Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually ...
SwRI-led sounder instrument deploys across lunar surface
Just hours after touching down on the surface of the moon on March 2nd aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 lander, the ...
Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth – an expert explains what we know
Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...
A radio burst was pulsing from the Milky Way. Astronomers traced it to a dead star
Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...
Mars Gets a Close-Up and a Photo Bomb as Europe’s Hera Mission Swoops Past
The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.