New NASA mission to reveal Earth’s invisible ‘halo’ A new NASA mission will capture images of Earth’s invisible “halo,” the…
Don’t stare at the Sun (unless you’re SOHO) The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory isn’t just a powerful tool for studying…
NASA’s Deep Space Communications demo exceeds project expectations NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded…
NASA’s Deep Space Communications demo exceeds project expectations NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded…
NASA’s tally of planets outside our solar system reaches 6,000 The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by…
JFK Airport to debut pooled electric ground support fleet at Terminal 6 JFK airport will operate a pool of eGSE…
How NASA’s Roman mission will unveil our home galaxy using cosmic dust NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help…
Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars—an astrobiologist explains the findings As the Perseverance rover traversed an ancient river valley…
SETI Odds and Ends I’m catching up with a lot of papers in my backlog, prompted by a rereading yesterday…
Study finds exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e is unlikely to have a Venus- or Mars-like atmosphere In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric…
Where did the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS come from? Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third ISO ever detected. It was discovered by…
Planets without plate tectonics and too little carbon dioxide could mean that technological alien life is rare The closest technological…
An exciting discovery on Mars NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified a potential biosignature on Mars. Go to Source Author: The…
Katie’s story Frontotemporal dementia is rare and ruthless. When it robbed Katie of her husband at 33, his story became…
Volcanic emissions of reactive sulfur gases may have shaped early climate of Mars, making it more hospitable to life While…
NASA fuel storage research launches aboard resupply mission Space missions rely on cryogenic fluids—extremely cold liquids like liquid hydrogen and…
‘Potential biosignatures’ found in ancient Mars lake A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes…
Stitching the Stars: Graphene’s Fractal Leap Toward a Space Elevator The advantages of a space elevator have been percolating through…
A hungry star is eating its cosmic twin at a rate never seen before A greedy white dwarf star not…
GE Aerospace and BETA Technologies collaborate on hybrid electric aviation GE Aerospace and BETA Technologies have entered into a strategic…
50 years ago, NASA sent two spacecraft to search for life on Mars. The missions’ findings are still discussed today…
Mars has a solid core, resolving a longstanding planetary mystery, according to new study Scientists have discovered that Mars has…
Image: Hubble spies galaxy with much to see While it may appear as just another spiral galaxy among billions in…
China eyes Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus in the hunt for habitability China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory and the Shanghai Institute…
Asia will get a prime view of this weekend’s total lunar eclipse The year’s second total lunar eclipse is coming…
Society needs hope Youths around the world are in a profound crisis of despair. Adults must help them to believe…
Vintage NASA: See Voyager’s 1990 ‘Solar System Family Portrait’ debut This week marks 48 years since the Sept. 5, 1977,…
Ireland’s first satellite EIRSAT-1 completes its mission Ireland’s first satellite, EIRSAT-1, has completed its mission orbiting Earth. The CubeSat, which…
Ancient Life on Ceres? We keep going through revolutions in the way science fiction writers handle asteroids. Discovered in 1801,…
Webb reveals warm space dust in far-off Makani galaxy’s circumgalactic medium In a distant galaxy called Makani, particles of dust…
Magnetic fields in infant universe may have been billions of times weaker than a fridge magnet The magnetic fields that…
US DOT allocates funding to enhance rural airports in Oregon The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has allocated $17.1m in…
A sharper image of the early universe: Program brings greater understanding to star and galaxy formation What was the universe…
Ntaria Scenes from Aboriginal Australian pottery, brought to animated life, capture the turn of the seasons in central Australia –…
Is there life on Saturn’s moon? Where there’s water, there’s a chance At first glance, Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems rather…
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…
Simulations reveal surprising electron temperatures near M87 black hole’s event horizon The first black hole images stunned the world in…
Russian space chief says agreed with NASA on ISS cooperation until 2028 The head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said…
Seismic activity on the moon could pose risk to long-term lunar infrastructure A new paper reveals that ground acceleration from…
The hunt for ‘planet nine’: Why there could still be something massive at the edge of the solar system Is…
High Lander, Dimetor join forces to advance UAS traffic management High Lander, a provider of UAS traffic management (UTM) and…
