Space's New Future is Bright
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By Arana-Barradas, Louis A Air Force Space Command Airmen use a host of computer programs to observe and track objects in space, including space debris. Every white speck in this graphic depicts a satellite or piece of space junk.
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The &quot;spine&quot; of the James Webb Space Telescope, called the backplane, is in great health for space, according to scientists and engineers.
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The surface of one of the brightest stars in the night sky is imaged by scientists.
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A breakthrough technology is generating hyper growth.
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The science makes a space elevator a legitimate possibility.
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Comment is free: Johnjoe McFadden: The location of a newly discovered planet is good news in the search for extraterrestrials.
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Lately, supernovas have become signal events in the life of the cosmos, as told by modern science.
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By Brian McIver THE world's superpowers have always dominated the space race. But with companies and agencies all rushing to attract tourists and commercial passengers to the heavens, Europe and Britain are now leading the way.
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There have been two important pieces of space-related news recently, the first of which was the European moon probe&#39;s success in entering the moon&#39;s orbit.
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After years of capturing the imagination of wide-eyed daredevils, dreamers and would-be entrepreneurs, space travel for ordinary people may finally be taking flight.
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I applaud Burt Rutan and the SpaceShipOne team for their miraculous achievement of winning the Ansari X Prize. As an astronaut, I understand well the challenges they faced in reaching suborbital space.
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Mojave, Calif.âIn a spectacular flight that opened a new window to space - and the imagination â-paceShipOne rocketed to victory in the international Ansari X Prize competition yesterday.
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Astronomers have produced the first truly useful image ever of something in space using gamma rays. It's a picture only an astronomer could love, but it appears to help solve a century-long mystery.
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It's the year 2020, and space has never been so busy. Picture this:In Earth orbit, a robotic maintenance ship skitters from one weather satellite to another, upgrading powerful optics that help meteorologists track dangerous storms.
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Commercial space flight doesn't offer too many opportunities for investors, but there is one tiny prospect.
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A device that turns heat to sound and sound to electricity could power spacecraft.
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New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope strongly suggest that infrared light detected in a prior study originated from clumps of the very first objects of the Universe.