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Uranus, the ice-giant planet that tilts dramatically on its side as it orbits the Sun, has long puzzled scientists. When NASA’s Voyager 2 captured its iconic images of Uranus in 1986, the planet appeared as a featureless blue-green sphere. - Advertis...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has made a significant discovery on Mars: the largest organic molecules ever detected on the planet. Image Credit: Triff/Shutterstock.com These compounds—decane, undecane, and dodecane—suggest that Mars’s organic chemistry is m...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is launched, carrying four commercial astronauts into a 90-degree inclination polar orbit on the Fram2 mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper WASHINGTON - Elo...

1 Apr 2025 SpaceX pioneers private astronaut mission in polar orbit launching Fram2 SpaceX has launched Fram2, its latest private astronaut mission, embarking on an unprecedented polar orbit around Earth. The mission is commanded by Chun Wang, a Malt...

The fossil of an animal discovered 25 years ago in a mountain area in South Africa has been identified as a new species of marine arthropod, related to today’s crabs, lobsters and spiders. The 444-million-year-old fossil has been nicknamed 'Sue’ afte...

A transformational technology that uses microwaves to defrost and ultrasound to break down contaminants in melted lunar ice to provide clean, drinkable water for astronauts has won the UK Space Agency funded Aqualunar Challenge. FROM HOUSEHOLD APPLIA...

Sydney, Apr 1 (The Conversation) On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this amazing space te...

With a critical meeting with Boeing leadership set for April 2, 2025, his story is one of perseverance against the odds—and a spacecraft’s shot at a second chance. The Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) was meant to be a triumph—a bold step towa...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an ancient and faraway galaxy that provides evidence that an important transition period that brought the early universe out of its "dark ages" occurred sooner than previously thought. W...

SpaceX’s cupola is in orbit again. The company first used the dome-shaped window on its Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Inspiration4 mission in 2021. And now a cupola-equipped Crew Dragon has just launched from the Kennedy Space Center, carrying four ...