Seattle-based Xplore has won a $670,111 award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to look into the feasibility of sending a solar observatory to a gravitational balance point that's a million miles from Earth. From that spot, known as the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange Point, Xplore's multi-mission Xcraft probe would monitor the sun and provide early detection of solar storms...
Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. says it's signed an agreement to secure spots for secondary payloads on several of SpaceX's rockets due for launch through the end of 2021. Spaceflight, which was recently acquired by Japan's Mitsui & Co. in partnership with Yamasa Co., specializes in arranging rideshare launch logistics for small satellites. It's had a relationship with SpaceX for a...
The football-like fossil has puzzled scientists since it was found in Antarctica almost a decade...
Japanese researchers succeed in fertilising pears using pollen carried on a soap...
A genetic survey of ancient remains from Ireland reveals the existence of a Stone Age social...
Fifty-thousand years ago, a massive meteorite collided with Earth's surface at an unimaginable high speed of 55,923 miles per hour \- its impact created a large crater in India that has transformed into a lake over time. Now, scientists are baffled after the lake waters recently and suddenly changed from green to pink.This isn't the first time that the lake has puzzled scientists. The...
From its mission millions of miles away, Nasa’s Curiosity rover has beamed back images of Earth as seen in the Martian twilight sky.The rugged four-wheeler, which is about the size of a car, took a break from its mapping and geological research hunting for signs of ancient life to snap shots of its home planet and also Venus, which were taken on its mast...
SpaceX has announced that it is looking for beta testers for its Starlink low-earth orbit internet service.The company, owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, was launched in 2015, with the first prototype satellites launched in...
Britain and America ease the path that will allow US companies to launch rockets from the...
UK satellite manufacturers will soon have the use of one of the biggest test vessels in...
SpaceX is hiring for planned spaceports that would launch Mars and Moon missions, not to mention hypersonic flights here on...