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Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 12, 2024 - An experimental antenna has received both radio frequency and near-infrared laser signals from NASAs Psyche spacecraft as it travels through deep space. This shows its possible for the giant dish

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 12, 2024 - An experimental antenna has received both radio frequency and near-infrared laser signals from NASAs Psyche spacecraft as it travels through deep space. This shows its possible for the giant dish

Due to human error, the legendary spacecraft is currently unable to receive commands or transmit data back to operators, the US space agency has said.

'The Big Dish' at Canberra's Deep Space Communications Complex - famous for its role in the Apollo moon mission - is turning 50 and headed for upgrades ahead of the Artemis mission next year.

Are you worried about an asteroid, meteorite or comet hitting the Earth hard enough to do some deadly damage? Do you feel

A team of scientists has measured a change in the rotation period of the potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon.

Keeping in touch with NASA's two aging Voyager spacecraft is getting harder to do as they get farther away and their power sources dwindle.

Prior to Apophiss most recent close approach records of it were deleted in a successful test to see if sky scanners would pick it up

Apophis' flyby in March 2021 enabled astronomers to conclude there's no chance this asteroid will strike Earth anytime soon. The next flyby will be in 2029.

Earlier this week, the most obvious scientific news in recent memory was reported: there's Uranium on the Moon.