Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. NASA and ESA's SOHO spacecraft captured this view of Comet G3 on Jan. 13. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) zipped close to the sun on Jan. 13 and ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) as seen from the International Space Station on Jan. 11, 2025. (Image credit: Don Petit/NASA) Rendezvous with the sun The comet reached perihelion on Jan. 13 at around 1000 ...

NASA and ESA's SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft snapped a video of the comet as it passed three times closer to our star than the orbit of Mercury, and ten times closer than ...

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new supercomputer simulations. Electric propulsion is a more efficient alternative to ...

Credit: Firefly Aerospace An uncrewed spacecraft just snapped an iconic portrait of the blue marble from space. Blue Ghost captured the Earth image, shown below, during its second engine burn ...

After 11 years in solar orbit, the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has completed its mapping of our Milky Way Galaxy to a precision never before achieved. Surviving solar radiation and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander ...

The ACC official submitted three separate applications in this regard. The ACC has launched a comprehensive probe into allegations against the former BB official, his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury ...

(Firefly Aerospace via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly ...