A private rescue attempt for the Swift observatory failed, leaving the aging spacecraft to fall back to Earth in an uncontrolled re‑entry sometime after October.
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A moderate geomagnetic storm could bring the aurora borealis to parts of the northern United States on Friday night, NOAA says.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is slated to lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 30, beginning a mission to study dark energy and exoplanets.
The Meteosat Third Generation Imager‑2 (MTG‑I2) has been mated to an Ariane 6 rocket and will lift off from Kourou on 27 August, bringing high‑resolution weather data to Europe and North Africa.
University of Utah researchers discovered a 150‑foot‑thick ice body beneath Mount Timpanogos that could fill 600 Olympic‑size swimming pools, reshaping water‑supply estimates and hazard assessments.
A deep partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 27‑28 covered 96.2% of the Moon, offering an “almost blood moon” view for observers across the globe.
Archaeologists at Lingjing in northern China have dated sophisticated stone tools to 146,000 years ago, linking them to the extinct hominin Homo juluensis and revising the timeline of ice‑age technology in East Asia.
The Artemis II crew reflects on their historic mission to the moon, expressing gratitude and awe at the experience.
SpaceX's Starship rocket is designed to be reusable, with the ability to be caught and refly within days.
A meteorite that fell in New Jersey in 2024 contains hundreds of amino acids, most of which are not found on Earth.