Catching the rocket meant that it did not need a landing gear, said Dr Peter Shaw, senior lecturer in astronautics at Kingston University, cutting the overall mass of the rocket. “If you can put more ...

Fall trout season in Illinois opening Saturday and the setting up of general fall fishing patterns lead this sprawling ...

On a cold, damp autumn morning in 2022, in a leaky, drafty and leaking cluttered hangar, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine ...

The new Photographic Atlas of the Moon by Robert Reeves is perfect for both armchair astronauts and amateur observers using a ...

The suit is far more elaborate than the long-ago Mercury model and far more expensive, the product of a $228-million contract ...

"In the future, maybe NASA could send a lander to scoop down below the surface and literally search for signs of life." As for what sort of life might be possible below the moon's frozen surface ...

Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface. It won’t search for life, but rather determine whether conditions ...

The tidal forces exerted by Jupiter on Europa may even lead to a dynamic exchange between the ocean under the icy crust and the moon's surface. The ocean's water may in fact be pressurised, reaching ...

The bulges move with the rotation of the moon around the Earth. An observer on the Earth's surface as the bulge approaches will see the sea level rise and then fall after it is exceeded.

set to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa, includes Ahmedabad native Rutu Parekh, a post-doctoral fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her research focuses on Europa's surface and subsurface ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The lunar surface might look like a barren wasteland of dust and rock, but scientists ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Friday, Nov. 1.