The FAA wants to waive some environmental review requirements for space companies. Critics worry they wouldn’t be held accountable for harming property or ecosystems.
The intense storm activity is what climate scientists expect for El Niño, especially because this year’s event is likely to become the strongest on record.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to survey hundreds of millions of stars and billions of galaxies. Its findings could unlock clues about dark energy and dark matter.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch Sunday, is designed to capture giant panoramas, which could reveal more than 100,000 exoplanets and billions of galaxies.
Two decades ago, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet, sparking an enduring debate. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says he wants to “make Pluto a planet again.”
NASA had hoped to prevent its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from falling toward Earth and breaking apart in the atmosphere. But the spacecraft tasked with the rescue ran into problems.
It’s the first time since 1999 that a total solar eclipse will be visible from mainland Europe. Some lucky skywatchers may see Perseid meteors the same night.
It will be just the second known time a rocket has unintentionally hit the moon, though the pockmarked lunar surface is evidence that it has taken many hits over its lifetime.
