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How Engineers Are Practicing for the BepiColombo Mission to Mercury (Video)

July 17, 2018 | Article

Within just six months, the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are planning to launch a new mission to Mercury called BepiColombo — but they're already acting like the mission has launched.
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Fermi Telescope: Studying the High-Energy Cosmos

July 16, 2018 | Reference

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope studies the universe using gamma-rays, the highest-energy form of light.
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A Stash of a Quadrillion Tons of Diamonds May Be Hiding Deep Inside Earth

July 16, 2018 | Article

Diamonds may be more common than we think
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'World Cup' in Space: Cosmonaut Goalie Blocks Soccer Ball … With His Face

July 16, 2018 | Article

Before the French and Croatian soccer teams came face-to-face at the 2018 World Cup final in Moscow yesterday (July 15), a cosmonaut came face-to-face with a soccer ball during a more low-key sporting event at the International Space Station.
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Blood Moon 2018: Longest Total Lunar Eclipse of Century Occurs July 27

July 16, 2018 | Article

The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century is just a month away. The total phase of the "blood moon" eclipse of July 27 will last 1 hour and 43 minutes, during which Earth's natural satellite will turn a spectacular red or ruddy-brown color.
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UK Selects Scottish Spaceport Site

July 16, 2018 | Article

After years of study and consideration, the British government announced July 15 that it will start development of a new spaceport in northern Scotland, while an English airport signed a deal that could also lead to launches from its facility.
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Titan Occultation May Give Astronomers Clues About Saturn's Biggest Moon

July 16, 2018 | Article

Astronomers in Australia are eager this week for a special celestial alignment that could tell them more about one of the most intriguing candidates for hosting life beyond Earth.
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Another Volcano? Jupiter Probe Sees Hotspot on Roiling Moon Io (Photo)

July 16, 2018 | Article

NASA's Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft may have just boosted the already-impressive volcano tally on the gas giant's lava-spewing moon Io.
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Partial Solar Eclipse Spotted from Tasmania (Photo)

July 16, 2018 | Article

You probably didn't see Friday's (July 13) partial solar eclipse, but you can get an eyeful of the celestial event thanks to a photo by veteran eclipse observer Jay Pasachoff.
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Pentagon Sees Quantum Computing as Key Weapon for War in Space

July 16, 2018 | Article

Michael Hayduk, chief of the computing and communications division at the Air Force Research Laboratory, said quantum technology will be "disruptive" in areas like data security and GPS-denied navigation.
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