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Japan lands on Moon, but lander may have only hours to live
January 19, 2024Japan has become the 5th nation to successfully land on the Moon, but the Champagne corks aren't popping. At 10:20 am EST, the SLIM lander touched down, but the solar panels failed to engage, leaving the craft with only a few hours of battery power. -
Seas of water ice may sit underground at Mars equator
January 18, 2024Data from ESA's Mars Express indicates that there may be subterranean ice deposits at the Martian equator that are up to 2.3 miles (3.7 km) thick. With enough water to fill the Red Sea, this could be a tremendous resource for future Mars colonies. -
Peregrine One Moon mission comes to fiery end over the Pacific
January 18, 2024America's first attempt to land on the Moon in 52 years came to a fiery end today as the privately owned and operated Peregrine 1 spacecraft entered the Earth's atmosphere and burned up at 3:59 pm EST somewhere over the South Pacific. -
Colossal cosmic structure should be too big to exist, say astronomers
January 15, 2024Astronomers have discovered a colossal cosmic structure that’s so big it threatens our entire understanding of the universe. The Big Ring spans about 3% of the radius of the observable universe – and it might be part of an ever bigger structure. -
Self-devouring rocket cannibalizes itself for extra fuel
January 15, 2024If a new rocket developed by University of Glasgow engineers seems to get smaller as it burns, your eyes aren't playing tricks. It is. The new Ouroborous-3 (sic) rocket engine conserves fuel by eating itself as it burns. -
Peregrine Moon lander to return and burn up in Earth's atmosphere
January 14, 2024The crippled Peregrine Moon Lander is heading back toward Earth, and is expected to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere on January 18, 2024. This is the conclusion of the latest tracking data from Astrobotic’s Mission Control Center. -
Tidally locked exo-Earth has a lava ocean hemisphere
January 11, 2024A new NASA study has discovered a new exoplanet that is almost the size of Earth and orbits a star that's the same type as the Sun. Unfortunately, this promising candidate is also tidally locked and has one side so hot that it's one giant sea of lava. -
Axiom's next-gen Moon suit subjected to bend and squat tests
January 10, 2024NASA's next Moon landing may have been put back a year, but that hasn't stopped Axiom from showing off the practical version of its Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU). Better known as a space suit, it will protect next-gen Moonwalkers. -
NASA delays next two Artemis missions by a year
January 09, 2024NASA announced today that its next two crewed Artemis missions to the Moon have been set back at least a year. The Artemis II lunar orbiter mission will now launch in September 2025 and the Artemis III lander mission is set for September 2026. -
US Peregrine lunar landing mission scrubbed due to propellant leak
January 09, 2024America's plan to send its first lander to the Moon since 1972 has ended prematurely after the private owner and operator of the robotic Peregrine spacecraft announced that a massive propellant leak has made a lunar landing impossible. -
NASA may use bacteria to make Martian water drinkable
January 09, 2024To address the prospect of parched astronauts on Mars, NASA is considering a proposal. The agency may develop a method of using synthetic biology to remove toxic perchlorates from Martian ice deposits, thus making water from those deposits drinkable. -
Mystery of bizarre radio circles in space may finally have been solved
January 08, 2024It’s not often that space throws something entirely new at you, but in 2019 astronomers discovered a completely unknown phenomenon they called odd radio circles (ORCs). Now, more data may have revealed just how these rare objects form. -
America's Peregrine lunar lander mission in jeopardy from fuel loss
January 08, 2024America's privately owned and operated Peregrine lunar landing mission may be in peril due to a malfunction. An anomaly in the lander's propulsion system discovered shortly after this morning's launch may require the February landing to be scrubbed. -
Scientist find the true color of Uranus ... and Neptune
January 08, 2024A team of scientists from the University of Oxford has concluded that our popular ideas about the colors of the planets Uranus and Neptune are all wrong. Far from being two distinct shades, they are, in fact, nearly the same shade of greenish blue. -
Peregrine launch sees US on way to the Moon after five decades
January 07, 2024The first US Moon landing mission in 52 years is on its way after Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One (PM1) lifted off this morning from Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida atop a ULA Vulcan rocket at 2:18 am EST.
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