SpaceX knocks out 1st of final 2 Space Coast launches of 2024 SpaceX knocked out a midnight launch from Cape…
India rocket launches space docking mission India launched a rocket Monday carrying two small spacecraft to test docking in space,…
Boat people The self-sacrifice of ants to save their colonies is an allegory and a euphemism in one family’s story…
Astronomers discover an ultra-massive grand-design spiral galaxy Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has…
From dead galaxies to mysterious red dots, here’s what the James Webb Telescope has found in just 3 years On…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun’s scorching surface NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the…
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Two populations of dark comets in the solar system could tell researchers where the Earth got its oceans The water…
Image: NASA’s Terra satellite captures 2015 eclipse shadow During the morning of March 20, 2015, a total solar eclipse was…
Chief Financial Officer The Planetary Society is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to lead all financial and human resource functions…
NASA probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun NASA’s pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history Tuesday, flying closer to…
Holiday Reprise: Voyager to a Star As I write, Voyager 1 is almost 166 AU from the Sun, moving at…
New commercial Artemis moon rovers undergo testing at NASA Through NASA’s Artemis campaign, astronauts will land on the lunar surface…
Air Canada expands fleet with new A220-300 order Air Canada has signed a firm order with Airbus for five A220-300…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before A NASA spacecraft aims to fly…
NASA cameras to capture interaction between Blue Ghost lander, moon’s surface Say cheese again, moon. We’re coming in for another…
Report analyzes long history of NASA support for commercial space NASA published a new report on Thursday highlighting 17 agency…
Are we there yet? Perseverance makes it to the Jezero Crater rim, and we’re antsy to start another year of…
Why history is always political In his work on republicanism as a living idea, J G A Pocock showed that…
Clever trick to cook young stars detected for first time—astronomers highlight magnetic fields as the missing ingredient The missing ingredient…
SpaceX to launch more private astronaut missions to ISS Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning to fly private crew missions to…
Distant blazar discovery supports rapid black hole formation in the early universe Astronomers have discovered an important piece of the…
Charting the Diaspora: Human Migration Outward It’s not often that I highlight the work of anthropologists on Centauri Dreams. But…
Brain cells mature faster in space but stay healthy: ISS study Microgravity is known to alter the muscles, bones, the…
Purdue University develops solar-powered runway surveillance Researchers from the Purdue Polytechnic Institute in the US have developed a solar-powered surveillance…
New study says we’re unlikely to find liquid water on Mars anytime soon More than a hundred years ago, astronomer…
Japan’s Space One delays Kairos rocket launch again A startup aiming to become Japan’s first private firm to put a…
Elon Musk wants to turn SpaceX’s Starbase site into a Texas city SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its…
ALMA observes dusty site of planet formation The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully observed a site of planet…
Anniversaries abound Hubble, Chandra, OPAL, and XXM-Newton are all celebrating milestones by sharing amazing images and discoveries. Go to Source…
M87’s powerful jet unleashes rare gamma-ray outburst Also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, M87 is the brightest object…
The stories of Daniel Dennett Often metaphorical and allusive, the philosopher’s work will long be remembered for how it grappled…
NASA honors Algerian parks with Martian namesakes NASA’s mapping of Mars now bears the names of three iconic Algerian national…
San Antonio International Airport begins construction of $1.2bn terminal San Antonio International Airport (SAT) in Texas, US has initiated the…
Redefining the Galactic Habitable Zone To understand the Solar System’s past and to tighten our parameters for SETI searches, we…
New technique for spotting Dyson rings unveiled Dyson spheres and rings have always held a special fascination for me. The…
Astronomers discover more dark comets The first dark comet—a celestial object that looks like an asteroid but moves through space…
The moon’s biggest and most ancient crater is more circular than previously thought The South Pole-Aitken basin is the moon’s…
Space station trajectory data now available Space Station trajectory data is now available to the public! This data, called an…
Switchbacks: Solar jets may hold the key for understanding complete magnetic field reversals NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission has detected…
Best in show The winners of the Best of 2024 are here! Plus, look back on two years of sharing…
A linkless internet In creating anonymous summaries, AI flattens out all the fascinating architecture of thought that makes the internet…
Citizen scientist data help uncover the mysteries of a blue low-latitude aurora Colorful auroras appeared around Japan’s Honshu and Hokkaido…
NASA delays crewed lunar landing to 2027 The United States is pushing back its planned return to the moon from…
Dynamic tracking technique can reduce noise in gravitational-wave detectors to peer deeper into the cosmos Researchers have shown that optical…
Fairfax India to acquire additional 10% in BIAL for $255m Fairfax India Holdings has announced an agreement to acquire an…
Autumn Among the Galaxy Clusters The idea of moving stars as a way of concentrating mass for use by an…
Five space mysteries Proba-3 will help solve ESA’s Proba-3 will be the first mission to create an artificial total solar…
New map of the universe uses gravitational waves to reveal hidden black holes and cosmic structure An international study led…
Lunar Outpost Eagle to fly on Starship – blazing a trail for lunar highways Artist rendering of the Lunar Outpost…
New approach uses observed local supervoid to give expansion of the universe an extra push and solve the Hubble tension…
