Gamma-ray bursts are some of the most powerful explosions ever detected, emitting more radiation than the rest of their host galaxy combined. In October 2022, a gamma-ray burst struck the Solar System and interacted with the heliosphere. This set off charged …
NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara launched to the International Space Station for the first time on Sept. 15 the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Her launch sign...
The gene editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 has allowed researchers to make precise and impactful changes to an organism's DNA to fix mutations that cause genetic disease.
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 20, to discuss the agency’s first test of high-bandwidth optical communications beyond the Moon. The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration is launching aboard …
After years of dedicated research and over 5 million supercomputer computing hours, a team has created the world's first high-resolution 3D radiation hydrodynamics simulations for exotic supernovae. This work is reported in The Astrophysical Journal.
ISRO's Aditya-L1 Successfully Completes 4th Earth-Bound Manoeuvre, One Step Away From SunAditya L1 spacecraft, India's first space-based mission to study the...
MADISON (WKOW) - According to the American Meteor Society, this latest meteor was also seen in parts of Missouri and Kansas despite its path staying mainly in northeastern Iowa.
NASA has assigned astronaut Tracy C. Dyson to her second long-duration mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 70/71 crew.
"There was no crater, but it broke the table," Sylvain Bouley, president of the Astronomical Society of France (SAF), said of the meteorite's crash landing.