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News of the latest adventures into space, and plans of upcoming explorations across the stars.
AI Could Solve the Oxygen-on-Mars Problem Within Six Weeks
According to a new study published in Nature Synthesis, a robot chemist powered by AI could solve the challenge of…
GIANT Optical Navigation Technology for Future Space Missions
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s optical navigation team, as backup to the OSIRIS-REx mission to near-Earth…
NASA Launching Deep Space Optical Communications
Launching Oct. 13 with the Psyche mission, NASA’s pioneering Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) will be the…
NASA’s Swift Finds a Snacking Black Hole
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory scientists observed a black hole in a distant galaxy repeatedly munching on a…
Researcher Receives U.S. Patent for Underwater Imaging Device
Although underwater imaging is used in marine exploration, oceanographic engineering, environmental protection, and…
NASA and the Major Voyager 2 Antenna Blunder
NASA lost contact with Voyager 2 on July 21st after flight commanders sent an order that tilted the probe's antenna…
How Sticky are Cosmic Dust Aggregates?
In the mesmerizing dance of cosmic dust, a groundbreaking revelation has emerged, shedding light on the enigmatic…
Increasing the Probability of Finding H2O on Exoplanets by x100
There may be many more Earth-like exoplanets with liquid water than we thought, potentially increasing the chance…
Meet Mori3: A Shape-Shifting Space Travel Robot
Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) scored a first in modular robotics development with…
James Webb Space Telescope to Observe Alien Geyser Again
Saturn has more moons than any other planet in our solar system. With the recent discovery of 62 new spatial bodies…