A 3,200-pound space observatory may soon fall from orbit. A risky endeavor just launched to save it
A first-of-its-kind mission launched Friday in the hopes of preventing NASA’s Swift Observatory from dropping out of low-Earth orbit.
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admin Award-winning photographs highlight the forensic hunt for wildlife criminals
Photojournalist Britta Jaschinski has claimed top prize at the Earth Photo 2026 Awards for her series on forensic experts fighting…
What will happen to our solar system when the sun dies? Exoplanet system may offer preview
A Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting a dead star baffled astronomers. But the planet named WD 1856 b could preview the fate…
‘The greatest cosmic movie ever made’: Historic telescope kicks off an unprecedented survey
The Vera Rubin Observatory has begun an 10-year survey to create a new inventory of our solar system and the…
Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time
Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a…
NASA makes moves to dodge costly delays on its path to build a $30 billion moon base
Conceptualized just a few months ago, NASA’s moon base plans are rolling out in earnest as the space agency maps…
Fossil kept in drawer for decades turns out to be first ever Antarctica dinosaur bone
A fossil that was sitting in a collection drawer for decades has been found to belong to the first dinosaur…
This ‘living fossil’ is threatened with extinction by demand for its fins. A scientist is turning fishers into its guardians
The fins of the guitarfish are sold for hundreds of dollars in Asian markets to make soup, a trade pushing…
The full strawberry moon will rise in the night sky this week
The first full moon of the summer will appear on June 29. Sky-gazers will see the Strawberry Moon shine in…
Artifacts dating back 400,000 years, found in cave, show ‘complex and rich’ pre-human society
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a cave used by pre-Neanderthal human-like creatures who lived as long as 400,000 years ago,…