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A potentially habitable rocky world has been found in the habitable zone around a red dwarf just 25 light-years from us. However, faced with a hostile wind of radiation from its host star, it remains unclear whether this new exoplanet supports an atmosphere, or the possibility of life. Nevertheless, astronomers are celebrating the discovery. “This…

Image: NASA For decades, lunar exploration was defined by astronauts, rovers, and orbiters. But as NASA pushes deeper into the Artemis era, a new class of robotic explorer is quietly emerging, one that could significantly change how humanity navigates the Moon: small autonomous hopping drones. Called MoonFall, the concept is being developed by NASA’s Jet…

Two NASA astronauts gave a robotic arm a hand up — or rather, a replacement wrist joint — during a successful spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday (June 30). Chris Williams and Jessica Meir, both flight engineers on the station’s Expedition 74 crew, spent seven hours and 20 minutes repairing the Canadarm2 remote…

Robert Goddard, considered the father of modern rocketry, standing with a rocket in 1935. Credit: Esther Goddard/National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution Apollo 11 first landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969, but the journey to the lunar surface actually began 43 years before, in snowy Massachusetts. One hundred years ago, on March…

  Introduction: In this article, I’ll explore the intricate challenges that spacecraft encounter during reentry in manned space missions. The journey back to Earth’s surface marks a pivotal phase, demanding meticulous engineering and navigation to ensure the safety of astronauts and the integrity of the spacecraft. As a spacecraft reenters the Earth’s atmosphere, it faces…

Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the universe, blazing gas giants like Jupiter or Saturn that exist so close to their stars that they complete orbits in a matter of days. Now, new research may rewrite the definition of these planets that make the solar system look a little bit mundane….