SpaceX Starship Flight 7 Test Gets FAA Launch Licence, Preparing for 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted SpaceX the launch licence required for the Starship Flight 7 test. This decision,...
Science
New Study Suggests the Moon Is 100 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought
A recent study published in Nature suggests that the Moon could be over 100 million years older than estimates based...
New Study Reveals Incredible Microbial Life Deep Under Earth’s Surface
A landmark global study, published in Science Advances, has revealed the extraordinary diversity of microbial life thriving deep below Earth's...
Chiron’s Unique Surface and Coma: Key Insights from Recent Space Research
Researchers have examined (2060) Chiron, a celestial body orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune, revealing its unusual surface and gaseous composition....
Magnetic North Pole shift triggers new World Magnetic Model
On December 17, an updated version of the World Magnetic Model (WMM) was issued by the National Centers for Environmental...
Boeing Starliner Astronauts’ Return Delayed Until March 2025 Following SpaceX Delay
NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who embarked on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in June 2024, will now extend their...
New discovery: Binary star system D9 orbits Sagittarius A in Milky Way
A pair of stars, designated D9, has been identified orbiting Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the core of...
James Webb and Chandra Capture Images of Star Clusters in Distant Galaxies
A striking new image has been captured near the edge of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy located approximately 200,000...
SWOT Satellite Reveals Key Insights on Ohio River Basin Lakes and Reservoirs
Researchers have been provided with a detailed analysis of lakes and reservoirs in the Ohio River Basin through data collected...
Ancient Human Remains Reveal Brutal 4,000-Year-Old Massacre in Somerset
The discovery of 4,000-year-old human remains at Charterhouse Warren in Somerset has unveiled a harrowing chapter of British prehistory. The...
Scientists Develop New Approach to Capture Gravitational Wave Memory from Supernovae
A study published in Physical Review Letters explores a new approach to detecting the gravitational wave memory effect, a phenomenon...
NASA’s Astronaut Sunita Williams Poses with Tentacle-Armed Astrobee Robot on ISS
A technology demonstration involving NASA's Astrobee robot was carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with astronaut Sunita Williams,...
SpaceX Launches NROL-149 Spy Satellites for NRO with Successful Rocket Landing
A Falcon 9 rocket launched the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)'s NROL-149 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 8:19...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Explores Mars’ Texoli Butte Amid New Challenges
The Curiosity rover, operated by NASA, has been navigating the northern end of Texoli Butte on Mars, where it has...
Deception Island: A volcanic wonder captured by NASA’s satellite imagery
A satellite image captured on March 23, 2018 by NASA's Landsat 8 highlights the unique horseshoe-shaped Deception Island, part of...
SpaceX Launches Two SES Communication Satellites
On December 17, 2024, SpaceX successfully launched two communication satellites for SES, a Luxembourg-based company, from Florida's Space Coast, as...
SpaceX Successfully Launches Rapid Response Trailblazer-1 Mission from Florida
SpaceX successfully launched the Rapid Response Trailblazer-1 (RRT-1) mission on Monday, December 16, 2024, at 7:52 PM from Launch Complex...
World’s First Nuclear-Powered Diamond Battery Can Power Devices for Millennia
The world's first nuclear-powered battery, capable of lasting thousands of years, has been developed by researchers at the University of...
SpaceX Dragon Cargo Capsule Returns to Earth After CRS-31 Mission
SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule, part of the CRS-31 mission, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on December 16, 2024...
New Study Finds Axons May Resemble ‘Strings of Beads’ Instead of Smooth Lines
Recent research has called into question the traditional understanding of axons, the message-sending fibres of neurons, suggesting that these structures...
