Jupiter's icy moon Europa will block out a star for lucky skywatchers By Tom Kerss published 13 June 22 Jupiter's moon Europa is set to obscure a star while being shadowed by its own host planet.
Gaia spacecraft: Mapping the Milky Way like never before By Tereza Pultarova published 13 June 22 Europe's Gaia space telescope creates the most comprehensive map of the Milky Way, allowing astronomers to study our galaxy's distant past, as well as its future.
Astra rocket suffers major failure during launch, 2 NASA satellites lost By Tariq Malik published 12 June 22 An Astra rocket carrying two small hurricane-tracking satellites for NASA failed to reach orbit Sunday (June 12) after a major malfunction.
Watch Astra launch 2 tiny hurricane-studying NASA satellites today By Mike Wall published 12 June 22 Astra plans to launch two cubesats for NASA's TROPICS hurricane-studying mission Sunday (June 12) during a two-hour window that opens at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT).
New trove of Gaia data will uncloak the Milky Way's dark past and future By Tereza Pultarova published 12 June 22 New data from Europe's Gaia mission will enable astronomers to reconstruct how the Milky Way assembled by devouring groups of stars arriving from intergalactic space.
Curious Kids: Why does it matter if Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet? By Samantha Lawler published 12 June 22 "Comet," "star" and "planet" are category names that immediately tell you something important about what they describe.
Behold the coiled beauty of this snake-like galaxy 80 million light-years from Earth By Jeff Spry published 12 June 22 The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array snapped a stunning image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1087.
Milky Way mapper Gaia to release new data on Monday. Here's how to watch it live. By Samantha Mathewson published 12 June 22 The European Space Agency will release new data from its Milky Way-mapping Gaia mission on June 13. Here’s how you can get the latest updates from the telescope live.
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft takes big step toward 2024 launch By Andrew Jones published 11 June 22 NASA's Europa Clipper mission is one step closer to starting its journey to Jupiter's icy moon.
'Time crystals' work around laws of physics to offer new era of quantum computing By Keith Cooper published 11 June 22 Touching two time crystals together has created an important building block for a quantum computer.
Asteroid Ryugu contains material older than the planets, among the most primitive ever studied on Earth By Keith Cooper published 10 June 22 Analysis of Hayabusa2's samples from the asteroid Ryugu shows they date to before the formation of the planets.
NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has a 'pet rock' along for the ride By Tariq Malik published 10 June 22 NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has picked up a "pet rock" hitchhiker that has held on for months.
NASA's Psyche mission delay means change of targets for secondary asteroid probes By Andrew Jones published 10 June 22 Psyche's liftoff has been pushed from Aug. 1 to no earlier than Sept. 20.
Europe will launch a 'lurking' probe in 2029 to watch for an interstellar comet By Tereza Pultarova published 10 June 22 Europe's Comet Interceptor probe will lurk in space, waiting for a pristine interstellar comet to zoom by.
Physicists discover never-before seen particle sitting on a tabletop By Robert Lea published 9 June 22 Researchers have discovered a new particle that is a magnetic relative of the Higgs boson.
A Venus-bound mission from NASA will carry a tiny sensor built by students to the planet's hellish surface By Samantha Mathewson published 9 June 22 NASA's DAVINCI mission to Venus will carry a dime-sized, student-built sensor to study the planet's near-surface environment.
NASA hopes new study helps bring UFO research into the mainstream By Mike Wall published 9 June 22 NASA hopes it can help move the study of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) off the scientific fringes and into the mainstream.
NASA is joining the hunt for 'unidentified aerial phenomena' By Meghan Bartels published 9 June 22 NASA has arranged for a team of scientists to spend nine months evaluating unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs.
Earth's magnetic poles probably won't flip soon, after all By Andrew Jones published 9 June 22 Earth's magnetic field may not be heading toward a dramatic flip anytime soon, according to scientists who analyzed anomalies in the planet's invisible shield against solar wind and other radiation.
James Webb Space Telescope will study how the 1st black hole 'seeds' formed in the 'baby universe' By Samantha Mathewson published 9 June 22 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is gearing up to start operations this summer, and one of its many assignments will be to search for primeval black holes in the early universe.
