NASA study shows how satellite 'light pollution' hinders space telescopes
World 13:41 04/12/2025An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications including broadband access in rural and remote areas worldwide. It also has caused a surge in light pollution in space that imperils the work done by orbiting astronomical observatories.
NASA rover detects electrical discharges - 'mini-lightning' - on Mars
World 10:33 27/11/2025WASHINGTON -- NASA's Perseverance rover has obtained evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is electrically active, detecting electrical discharges - what one scientist called "mini-lightning" - often associated with whirlwinds called dust devils that regularly saunter over the planet's surface.
New method spots signs of Earth's primordial life in ancient rocks
World 16:42 19/11/2025Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints of living organisms in ancient rocks, an approach that also holds promise in the search for life beyond our planet.
Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing
World 09:26 14/11/2025Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard, and in a breakthrough nailed the landing of its booster.
NASA Crew-10 astronauts depart space station after five-month mission
World 10:12 10/08/2025Four astronauts from NASA's Crew-10 mission departed the International Space Station on Friday aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule, heading for a splashdown off the U.S. West Coast on Saturday morning after a five-month crew rotation mission at the orbiting lab.
NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars
World 15:13 06/08/2025The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the decade.
NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce
World 15:41 27/07/2025The U.S. space agency NASA will lose about 3,900 employees under Donald Trump's sweeping effort to trim the federal workforce -- at the same time as the president prioritizes plans for crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.
Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats
World 11:35 16/07/2025Eruptions of plasma piling atop one another, solar wind streaming out in exquisite detail -- the closest-ever images of our Sun are a gold mine for scientists.
Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary depart space station for return flight
World 10:13 15/07/2025NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson and three crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary departed the International Space Station early on Monday and embarked on their return flight to Earth.
NASA's oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
World 10:20 21/04/2025Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday.
NASA rover finds fresh evidence of the warm and wet past of Mars
World 09:56 18/04/2025WASHINGTON -- A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter ancient past when it boasted substantial bodies of water and potentially harbored life.
NASA, SpaceX launch 4 more astronauts into orbit on flight to space station
World 16:40 11/11/2021NASA and private rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit late on Wednesday, sending a veteran spacewalker, two younger crewmates chosen for future lunar missions and a German materials scientist on their way to the International Space Station
