Webb captures dusty wisps round a planet-forming disk For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb…
Astronomers discover one of the most massive binary stars in the galaxy A research team has used both archival Hubble…
Are you ready for your close-up? Close-ups of the Sun’s coronal loops and a tiny piece of Bennu can teach…
Earth-size stars and alien oceans: An astronomer explains the case for life around white dwarfs The sun will someday die….
Strap in: NASA aeroshell material takes extended space trip Components of a NASA technology that could one day help crew…
GJ 1132 b doesn’t have an atmosphere, according to new JWST data Astronomers sometimes find conflicting data when trying to…
SpaceX looks to launch Starship on Tuesday night after two days of scrubs SpaceX has lined up its massive Starship…
Halifax airport introduces robots to enhance passenger navigation and support Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA), in collaboration with Maritime Robotics…
How the Apollo missions unlocked the origins of the moon You know, if you think about it, and trust me…
Astronomers have glimpsed the core of a dying star—confirming theories of how atoms are made Astronomers have glimpsed the inner…
Dusty structure explains near vanishing of faraway star Stars die and vanish from sight all the time, but astronomers were…
Self-consistent model incorporates gas self-gravity effects to address accretion across cosmic scales A research team led by Prof. Jiao Chengliang…
Claudio Maccone (1948-2025) In all too many ways, I wasn’t really surprised to learn that Claudio Maccone had passed away….
Rock, ice, and glass The Solar System is full of rocky and icy bodies, but this particular galaxy is made…
Reality is evil Everything eats and is eaten. Everything destroys and is destroyed. It is our moral duty to strike…
New study counters idea that Jupiter’s mysterious core was formed by a giant impact A new Durham University study has…
Secretive mini space shuttle set for Space Coast launch; late-night sonic boom possible It won’t have any crew, but the…
XRISM reveals slow-moving hot gas near black hole during faint X-ray phase An international research team has reported remarkable findings…
Where are the interstellar objects 1I/’Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov and 3I/Atlas headed now? In the past decade, astronomers have witnessed three interstellar…
Scoot selects OutSystems to enhance flight disruption management Scoot has engaged OutSystems, a low-code development platform powered by AI, to…
Parker Solar Probe confirms decades-old theoretical models about magnetic reconnection New research led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has confirmed…
Space mice babies: Stem cells cryopreserved in space produce healthy offspring Features of spaceflight such as gravitational changes and circadian…
After repeated explosions, new test for Musk’s megarocket Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced Friday that its Starship megarocket is scheduled to…
Generation Ships and their Consequences Our ongoing discussion of the Project Hyperion generation ship contest continues to spark a wide…
Dark star clusters or extreme dwarf galaxies? Astrophysicists revisit Ursa Major III’s true nature Ursa Major III, the faintest object…
All space rocks great and small From large comets to tiny meteorites and all the asteroids in between, it’s worth…
Socrates would be pleased With a class of college students and inmates, teaching philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest…
Astronauts launch space agriculture with seed pillows When the Crew-11 astronauts launched to the International Space Station on August 1,…
Astronauts launch space agriculture with seed pillows When the Crew-11 astronauts launched to the International Space Station on August 1,…
Optical magnetometer measures magnetic field direction for the first time For just over two years, a scalar magnetometer developed by…
Astronaut catches gigantic jet on camera On July 3, 2025, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a stunning photo of an…
Chrysalis: Designing a Generation Ship If you want to explore the history of generation ships in science fiction, you might…
ST Engineering, SF Airlines inaugurate new MRO facility in Ezhou, China ST Engineering and SF Airlines have inaugurated a new…
On its fifth try, SpaceX manages launch of competitor Amazon’s satellites SpaceX was not one of Amazon’s original choices to…
Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station Four astronauts returned to Earth on…
US astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, dead at 97 US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo…
Summer’s best meteor shower peaks soon. But the moon will interfere with viewing the Perseids Summer’s most dazzling meteor shower,…
Do rovers dream of electric sheep? Rovers like Curiosity need their sleep. Meanwhile, dreams of interstellar travel are being pursued….
The incompleteness of ethics Many hope that AI will discover ethical truths. But as Gödel shows, deciding what is right…
Linking local lithologies to a larger landscape on Mars NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is continuing to explore a boundary visible…
SpaceX scrubs Thursday attempt, will aim for Friday to send up more Amazon satellites SpaceX was not one of Amazon’s…
Perseverance rover captures Mars vista as clear as day The imaging team of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has taken advantage…
Joby Aviation to buy Blade Air Mobility’s passenger business Joby Aviation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the urban…
NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors…
A Rotating Probe Launcher Alternative to TARS Shortly before publishing my article on David Kipping’s TARS concept (Torqued Accelerator using…
Marking 13 years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity picks up new skills Thirteen years after Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are…
Bid to relocate US Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback Tucked inside President Donald Trump’s flagship tax and spending bill…
Pale Red Dots on Mars Conceptual illustration of two Pale Red Dot villages on Mars serviced by SpaceX Starships. Credits:…
Image: Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope…
Astronauts launch to the space station after sidelined by Boeing’s troubled Starliner Astronauts sidelined for the past year by Boeing’s…
Eat, sleep, explore space, repeat Astronauts may be living on the frontiers of human space exploration, but they still need…
A life in Zen Growing up in countercultural California, ‘enlightenment’ had real glamour. But decades of practice have changed my…
