Space

AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate will study the physics of very low Earth orbit, and will pursue sensor technologies for cislunar space

Researchers could boldly go where no one has gone before.

Advances in technology are having a profound impact on astronomy and astrophysics. At one end, we have advanced hardware like adaptive optics, coronographs, and spectrometers that allow for more light to be gathered from the cosmos. At the other end, we have improved software and machine learning algorithms that are […]

To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon, according to a study published today in Science Advances led by Shuai Li, assistant researcher at the Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) in the UH Mānoa School […]

Some of these concepts could change the course of space travel.

NASA and Northrop Grumman will test a full-size solid rocket booster for the U.S. space agency’s new Space Launch System megarocket today, Sept. 2, and you can watch it live online here, courtesy of NASA. 

Pushing commercialization on the International Space Station to the next level will take a combination of government will, tax incentives and regulatory clarity, said panelists at an online panel onThursday (Aug. 27).

Asteroid 2011 ES4 came really “close” on an astronomical scale but passed safely by on September 1st.