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TESS is currently surveying roughly 200,000 bright stars near the Sun in search of transiting exoplanets.

A new JWST study maps carbon dioxide in both gas and ice form inside the famous Butterfly Nebula.

The collision of two unusually massive black holes may have produced light, but how is this even possible?

The new simulator reproduces galactic cosmic rays using ion accelerators, giving researchers a powerful tool to study radiation exposure in deep space.

With its first images confirmed, NASA’s SPARCS CubeSat starts a yearlong effort tracking flares from nearby stars that host many rocky planets.

Engineers show a second robotic arm can stabilize space robots during delicate satellite repair tasks.

Palak Patel, a sixth-year doctoral student at MIT, is bridging the gap between nanotechnology and interstellar travel.

The project aims to deploy a 10-satellite network in Medium Earth Orbit, providing a tough, space-based system for detecting and tracking missile launches.

A NASA satellite studying Earth’s radiation belts is set to fall back to Earth after more than a decade in orbit.

The move sets the stage for the company’s first orbital test flight, currently scheduled for summer 2026.

About 15% of near-Earth asteroids have small moons, creating natural laboratories for understanding how cosmic materials migrate across space.

This new photonic crystal light sail reflects laser propulsion efficiently while remaining mostly transparent to sunlight.

The work provides strong evidence supporting long-standing theories of the Moon’s geological evolution.

With 5.4 billion grid points, a new simulation reveals the hidden role of magnetism inside Sun-like stars.

Behind the Airbus glitch: Dr. Lulu Zhao on bit flips, cosmic rays, and the race to predict dangerous solar storms before they hit.

The analysis used precise stellar data from more than 200,000 Milky Way stars.

The H13 engine is an upgraded variant of Ursa Major’s flight-proven Hadley H11 engine.

These glassy shards are the scorched remains of a massive asteroid impact that rocked the Earth roughly 6.3 million years ago.