How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...

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The left panel shows the solar system and Earth. The upper right panel presents the layered structure of the Earth, with arrows showing the coupling between mantle convection and tectonic plate motion ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully established a transmission-reception optical link with NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment onboard its Psyche mission, located 265 ...

Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a new "jellyfish" galaxy about 12 billion light-years away from Earth using high-resolution imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The galaxy ...

With the renewed goal of crewed Mars exploration, continuous fresh food production during long-term deep space missions will be a critical addition to the packaged food system to meet astronauts’ ...

This screenshot from CCTV (China Central Television) shows China’s first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, in an image taken by the camera on the Chang’e 3 moon lander, Dec. 15, 2013. China does not ...