1st Starliner astronaut launch delayed to May 17 | Space quiz! Many scientists think that simple life might have arrived on Earth billions of years ago by riding an asteroid that struck a much younger world, in a theory known what? | Chang'e 6 mission to moon's far side enters lunar orbit
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ULA has decided to replace a malfunctioning valve, which will require rolling the Starliner-Atlas V stack off the launch pad and back to an assembly building. As as result, CFT's launch is now targeted for no earlier than May 17, NASA announced in an update on Tuesday.
Space quiz! Many scientists think that simple life might have arrived on Earth billions of years ago by riding an asteroid that struck a much younger world, in a theory known what?
China's most ambitious moon mission yet, Chang'e 6, entered lunar orbit overnight on Tuesday (May 7), setting its sights for a landing on the moon's far side to collect and return samples to Earth.
The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has captured an ominous and ghostly hand reaching from the Milky Way from a distant edge-on spiral galaxy. But don't panic; despite its nickname, "God's Hand," there is nothing supernatural about this structure - yet that doesn't make it any less awe-inspiring.
The annual Humans to Mars Summit is underway now, bringing together members of the international space community to discuss a common goal of establishing a sustainable and permanent human presence on the Red Planet, and you can watch it live online.
(NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/J. Schnittman and B. Powell)
If you've ever wondered what would happen if you were unlucky enough to fall into a black hole, NASA has your answer. A visualization created on a NASA supercomputer to celebrate the beginning of black hole week on Monday (May 6) takes the viewer on a one-way plunge beyond the event horizon of a black hole.
SpaceX is set to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida today (May 8), on the first leg of a planned spaceflight doubleheader for the company.
ispace, a Japanese lunar exploration company that's working to put more human presence in space, has teamed up with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to take an important part of our humanity and preserve it on the moon during its upcoming Hakuto-R Mission 2, which will send a robotic lander to the lunar surface.
The search for life beyond Earth has driven seekers to scout all sorts of potential habitats - not just on the growing list of known Earth-like exoplanets, but in other places within our own solar system.
