While the Kepler Space Telescope mission officially came to an end on 30 October 2018, starlight data recorded by the observatory continues to reveal new and intriguing exo-solar system objects. Among the recently-announced discoveries from Kepler data include an exoplanet of unusual size and the first potential exomoon around an exoplanet.
As the highly successful Kepler spacecraft ends its 9-year mission, humanity can look back at…
The continuing success of NASA’s Kepler mission was highlighted on Monday, following the discovery of…
Following on the planetary accomplishments of NASA’s fleet of unmanned solar system explorers in 2011,…
After one and one half years in space, NASA’s Kepler observatory, a telescope designed to…
The Delta II launch team at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have launched NASA’s…
SpaceX launched the Transporter-7 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space…
Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and retired Spitzer Space Telescope, a group of…
In recent weeks, two teams of researchers released studies identifying the strange characteristics of an…
SpaceX has conducted its second orbital launch of the year, named Transporter-3. The liftoff occurred…
Humanity’s next steps in space exploration are focused on exploring like we never have before:…
The launch of the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observatory is now targeting December 13,…
Three years ago, on April 18, 2018, NASA’s and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Transiting…
Russia’s federal space agency Roscosmos launched its first dedicated commercial launch through its GK Launch…
SpaceX launched their third mission of 2021 and the first of many planned Smallsat Rideshare…
The Russian Aerospace Forces, itself a division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,…
Spaceflight Inc. has announced that a brand new Orbital Transfer Vehicle, Sherpa-FX, will fly on…
The Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite, officially known as CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite – or CHEOPS, is a…
As part of NASA’s continued effort to ensure a steady supply of astrophysics and astronomy…
NASA’s award to SpaceX for the launch contract for their future X-ray telescope, the Imaging…
