Spectrometer

Written by Natalie Moore, Mission Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems

The Los Alamos National Laboratory has introduced the Spacecraft Speedometer, a novel technology for tracking satellites in low Earth orbit. This compact, resource-efficient device can precisely measure...

Schrödinger's cat is scratching its head over the "topological" qubit that is causing a buzz in quantum computing. We should be, too

"The cuts would impact all aspects of operations."

Houston-based Intuitive Machines has planned a second launch of its lunar lander mission at 7:17 p.m. EST Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

New findings from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope explain the Phoenix cluster's mysterious starburst. Data confirm the cluster is actively cooling and able to generate a huge amount of stellar fuel on its own.

"Nothing like that of Earth."

The spacecraft is nearing the least explored planet in the inner solar system.

The Europa Clipper, set for launch in October, will explore a distant ocean world.

In lunar regolith samples collected by China's Chang'e-5 probe, planetary scientists have identified few-layer graphene formed together with complex minerals.

A solar flare on July 23 was even bigger than a previous one that triggered May's global aurora storm, but this one was facing away from Earth on the far...

NASA picked SpaceX's Falcon 9 to be the rocket ride for its COSI gamma-ray space telescope, which is targeted to lift off in August 2027.

While there are already multiple satellites monitoring greenhouse gases from space, Carbon-I's resolution would be unprecedented.

By looking at Earth as an exoplanet, astronomers hope to search for similar fingerprints coming from planets around other stars, which would be a potential...

The Indian Space Research Organization has released solar storm data from ground stations and spacecraft, including the Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter.

Last week, the chief scientist of the James Webb Space Telescope, Jane Rigby, was awarded the 2024 Medal of Freedom.

An astronomical telescope designed to complement the aging Hubble Space Telescope lifted off from New Zealand's south island on April 16 2023. But as a sphere the size of a football stadium rose silently and slowly over the Tauhinukorokio mountains, calls started coming in from residents. Local police and radio stations, however, had been briefed by Nasa that the giant helium balloon would lift the two-ton SuperBIT…

The tricarbon molecule (C3) is likely produced in the upper atmosphere of Titan by the reaction of abundant acetylene with atomic carbon.

NASA's Europa Clipper, aiming to lift off for Jupiter's icy moon in October, will carry names, poetry and other symbols of humanity's search for life beyond ...

Engineers are working to stabilize a dust cover on one of the science instrument's cameras.