When you buy from our articles through links, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This artist’s concept shows NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft silhouetted against Jupiter as it passes over the gas giant’s icy moon Europa (bottom center). | Credit: NASA A metal plate the size of a standard sheet of printer paper … Read more
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, bound for Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message celebrating humanity’s connection with water. The message is a tribute to previous NASA missions that released similar messages. As president of Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or METI, International, I helped design the message on Clipper along with two … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A mission to study one of the solar system’s most promising environments that may be suitable for life is about to get underway. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft — designed to explore its namesake, Jupiter’s moon … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. New observations of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot captured by the Hubble Space Telescope show the 190-year-old storm wobbling like gelatin and changing shape like a squeezed stress ball. Astronomers say the unexpected observations, which Hubble … Read more
Dodging stormy weather ahead Hurricane MiltonSpaceX launched the European Space Agency’s $398 million Hera probe on Monday for a follow-up flight to find out exactly how a moon orbiting a small asteroid was affected by the rapid impact of NASA’s DART probe in 2022. The launch doubted until the last moment, with thick clouds and … Read more
When you buy from our articles through links, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the three stars of the triple star system TIC 290061484. | Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Using NASA’s exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), scientists have discovered a record-breaking triple star system … Read more
When you buy from our articles through links, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber A unique SpaceX mission is underway. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off today (September 28) at 1:17 PM EDT (1717 GMT) from Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, … Read more
SpaceX launched a limited crew of two on a flight to the International Space Station on Saturday, along with supplies and a few empty seats for two Starliner astronauts waiting to hitch a ride home in February after an unexpected eight-and-a-half month stay in orbit. Two days late due to high winds, rain and passing … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A SpaceX mission launching Saturday aims to reunite the Boeing Starliner astronauts with the spacecraft that will take them home. NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have been on the International Space Station for more … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. As Artemis II, NASA’s mission that will send four astronauts around the moon next year, approaches, a new study reveals how well the Orion spacecraft will protect its crew. The findings are based on data … Read more