Tag: space

NASA’s exoplanet hunter TESS may have detected its first free-floating planet with a little help from Einstein.

A video outlining China’s moon base plans depicts a wide number of concepts, including surface sample return operations, a lander and rover, and supporting orbital […]

Check out this incredibly detailed image of the Running Chicken Nebula — IC 2944 — captured by astrophotographer Rod Prazeres.

The molecular gas ejected by a dying star within the Southern Ring Nebula will one day be recycled into a new generation of stars and […]

A new NASA video reflects on the successful Artemis 1 moon mission and looks ahead to next year’s crewed effort, Artemis 2.

Einstein Probe, which is the new Chinese–European X-ray mission, has revealed its first widescreen views of the universe.

SES plans to buy fellow satellite operator Intelsat, in a deal that could help the combined company compete with SpaceX’s huge Starlink broadband network.

A new Japanese observatory built high in the Chilean Andes mountains promises fresh views of the early universe.

A giant impact likely formed Pluto’s heart-shaped basin, Sputnik Planitia. A big chunk of the impactor’s core might still be buried under the ice. The […]