Space

College students in NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Innovation and Technology Tech Transfer Idea Competition (MITTIC) will pitch their projects during a “Space Tank” at Space Center Houston on Friday, April 28. The competition will begin at 9:30 a.m. EDT, and the winning team will be announced […]

The $600 saving means it’s Amazon’s lowest-ever price on the telescope.

Artificial intelligence can help astronomers more quickly and efficiently discover young exoplanets hidden in protoplanetary disks — and even catch worlds that human researchers miss.

NASA will provide live coverage as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct two spacewalks in May outside the International Space Station to relocate hardware from the Rassvet module to the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

The moon will be half-illuminated on Thursday (April 27), during the first quarter phase halfway between the new moon and the full moon.

If you were to take a poll of the top galaxies that amateur astronomers can observe and image, I bet you wouldn’t need to look far to see the name of the magnificent and striking Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104 in Virgo). Simply put, the Sombrero is one of the most […]

SpaceX called off the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from California Wednesday morning due to concerns about recovery of the first stage booster on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX has a backup launch opportunity at 6:40 a.m. PDT (9:40 a.m. EDT; 1340 UTC) Thursday for the […]

The current race to the Moon is opening up opportunities for lunar astronomy.

NASA has announced the winners of the 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) with Escambia High School in Pensacola, Florida, winning first place in the high school division, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville, capturing the college and university title. The complete list of award winners a as follows:

SpaceX called off its launch of Starlink satellites on April 26 due to ‘probability of landing failure,’ an official said during the live broadcast.