The first comet sample return mission continues to reveal secrets about its icy target, even 18 years after it brought a valuable cargo to Earth for scientists to study. After launch in 1999, NASA stardust mission It rendezvoused with comet 81P/Wild 2 (81P/ means it is the 81st recognized periodic comet) in 2004, trapping thousands… Read More »
Japan launched the Intelligent Lander for Lunar Exploration (SLIM) on the lunar surface on January 20, 2024. Despite the power issue with the lander, the event is of both political and technical importance. This is Japan’s first Moon landing; This makes it only the fifth country in the world to successfully land on the Moon.… Read More »
NASA’s Voyager spacecraft are the furthest human-made objects from Earth.NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 are the only human-made objects to reach interstellar space. The two probes were launched in 1977 and may soon lose communication with Earth. NASA hopes to stay in touch with the probes at least until the 50th anniversary in 2027.… Read More »
The 2017 total solar eclipse from the top of the Carroll Rim Trail in the Painted Hills, a unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument near Mitchell, Oregon.REUTERS/Adrees Latif Millions of people in the United States will be able to see the total solar eclipse on April 8. Some densely populated US cities… Read More »
Images created by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could allow scientists to search for dark matter among stars. An international team of researchers believes that gaps in strings of stars hanging from tightly packed balls of ancient stellar bodies, called globular clusters, may be affected by clumps of dark matter. So far astronomers… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. After flying hundreds of thousands of kilometers in space and struggling with a propellant problem that thwarted its plans, the Peregrine lunar lander likely met its violent end. The spacecraft was expected to complete its… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. After flying hundreds of thousands of kilometers in space and struggling with a propellant problem that thwarted its plans, the Peregrine lunar lander likely met its violent end. The spacecraft was expected to complete its… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A SpaceX rocket is headed for the International Space Station on a groundbreaking mission run entirely by the private sector. On board is a group of European astronauts, including the first person from Turkey to… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A SpaceX rocket will launch to the International Space Station on a groundbreaking mission run entirely by the private sector. There will be a group of European astronauts on board, including the first person from… Read More »