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Posted on January 14, 2025

Little house on the (moon) prairie: Artist’s ‘Moonhouse’ set to lift off on lunar lander

The moon is about to gain its first tiny house. Launching on a Japanese lunar lander is the "Moonhouse," a project by Mikael Genberg 25 years in the making.
Posted on January 14, 2025

James Webb Space Telescope discovers one of the earliest ‘truly gargantuan’ supernovas ever seen

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar monster 20 times the mass of the sun.
Posted on January 14, 2025

Mysterious spiral galaxy jet puzzles astronomers: ‘At first, I thought I completely messed up’

Jets from a distant galaxy could offer fresh clues to how galaxies and their black holes evolve over eons.
Posted on January 13, 2025

Space mysteries: How does the ISS stay in orbit without falling to Earth?

The International Space Station is always falling, yet it never crashes to Earth or burns up in our atmosphere. How is this possible?
Posted on January 10, 2025

What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland?

The United States' northernmost military installation is critical for national security, Space Force officials say.
Posted on January 2, 2025

James Webb telescope uncovers massive ‘grand design’ spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can’t explain how it got so big, so fast

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang has scientists stumped.
Posted on January 1, 2025

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flies again as first drone on Rose Parade float

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is now the first drone to fly on a Rose Parade float. The floral-but-flight-worthy display is just one of the highlights on the JPL-inspired "Rover Rendezvous" float.
Posted on January 1, 2025

Launches, moon landings and more: Here’s the top spaceflight missions to watch in 2025

From lunar and asteroid missions to groundbreaking human spaceflight tests and new rockets, 2025 promises an array of spectacular space missions.
Posted on December 31, 2024

Ireland’s lost Apollo 11 moon rock traced from basement to fire in documents

New details about the small pieces of the moon gifted by the United States to Ireland in 1970 have now been unearthed. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples.
Posted on December 31, 2024

NASA’s Orion crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis 1 − an aerospace expert weighs in (op-ed)

Issues with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened?

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