The final satellite in an advanced series of weather instruments designed to improve weather forecasting on Earth and in space began official operations Tuesday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. GOES-19 replaces GOES-16, providing coverage of the GOES…
A dagger believed to have been used for ritual purposes during the Iron Age was found embedded in a piece of clay that had fallen from a cliff during a powerful storm. Museum of the History of Kamensk Land. A…
This week in Alabama, NASA will launch the 31st annual Rover Competition, which allows students from around the world to showcase their engineering skills in the space agency's obstacle course events. On Friday, student teams will gather for the annual…
The three-person crew that launched into space on a Soyuz rocket to work on the International Space Station has successfully arrived, docked and boarded. NASA astronaut Johnny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, docked their Soyuz…
SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites on Monday using its new first stage booster from Vandenberg Space Military Base in California. The Falcon 9's new first stage, designated B1091, is the second new stage introduced by SpaceX this year, following B1092,…
On January 13, 2025, Mars was captured rising above the lunar surface using the Shreve telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. (Image credit: KPNO Winsky & A. Sorensen / Image processing: J. Winsky & M. Zamani (NSF…