Category: Space & Spaceflight
Scientists Drastically Underestimated How Much Mercury Has Shrunk
A new estimate of Mercury's shrinkage shows that this planet may have contracted 10% to 30% more than...
Venus May Have Had a Moon for Nearly 2 Billion Years—Before It Ate It
The planet has definitely earned the title of Earth's evil twin.
Chinese Satellite Breaks Apart in Rare Orbit That Could Hold Debris for Centuries
Yaogan-50 generated a large filed of debris in a highly retrograde orbit.
NASA Readies Its Quiet Supersonic Jet for a Noise Test Later This Year
The agency wants to see just how quiet the X-59 really is.
Guess Where President Trump Got His Inspiration for the New Space Force Uniforms
Someone needs to call the Space Force's marketing team ASAP.
This Startup Wants to Reach Alpha Centauri in 80,000 Years. And It’ll Only Cost $15 Million
"None of us will be here when this journey ends, and that is the point."
NASA’s Pluto Probe Could Lose 2 Key Instruments at a Crucial Moment
The spacecraft is currently approaching the outer boundary of the solar system as it prepares to cross into...
A Solar Superstorm Caused a GPS Glitch Bad Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars
The massive eruption threw GPS readings off by more than 33 feet (10 meters).
A Giant Hexagon Has Been Spinning at Saturn’s North Pole for Decades. Now, Scientists Found Its Twin
Recent images by Hubble revealed a decagonal-shaped wave around Saturn's south pole
BepiColombo Survived a Glitchy 8-Year Trip to Mercury. Now Comes the Hard Part
The twin probes need to separate before entering a joint polar orbit around Mercury.
