In a news report by Nyasa Times, Daka Space Technologies Ltd (DST) secured a EUR 10,000 grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom (UK) for its groundbreaking project, “Launching the Malawi Space Stars: A space technology awareness campaign to inspire the next generation of...

“The scientific breadth and impact of the survey is quite overwhelming; it’s hard to put into a few words.” The first data released to the public from the eROSITA sky survey comprises an X-ray view of half the sky over Earth, encompassing almost a million high-energy cosmic sources...

The spacecraft was captured with the ISS robotic arm at 4:59 a.m. EST (0959 GMT). Northrop Grumman’s robotic Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early Thursday morning (Feb. 1), with the rendezvous streamed live. The Cygnus launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...

The mission will fire its main engines in space for the first time on Wednesday (Jan. 31), over two years since leaving Earth. NASA’s asteroid-hopping Lucy mission is finally getting fired up in space for its trip to the never-before-explored Trojan asteroids, which follow Jupiter as it orbits...

Team “pro-exomoon” is back to defend the discovery of the first and only exomoons potentially seen by humanity. Astronomers always knew spotting moons around planets outside the solar system would be no mean feat — but a debate currently raging in planetary science circles shows just how...

Iran launched three satellites simultaneously amid regional conflicts that involve what Western governments say are Iranian-backed militia groups. Iran’s Secretariat of the Government Information Council announced the launch in a statement Monday (Jan. 29). The satellites were launched atop...

Recently released James Webb Space Telescope images of 19 distant galaxies shine an entirely new, dynamic and vibrant light on these gorgeous realms. The treasure trove of cosmic portraits taken by this $10 billion telescope reveals highly detailed, and quite breathtaking, face-on views of the...

Evidence of ancient lake sediments at the base of Mars’ Jezero Crater offer new hope for finding traces of life in samples collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover. Perseverance touched down on Feb. 18, 2021 inside the Red Planet’s 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater, which is...

Nearing the end of their life, they sit quietly for long periods of time, barely noticeable, before suddenly puffing out a cloud of smoke. A mysterious new type of star nicknamed “old smoker” has been discovered hiding in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers revealed on Friday...