Ramin Skibba
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The Capstone Launch Will Kick Off NASA’s Artemis Moon Program
The tiny spacecraft is set to explore an orbit for a planned space station that will travel around the moon and serve as a staging point for future missions. → Read More
Black Carbon From Rocket Launches Will Heat the Atmosphere
Researchers say that the rising number of space launches around the world will warm parts of the atmosphere and thin the ozone layer. → Read More
Researchers Made Ultracold Quantum Bubbles on the Space Station
NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory runs super-low-temperature experiments in near-zero gravity that would be impossible to accomplish on Earth. → Read More
Boeing Is Ready to Launch Starliner, a Rival to SpaceX’s Dragon
The company’s uncrewed spacecraft will fly to the International Space Station, and if successful, will give NASA astronauts another way to get to orbit. → Read More
Mars Colonies Will Need Solar Power—and Nuclear Too
A new study shows how future inhabitants of the Red Planet could run on either energy source, depending on where they set up camp. → Read More
Get Ready for a Decade of Uranus Jokes
In an influential report that comes out once a decade, researchers propose a space mission to Uranus and a lander to Saturn’s moon, Enceladus. → Read More
NASA Rolls Back Its SLS Rocket for Repairs
After three attempts to run through a test of the Space Launch System, engineers spotted a leak and a faulty valve. The fixes may delay the first Artemis moon mission. → Read More
NASA Bets on an Asteroid Killer, a Venusian Balloon, and More New Tech
The agency’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program provides seed funding for ideas that sound like sci-fi—but just might work. → Read More
NASA Finally Rolls Out Its Massive SLS Rocket, With Much at Stake
The agency’s long-awaited, costly Space Launch System is finally ready for a practice countdown before the first Artemis mission this spring. → Read More
Mercury Could Be Littered With Diamonds
Scientists think the diminutive planet’s surface could be covered with space gems, thanks to an abundance of carbon and pressure from colliding asteroids. → Read More
A New Super-High Satellite Will Eye Weather on Earth—and in Space
The GOES-T spacecraft will focus on tracking storms and fires in the western half of North America, from well above low Earth orbit. → Read More
Scientists Map the Dark Matter Web Surrounding the Milky Way
A new simulation aims to determine whether the standard view of dark matter can explain how unique our galaxy’s neighborhood is. → Read More
Astronomers Want to Save Dark Skies from Satellite Swarms
The International Astronomical Union launched a new organization tasked with limiting reflected light and radio interference from big satellite networks. → Read More
Games Bring Space Exploration Home. But They Omit the Full Risks
There’s something trickier than teaching players to design rockets and navigate radiation. → Read More
Astrophysicists Release the Biggest Map of the Universe Yet
A powerful astronomy instrument called DESI charts millions of galaxies in the night sky. Can it help scientists finally figure out what dark energy is? → Read More
Astronomers Discover a Strange Galaxy Without Dark Matter
New, high-resolution observations of a faint, fluffy galaxy suggest that dark matter’s not as ubiquitous as scientists thought. → Read More
NASA Tries to Save Hubble, Again
The space telescope’s latest hardware problem has kept it offline for two weeks, raising concerns that the decades-old spacecraft is running out of time. → Read More
Astronomers Get Ready to Probe Europa’s Hidden Ocean for Life
Jupiter’s most enigmatic moon, one of a few ocean worlds in the solar system, will be the target of upcoming missions by NASA and the European Space Agency. → Read More
New Space Radiation Limits Needed for NASA Astronauts, Report Says
Although meant to minimize risks to human health, the proposed new limits would still be exceeded by any conceivable near-future crewed voyage to Mars → Read More
Astronomers Want to Plant Telescopes on the Moon
(Inside Science) -- For decades, even before the iconic Hubble telescope took flight, astronomers have been launching spacecraft into orbit in the hopes of avoiding atmospheric effects that blur images taken by telescopes on Earth. But to catch clear signals of some cosmic objects, even those orbits aren’t high enough. → Read More