China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of landing a rover on the red planet in the coming months. The China National Space Administration said the...
Blue jets – The International Space Station spotted an exotic type of upside-down lightning called a blue jet (illustrated) zipping up from a thundercloud into the stratosphere in 2019. Scientists have finally gotten a...
This illustration shows the NANOGrav project observing cosmic objects called pulsars in an effort detect gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of space. The project is seeking a low-level gravitational wave background signal...
NASA is targeting the final test in the Green Run series, the hot fire, for as early as January 17, 2021. The hot fire is the culmination of the Green Run test series, an eight-part...
Testing is in its final stages – Tianhe module in tests in 2019. Figure CMSA The operation of great power in space is accelerating even further. In a few months, the first and most...
Kate Rubins inspecting radish growth. Picture of Nasa At the Earth’s orbit, the turn of the year was celebrated by enjoying home-grown radishes. It was an exceptional event, as fresh food is quite a...
Image of a Chandra telescope from a Kepler supernova remnant. Areas from which velocities were measured are marked in the figure. Image by Nasa / CXC / Univ of Texas / M. Millard The...
Donald Trump believes his country needs nuclear power to carry out future expeditions to Mars and beyond. In addition, nuclear reactors would be well suited as power sources for the future manned moon station....
Space debris – Space needs to be cleaned up so that space is available to future generations. For years, satellites, and basically everything that has been launched above the atmosphere, have been sent on...
