Satellite News

XRISM could change the way we see the X-ray universe, but a jammed door presents a mighty challenge. With the door closed, low energy X-rays are impossible to detect. But trying to open the door could put the rest of the mission at risk.

More than 200 Chinese scientists gathered in Beijing recently for a seminar about the geology of the Chang’e 6 mission’s landing area. Samples from the site are scheduled to arrive on Earth on June 25.

Starfield might have disappointed some at launch, but in typical Bethesda fashion, it’s continuing to expand and giving more power to the players.

The JWST has proven itself to be a “supernova discovery machine” by finding 80 exploding stars in the infant universe, including the most distant and earliest supernova ever seen.

NASA’s fleet of robotic Martian explorers measured the effects of May’s dramatic solar storms, experiencing the equivalent of undergoing about 30 chest X-rays all at once.

India’s Aditya-L1 spacecraft imaged the sun a week after it unleashed the rare G5 geomagnetic storm that sparked some of the strongest auroras in centuries.

The sun protects our solar system’s planets from the harsh environment of interstellar space; 2 million years ago, a dense cloud of matter could have curtailed this shielding.

Scientists have found that the members of the first all-civilian space mission, Inspiration 4, got genetically younger during their stay in space. But the effects did not last long.