Satellite News

The photo shows a disturbance in some of Peregrine’s insulation, which is consistent with a problem in the moon lander’s propulsion system.

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander suffered a problem with its propulsion system today (Jan. 8) that will apparently prevent it from journeying to the moon.

From carbon molecules and ozone on spacesuits to the nauseating odor of comets and the sweet tang of gas clouds, the universe is a natural laboratory for aromatic chemistry.

Astrobotic’s Peregrine moon lander launched today (Jan. 8) with five NASA science payloads aboard. Here’s what the experiments are designed to do.

Astrobotic’s private Peregrine moon lander has suffered an anomaly in space after separating from its Vulcan Centaur rocket early Monday, Jan. 8. The fate of the mission is unclear.

Scientists modeled how black holes and neutron stars form after dying stars collapse, and explained why some get a hard ‘kick’ into interstellar space.

In the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, Jan. 9, Mercury, Venus and Mars will appear alongside a thin crescent moon in the morning sky.

On Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, snows of organic compounds may form glacier-like honeycomb chunks in methane lakes, appearing as floating “magic islands.”