Live coverage: ULA scrubs Delta 4-Heavy launch attempt

The second-to-last flight of United Launch Alliance’s Delta rocket was set to lift off from Cape Canaveral early Wednesday on a mission to deliver a top secret spy satellite into orbit for the U.S. government, but officials scrubbed the launch attempt due to a problem with a ground systems pneumatics […]

Second-ever elusive white dwarf pulsar spotted

Astronomers have captured their second-ever glimpse into a rare celestial object: a white dwarf pulsar. Pulsars are typically envisioned as spinning neutron stars — a type of stellar remnant left by only massive stars. Despite white dwarfs being the most common stellar fossils, created by Sun-like and smaller stars, pulsar […]

NASA Welcomes Ecuador as 26th Artemis Accords Signatory

During a ceremony at the Ecuador embassy in Washington on Wednesday, Ecuador became the 26th country to sign the Artemis Accords. Karen Feldstein, NASA associate administrator for International and Interagency Relations, participated in the signing ceremony for the agency, and Gustavo Manrique Miranda, Ecuador’s foreign affairs minister, signed on