Astronomers surprised to find planet 'too massive for its star'
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Our Milky Way galaxy's most common type of star is called a red dwarf
2023-12-01 23:53
Six planets found in synchronized orbit may help solve cosmic puzzle
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON They are the most common type of planet observed in our Milky Way galaxy
2023-11-30 01:50
In a first, a newborn star's spinning disk is seen in another galaxy
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Our sun and other stars form when a dense clump of interstellar gas and
2023-11-30 00:20
SpaceX Starship set for repeat test flight, seven months after last one blew up
By Joe Skipper, Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman BOCA CHICA, Texas SpaceX's next-generation spacecraft Starship, developed to carry
2023-11-18 14:24
SpaceX delays Starship test flight a day over hardware swap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -SpaceX postponed its second attempt to launch the company's Starship rocket system into space by a day to
2023-11-17 04:25
Amazon's prototype Kuiper satellites operate successfully
Amazon.com said on Thursday its two prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network have been operating successfully,
2023-11-16 23:23
FAA approves license for SpaceX's second launch of Starship Super Heavy
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday granted Elon Musk's SpaceX a license to launch the company's
2023-11-16 05:54
Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Dwarf planet Eris, similar in size to its better-known cosmic cousin Pluto, has remained
2023-11-16 03:21
White House proposes transportation, commerce agencies handle new space regulations
By Joey Roulette NEW YORK The Biden administration on Wednesday released a long awaited proposal to split regulatory
2023-11-15 23:21
Gamma-ray burst in faraway galaxy disturbed Earth's upper atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON About two billion years ago in a galaxy far beyond our Milky Way, a
2023-11-15 02:20
NASA probe to observe near-Earth asteroid's 2029 close encounter
By Steve Gorman About 5-1/2 years from now, astronomers predict, an asteroid about as wide as the Empire
2023-11-10 19:26
Scientists detect oxygen in noxious atmosphere of Venus
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Oxygen accounts for about 21% of Earth's air, with the rest of our atmosphere
2023-11-09 02:21