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NASA almost flew a 10-engine behemoth with a cockpit stuck on top and a mission to haul Saturn V rocket parts. Nicknamed the ...
In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Bhavya Lal, the former acting Chief Technologist at NASA explains how nuclear power could unlock humanity’s next giant leap in space.
Venus dominates as the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east-southeast before dawn; the Eta Aquariid meteor shower takes place ...
What’s more, data from Juno’s Io flybys has revealed the subsurface temperature profile of Io, the innermost of the four ...
Dead stars may have started churning out vast amounts of gold much earlier in the universe than previously thought, a new ...
ELVIS, a new holographic microscope developed at Portland State University, could help advance efforts to look for life on other worlds.
The Dragonfly quadcopter will soar through Titan’s hazy skies and roam its dune seas in search of evidence that the distant ...
May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...
Dragonfly, NASA's nuclear-powered rotorcraft-in-progress, has cleared a pivotal checkpoint, the agency announced Thursday.
Hubble Space Telescope imagery of Saturn, captured from 2018-2024, has been time-lapsed. Footage courtesy: NASA, ESA, Amy ...
Scientists have long known that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, hosts rivers and seas of liquid methane. But it's strangely ...
"Passing this mission milestone means that Dragonfly's mission design, fabrication, integration and test plans are all ...