was just the beginning. https://t.co/OJarPScmlb AlbertEinstein Tue Dec 27 17:14:00 +0000 2022
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