Terran R second stage heads to Stennis as Relativity advances toward 2026 debut

  It was a cold moonless night with a heavy mist in the air. As you crossed the road, a car came out of nowhere and an elderly stranger saved you from being hit, sacrificing their own life. They left behind an envelope addressed to you with a note that simply said “study physics.” Following…

In the 1970s, astronomer Vera C. Rubin provided the first solid evidence for the existence of Dark Matter, a mysterious, unseen mass that appeared to be holding galaxies together. Since then, the indirect evidence for Dark Matter has grown considerably, with scientists observing “halos” and gravitational lenses that could not be caused by normal (or…

NASA’s upgraded Cold Atom Lab is back in operation aboard the International Space Station, giving researchers a powerful new way to investigate the fundamental nature of matter and advance the development of future quantum technologies. Taking advantage of the station’s microgravity environment, the facility enables experiments that cannot be performed on Earth. Quantum science focuses…

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has released four stunning images of cosmic wonders, depicted in red, white and blue to coincide with the United States’ 250th anniversary on July 4. The four images reveal superheated gas in a distant galaxy cluster, the swirling spiral galaxy known as Messier 94, a glowing nebula found in our own…

NASA has awarded three new robotic missions to the Moon, taking another step toward its goal of building a permanent lunar base. The nearly $600 million initiative comes as the agency keeps its long-term plans on track despite recent setbacks involving one of its commercial launch partners. Before astronauts can spend extended periods on the…

Back to Article List Today in the history of astronomy, Cassini arrives after a seven-year journey. Were they moons? Ears? Handles? Galileo couldn’t parse the rings of Saturn (seen in this Cassini-Huygens image from 2004). Credt: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute On July 1, 2004, the Cassini-Huygens mission, a collaborative undertaking by NASA, the European Space Agency…