2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (363+ words) A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research reported Thursday that…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (471+ words) Last month, the Artemis II crew received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor from Trump during at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Two NASA astronauts who guided the Artemis II lunar mission earlier this year are retiring from active…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (937+ words) Key figures from Europe’s space industry and other international players have converged on Paris to discuss how to advance the continent’s ambitions in a global market dominated by the United States. The two-day International Space Summit that started Wednesday gathers…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (428+ words) The two NASA astronauts who led the Artemis II moonshot earlier this year are stepping away from spaceflight. NASA announced Wednesday that Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover will no longer serve as active astronauts but will…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (498+ words) But the three-armed robotic salvager had to turn away because of low fuel, according to Katalyst Space Technologies, which attempted the daring operation. Katalyst's Link spacecraft got within 15 kilometers (nine miles) of Swift last weekend, using its own sensors to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (625+ words) The discovery might pave the way for answering one of the biggest unresolved questions about our universe Scientists may have found the most significant indication of dark matter ever. An intriguing particle interaction – found during a search for dark matter,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (392+ words) Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their mother ship behind on Thursday and headed down the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage to the solar system's smallest and closest-to-the-sun planet. The linked European and Japanese spacecraft separated as planned from their…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (882+ words) It’s not easy to pick out the patterns that the ancient Greeks drew in this maze of obscure stars, Nigel Henbest writes, but there’s one shape you can’t miss With the equinox coming up on 23 September, this month we change…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (400+ words) Scientists have discovered an enormous 10-sided wave pattern in the icy ammonia clouds over Saturn’s south pole. The spinning, meandering decagon appears to be even bigger and more unstable than the hexagon of clouds around Saturn’s north pole that was…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (348+ words) New research suggests that we might have missed something very important in our understanding of how the Moon formed. Despite its importance and relative proximity, scientists are still not sure how the Moon actually formed in the first place. But…...