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…
Planet K2-18b may not host alien life, but it is home to a water-rich interior A large sub-Neptune-sized planet revolving…
European Vega C rocket ferries satellites into orbit A rocket carrying carbon dioxide- and Earth-observing satellites successfully blasted off from…
NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce The US space agency NASA will lose about 3,900…
ETI in our Datasets? A recent workshop at Ohio State raises a number of interesting questions regarding what is being…
How to watch two meteor showers peak together in late July It’s almost time for summer’s meteor shower duet. Go…
Worlds in swirls New research expands our understanding and observations of how planets form. And, good news in the fight…
Beyond food and people Nietzsche shows us how to embrace our connection with nature – without denying its essential conflict,…
Heliostats could be used to detect asteroids, says researcher Sandia scientist John Sandusky believes he has found a way to…
Heliostats could be used to detect asteroids, says researcher Sandia scientist John Sandusky believes he has found a way to…
JWST finds plenty of low mass black holes in the early universe Black holes played a critical role in the…
How the moon’s hidden protection shields against solar wind erosion The moon’s thin atmosphere, called an exosphere, has been a…
SETI at the Extremes Science fiction has always provoked interesting research. After all, many of the scientists I’ve spoken with…
EVA Air introduces UATP prepaid card for streamlined payments EVA Air has launched a new co-branded UATP prepaid card in…
How NASA saved a camera from 370 million miles away The mission team of NASA’s Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft executed a…
Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds…
Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats Institute at Purdue University releases its Impact Report Artist impression of a lunar habitat designed for resiliency…
Weird space weather seems to have influenced human behavior on Earth 41,000 years ago Our first meeting was a bit…
Vision problems emerge as astronauts spend months in orbit When astronauts began spending six months and more aboard the International…
Spaceflight worth the fight A flyby anniversary reminds us why missions of exploration are worth fighting for. Go to Source…
The grammar of a god-ocean To truly explore alien languages, linguists must open themselves to the maximum conceivable degree of…
NASA to launch SNIFS, the sun’s next trailblazing spectator July will see the launch of the groundbreaking Solar EruptioN Integral…
Space exploration should be more democratic and equitable to all potential actors We are amid what appears to be a…
Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction The largest piece of Mars ever…
A Better Look at 3I/ATLAS Just a short note, prompted by the release of new imagery of the intersellar object…
The Habitable Worlds Observatory could find more very massive stars Very massive stars (VMSs) have had a massive impact on…
Thales launches Approach Spacing Tool in Hong Kong Thales has announced the successful deployment of its innovative Approach Spacing Tool…
Research shows path toward protocells on Saturn’s moon Titan NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form…
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detect most massive black hole merger to date The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has detected the merger of the most…
Dark matter could create dark dwarfs at the center of the Milky Way Dark matter is one of nature’s most…
3I/ATLAS: Scientific paper details what’s known about the third-ever interstellar object When the news started to spread on July 1,…
Space sodas Coke and Pepsi battled it out in space, and an astronaut got to enjoy another kind of sprite….
Memories without brains Certain slime moulds can make decisions, solve mazes and remember things. What can we learn from the…
The Milky Way could be teeming with more satellite galaxies than previously thought The Milky Way could have many more…
Roman Space Telescope team installs observatory’s solar panels On June 14 and 16, technicians installed solar panels onto NASA’s Nancy…
Ancient river systems reveal Mars was wetter than we thought The discovery of more than 15,000 kilometers of ancient riverbeds…
Youngest basaltic lunar meteorite fills nearly one billion-year gap in moon’s volcanic history A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical…
Bombardier opens innovation and design centre in Canada Bombardier has opened an innovation and design centre in the greater Montreal…
Is Earth inside a huge void? ‘Sound of the Big Bang’ hints at possible solution to Hubble tension Earth and…
New Model to Prioritize the Search for Exoplanet Life Our recent focus on habitability addresses a significant problem. In order…
Astronomers have discovered another puzzling interstellar object—this third one is big, bright and fast Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system…
Why is there no life on Mars? Rover finds a clue Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has…
MRO, OMG! NASA’s longstanding Mars orbiter is in the spotlight this week, along with some of our youngest and most…
This photo of the nearby Sculptor galaxy spans 65,000 light years Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all…
Homo crustaceous ‘Everything becomes crab’ is more than an absurd meme. The crab is a deep symbol of our devil’s…
Reanalysis of Kepler data uncovers two planets in KOI-134 system with unusual orbital dynamics A new investigation into old Kepler…
China launches first low-inclination orbit SAR satellite ‘Haishao-1’ A new study published in The Innovation highlights the launch of Haishao-1…
AI-powered ChronoFlow uses stellar rotation rates to estimate stars’ ages Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding…
NASA missions help explain and predict severity of solar storms An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April…
A Sedna Orbiter via Nuclear Propulsion When you’re thinking deep space, it’s essential to start planning early, at least at…
Airport Dimensions unveils digital Connecta+ platform Airport Dimensions has launched Connecta+, a platform designed to integrate digital services, lounges, and…
Image: Hubble captures an active galactic center The light that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected to create this image…
