Why Politics Gets Space Wrong An audacious public space program can bring incalculable benefits—along with some benefits that are not…
Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars Living on Mars wasn’t exactly a childhood dream for Canadian…
Crash of private Japanese moon lander blamed on software, last-minute location switch A private Japanese moon lander went into free-fall…
Way out there We’re always learning more about the worlds of the outer Solar System, and even those beyond. Go…
A philosophy of secrets Jacques Derrida was fascinated by the figure of the Marrano Jew, whose identity could barely be…
Virgin Galactic resumes spaceflights after two year pause Virgin Galactic successfully carried out its first spaceflight in nearly two years…
Virgin Galactic resumes spaceflights after two year pause Virgin Galactic successfully carried out its first spaceflight in nearly two years…
SETI: Asking the Right Questions Did Carl Sagan play a role in the famous Arecibo message transmitted toward the Hercules…
UK national space strategy reliant on private sector for many of its goals In September 2021 the UK released its…
Links for IRG Interstellar Symposium in Montreal The preliminary program for the Interstellar Research Group’s 8th Interstellar Symposium in Montreal…
Image: Mars terrain recreation at ESA A downward view of ESA’s rock-strewn recreation of the Red Planet, is designed to…
How do you recognize the atmosphere of extraterrestrial lava worlds? In the past 30 years, more than 5,000 planets have…
First contact: Global team to simulate message from extraterrestrial intelligence to Earth What would happen if we received a message…
NetJets options up to 250 Embraer Praetor 500 jets Deal in excess of $5 billion includes a comprehensive services and…
SpaceX launching Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station SpaceX’s next private flight to the International Space Station awaited…
Engineering analysis of pressurized lunar lava tubes for human habitation Conceptual illustration of a lunar base in Mare Tranquilitatis Hole,…
The Vault of Heaven Up until fairly recently in human history, people believed that a solid dome, studded with the…
For the first time, astronomers have detected a radio signal from the massive explosion of a dying white dwarf When…
New images released by Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope released…
Moon-spying missions and a planetary evil twin Whether they’re dedicated to it or not, planetary missions can get beautiful and…
Time is an object Not a backdrop, an illusion or an emergent phenomenon, time has a physical size that can…
Perseverance rover captures view of Mars’ Belva Crater The Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently collected 152 images…
An innovative heat shield that doesn’t need to be replaced between missions A revolution in space manufacturing is coming. Enabled…
Space Perspective looks set to segment space tourism Ongoing excitement and investment in this revolutionary form of tourism have meant…
Origami heat shield: Reusable for reentries A novel origami-based heat shield developed with ESA support is planned to be tested…
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight to fly by Earth NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission to the moon has ended, but the briefcase-size spacecraft…
Assembly theory (AT) – A New Approach to Detecting Extraterrestrial Life Unrecognizable by Present Technologies With landers on places like…
NASA’s Juno mission nears Jupiter’s moon Io NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly past Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io on Tuesday, May…
Drawings of my BF The intimacy that developed between an artist and his muse over hundreds of sittings is an…
Gripen E production line inaugurated in Brazil Milestone in technology transfer program and Embraer’s and Saab’s commitment to work together….
How fast is the universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions How did we get…
Why Futurists Get Space Wrong Government’s role in space requires patience. Missions take years, even decades. The distance our probes…
Lunar-derived propellant fueling a cislunar economy may be competitive with Earth AI generated image depicting a propellant factory on the…
Astronomers just saw a star eat a planet—an astrophysicist on the team explains the first-of-its-kind discovery For the first time,…
Stuck antenna freed on Jupiter-bound spacecraft A crucial radar antenna on a European spacecraft bound for Jupiter is no longer…
Hard-working spacecraft and even harder-working microbes The Soyuz spacecraft have been helping humans get to and from space for decades,…
Astronomers reveal the largest cosmic explosion ever seen A team of astronomers led by the University of Southampton has uncovered…
Experts: Metallic object that crashed into New Jersey home was a meteorite A metallic object that punched a hole in…
How Florida is harnessing the next phase of commercial space investment Florida has driven the US’s extraterrestrial adventures for decades….
