Space

NASA recently received a signal from a spacecraft that's 10 million miles away. This message, sent through a far-off laser, has the potential to revolutionize how we communicate with spacecrafts, according to the space agency. This achievement comes as a...

For the first time since 1965, the US military is gearing up to launch a nuclear reactor into space. In space exploration, using fission power for a nuclear reactor makes a lot of sense. Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) engines, like...

Scientists have tested futuristic aircraft ideas on two planets: Earth and Mars. Right here on Earth at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, they tried out a brand-new rotor for future Mars helicopters. This rotor can spin almost as...

Scientists believe dinosaurs, which have been extinct on Earth for over 65 million years, might actually be living on other planets, according to research in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. This study maintains it is not only...

SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, got the green light from the US Federal Aviation Administration to send its new Starship and large rocket on its second test flight from Texas. The launch is set for Friday with a two-hour window...

NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are teaming up to send the first-ever wooden satellite, called LignoSat, into space. Their goal is to make space travel more eco-friendly. This unique satellite about the size of a coffee mug...

For the first time, in the distant Pandora's Cluster, scientists detected the second and fourth most distant galaxies using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). A team led by Penn State researchers used new data to determine the distance...

The first Dream Chaser spaceplane designed for orbit is shaping up nicely. Custom ceramic tiles cover its foldable wings and fuselage, protecting the spacecraft from intense heat during its return to Earth. The landing gear is in place, and...

Oxygen makes up roughly 21% of the air on Earth, while most of our air is filled with nitrogen. Nearly all living creatures, including us humans, rely on oxygen to stay alive. However, it's a whole different ballgame on...

A gigantic black hole from the early days of the universe has set a new record for being the first we've ever observed. Scientists identified it in a galaxy called UHZ1 only 470 million years after the Big Bang when...