NASA is probing a sudden loss of contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter after rare 3I/ATLAS data, raising questions about timing ...
CINEMA, a mission to improve understanding of the growing impacts of space weather, has been competitively selected by NASA ...
A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...
Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbour valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...
From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...
The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...
For Artemis IV, Lunar Outpost will partner with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of ...
Nuclear rockets are moving from Cold War concept to near-term hardware, and the shift could reshape how quickly and safely ...
After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...
In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while launching more missions and increasing the total science return. If ESCAPADE ...
A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) links quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in solar flares to dynamic ...