Stephen Hawking and I created his final theory of the cosmos—here’s what it reveals about the origins of time and…
Astronomers claim to have solved mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole A mysterious trail of stars formed eight thousand…
An Ice Giant’s Possible Oceans Further fueling my interest in reaching the ice giants is a study in the Journal…
Virgin to launch commercial spaceflights in June Space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Monday that it is resuming flights with…
Study finds female astronauts more efficient, suggesting future space missions with all-female crews As humans contemplate life on other planets,…
NASA selects 12 companies to collaborate on technology development Agency will provide access to its unique facilities and technical expertise…
Space Fact #20: This Movie Could Fund NASA in One Weekend The 2015 space movie, The Martian—the one in which…
Galactic gobble: Star swallows planet in one big gulp For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the…
1st lunar eclipse of 2023 dims full moon ever so slightly Stargazers in Asia and Australia had the best seats…
Moonshadow, Moonshadow The Moon casts shadows on itself and on Earth, environmental concerns overshadow a test launch’s success, and exoplanets…
A thickness in the air The spooky sensation that someone or something else is right there haunts us all. But…
‘Space waves’ offer new clues to space weather More accurate space-weather predictions and safer satellite navigation through radiation belts could…
‘Space waves’ offer new clues to space weather More accurate space-weather predictions and safer satellite navigation through radiation belts could…
Regional rivalries and Nato tensions – defining Turkey’s military space ambitions Over the past decade, Turkey has launched its defense…
Pressure required to launch a rock from Mars into space much lower than thought, discovers study In August 1865, a…
Voyager as Technosignature Here’s an image that brings out the philosopher in me, or maybe the poet. It’s Voyager 1,…
New video series captures team working on NASA’s Europa Clipper Destined for Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, the Europa Clipper spacecraft—the…
Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch Wildlife and environmental groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday…
Nadcap program forms additive manufacturing task group Will develop specific audit criteria for AM processes, high-quality AM products. Go to…
The limits of space settlement – Pancosmorio Theory and its implications Artist’s impression of the interior of an O’Neill Cylinder…
A supermassive black hole and its jet, all in a single picture In May 2022, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)…
Space development on the Moon, Mars and beyond featured in 2023 NIAC Phase I Grants Conceptual illustration of an oxygen…
Why Probe the Sun? For One Reason, to Help Predict a Disaster Artist’s concept, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Next…
Tianwen-1: Zhurong rover finds evidence of water at low latitudes on modern Mars The Zhurong rover has found evidence of…
Key radar antenna stuck on Europe’s Jupiter-bound spacecraft A critical antenna is jammed on a Jupiter-bound spacecraft launched two weeks…
Have a nice flight! Flying on Titan is easy, but not as easy as flying on Deimos. Plus, Juice takes…
All is One The ancient philosophy of monism and the physics of quantum entanglement agree: all that exists is one…
CryoSat reveals ice loss from glaciers When one thinks of the damage that climate change is doing, it’s probable that…
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer’s first taste of science from space ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, has recorded magnetic field…
Autonomous swarms highlight the strategic value of manned-unmanned teaming Whilst conducting a technical demonstration for the Royal Netherlands Army, Israeli…
Framework for NASA’s Roman spacecraft moves to Goddard clean room The primary structure that will serve as the “bones” of…
Astronomers solve the 60-year mystery of quasars, the most powerful objects in the universe Scientists have unlocked one of the…
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Spherical Lens: Reflections on a Gravity Lens Telescope (Part I) A growing interest…
A more precise model of the Earth’s ionosphere The ionosphere—the region of geospace spanning from 60 to 1000 kilometers above…
NASA scientific balloon prepares to cross South America A NASA super pressure balloon carrying the SuperBIT scientific payload has crossed…
Ohio Global Aerospace & Supplier Summit Cleveland, Ohio, May 16-17, 2023; Register now! Go to Source Author: Aerospace Manufacturing and…
Spin gravity cities fabricated from Near Earth Asteroid rubble piles A cylindrical, spin gravity space settlement constructed from asteroid rubble…
The Best Books on Space Here are the ones I recommend (besides The Gravity Well, of course!). Leave your own…
Researchers reveal early results in sky-brightness measurements in Antarctica A research team led by the researcher Wang Jian from the…
Fighting light pollution: The West Texas effort preserves one of the largest dark sky reserves To sit under the vast…
Rocket flight and the five dwarfs Meet the Solar System’s five official dwarf planets, celebrate two major launches, and find…
The virtue of discretion When the rules break down, you must judge what to do on your own. Discretion is…
Team successfully observes Australian eclipse in preparation for 2024 US eclipse Scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) led a team…
Old NASA satellite plunges to Earth over Sahara Desert An old NASA satellite that studied the sun for more than…
Successes in conflict and new anti-radar features signal the future of drone warfare At the 2022 Singapore Airshow, on February…
European Space Agency chief eyes tapping private industry partners European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher promised a “transformation” of the…
NASA’s TESS celebrates fifth year scanning the sky for new worlds Now in its fifth year in space, NASA’s TESS…
Probing the Shifting Surface of Icy Moons In celebration of the recent JUICE launch, a few thoughts on what we’re…
Astronomers create AI to better communicate their stellar research An international team of scientists, led by a researcher at The…
Volocopter completes electric air taxi production setup New hangar will host the company’s final assembly line with an airfield to…
What to know about 1st test flight of SpaceX’s big Starship Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most…
An Asteroid Made of Platinum Someday, perhaps 30 years from now, companies will be grabbing asteroids and exploiting them for…
SpaceX will try to launch most powerful rocket ever Monday SpaceX plans to carry out its first test flight on…
Icy moonquakes: Surface shaking could trigger landslides A new NASA study offers an explanation of how quakes could be the…
Want more space? Speak up! Detailed Mars maps, insights into the Venusian surface, and views of Uranian rings all have…
