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Science priorities agreed for 2024 lunar exploration

Added: 9 Dec 2020

Planetary processes and polar resource potential prioritised by lunar science team. Researchers pre…

Significant water deposits on the moon confirmed

Added: 26 Oct 2020

If you got trapped on the moon you'd at least be able to fill your water bottle according to NASA's…

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station

Added: 19 Oct 2020

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the International Space Statio…

International Artemis Accord principles try to establish a safe, peaceful, and prosperous future in space

Added: 14 Oct 2020

Reflecting more than a little Star Trek Federation style peace and harmony, international cooperati…

Scientists precisely measure total amount of matter in the universe

Added: 9 Oct 2020

A top goal in cosmology is to precisely measure the total amount of matter in the universe, a daunt…

Splash down for first commercial crew flight to Space Station

Added: 3 Aug 2020

Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a comme…

Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission launched

Added: 31 Jul 2020

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of …

ESPRESSO confirms Earth-sized planet around the nearest star

Added: 2 Jun 2020

The existence of a planet the size of Earth around the closest star in the solar system, Proxima Ce…

Signals suggest black hole swallowed neutron star

Added: 19 Aug 2019

Gravitational wave detectors have registered evidence of a black hole swallowing a neutron star for…

Galactic fountain

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 27 Nov 2018

An international team of scientists has observed plumes of cold molecular gas sprayed out by a blac…

Net successfully snares space debris

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 15 Oct 2018

For the first time human history, a satellite has been successfully used to capture a piece of spac…

New clues to source of comet oxygen

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 16 Jul 2018

Scientists have found that molecular oxygen around comet 67P is not produced on its surface, as tho…

This isn’t the binary system you’re looking for…

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 8 May 2018

Artificial intelligence is helping astronomers study the habitability of circumbinary planets – tho…

Shedding light on dark matter

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 18 Apr 2018

Physicists have claimed the discovery of a new material that may be able to directly detect dark ma…

Cheap Mini-satellites revolutionise data collection

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 16 Apr 2018

Earth scientists have suggested that high-resolution data collected by miniaturized satellites hera…

The bare-bones of hypergravity

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 9 Apr 2018

A team of student biologists have been selected to take part to study the effect of hypergravity on…

Exploding stars have a link to climate change

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 22 Jan 2018

Cosmic rays from supernovae can influence Earth's cloud cover and thereby climate according to new …

Early comet detected

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 14 Dec 2017

Astronomers have identified a comet 1.5 billion miles from the Sun – a feat never achieved before –…

Boron discovery suggests Martian habitability

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 12 Dec 2017

Researchers believe life may have existed on Mars, after the discovery of boron by the Curiosity ro…

Atomic secret of star formation uncovered

qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 1 Dec 2017

Astronomers have discovered new information regarding the role of hydrogen atoms in stellar formati…