Space may look empty, but it contains extreme temperatures, high levels of background radiation,…
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When a small asteroid enters Earth’s atmosphere from space, its surface is brutally heated, causing…
The Giant Magellan Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever engineered using the world’s largest mirrors,…
Black holes with varying light signatures but that were thought to be the same objects…
Remember when Elon Musk launched a car into space? That car’s not just peacefully drifting…
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2) instrument in December 2021 onboard Space…
When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected samples from asteroid Bennu’s surface in 2020, forces measured during…
Astronomers are buzzing after observing the fastest nova ever recorded. The unusual event drew scientists’…
After a six-year journey, a plucky spacecraft called Hayabusa2 zinged back into Earth’s atmosphere in…
Micrometeoroid strikes are an unavoidable aspect of operating any spacecraft, which routinely sustain many impacts…
