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An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) recently made a first-ever discovery when observing SDSS J110546.07+145202.4, a spiral galaxy located about 1.8 billion...

1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)Back to ECF HomeAdvanced Diagnostics for High-Enthalpy Test Facilities Simulating Spacecraft Atmospheric EntryDamiano BaccarellaUniversity of Tennessee, KnoxvilleApplication of Resonance Enhanced Multi-Photon Ionization Diagnostics to the Characterization of Arcjet Flows​Ciprian DumitracheColorado...

From the path of totality and the spectacular Baily's beads to why this eclipse will be especially beautiful at sunset, discover what makes the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse so special.Featuring ESA Reserve Astronaut Sara García Alonso and...

Wally Funk, who flew to space at 82 after a lifetime of flying and fighting for women in aviation and aerospace, has passed away at age 87.Born in Texas in 1939, Funk was determined to take to the skies,...

Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto.On June 23, flight...

On 5 February, a black sedan was speeding down an icy track in northern China at 95 kilometres per...

NASA and China's national space agency plan to send crewed missions to Mars in the coming decades. Per NASA's Moon to Mars mission architecture, this will involve using infrastructure established through...

Science & Exploration 06/07/2026 964 views 17 likes In brief The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most ancient quasars ever found. Two of these giant and dazzling galaxy cores, powered by gargantuan black holes, are the...

A new rover prototype is teaching NASA scientists how to design robots that can think for themselves and navigate terrain that would leave old rovers stuck in the lunar or Martian dust.The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain...

Orangutan mothers seem to make trips into the territories of other mothers with similarly aged offspring so the youngsters...