The Merlin engine and grid fin will go on display at the National Air and Space Museum. a rocket engine (left) and waffle-iron-like grid fin (right) pictured in a dark storage room. (Image credit: Smithsonian) A SpaceX rocket engine that was
Calculating the way three things orbit each other is notoriously tricky — but a new study may reveal 12,000 new ways to make it work. One planet orbiting a star? No problem. Two or more planets orbiting a star? Now
The powerful solar storm led to vibrant aurora displays. Aurora outburst above Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada captured by photographer and stormchaser Jo Majko. (Image credit: Jo Majko) A powerful solar storm slammed into Earth on Sept. 18 and 19, triggering stunning
NASA’s Curiosity captured this 360-degree panorama while parked below Gediz Vallis Ridge (seen at right), a formation that preserves a record of one of the last wet periods seen on this part of Mars. After previous attempts, the rover finally
Asteroid Bennu is much stranger than researchers previously thought. The touchdown of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on asteroid Bennu stirred up a massive wall of debris. (Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab/Jonathan North) When the OSIRIS-REx probe arrived at asteroid
Extensive practice sessions have been orchestrated to properly handle the container and its asteroid collectibles once the spacecraft is on terra firma. Ready and waiting. Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx’s principal investigator from the University of Arizona holds a mock up of
The so-called Hycean planet K2–18 b is around twice the size of Earth and orbits in the habitable zone of a star located 120 light-years from our solar system. An illustration of the exoplanet K2–18 b, which dwells in the
There are “faint chances” the robotic duo will stir back to life from its first lunar night. Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander snapped by a camera onboard the moon rover Pragyan. (Image credit: ISRO) After a groundbreaking two-week mission, India’s robotic explorers are
Years after ripping stars to shreds, 24 black holes suddenly flared up with radio waves in inexplicable ‘burping’ bouts. Half of all star-killing black holes may experience the same. An illustration shows a tidal disruption event, a black hole ripping
TOKYO, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Japan launched its lunar exploration spacecraft on Thursday aboard a homegrown H-IIA rocket, hoping to become the world’s fifth country to land on the moon early next year. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the