SpaceX launches 21 ‘data transport’ satellites for US military (photos)
Starship isn’t the only SpaceX rocket flying today. A Falcon 9 rocket launched from California’s Vandenberg Space Force…
NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet
New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of…
NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet
“The images we collected from these observatories showed a weak but clear tail, thus confirming that 1998 SH2…
Earth-like exoplanet could have life-supporting water on its surface | Space
The search for life outside our solar system has taken another twist as researchers revealed they have discovered…
Meteorite That Crashed Into New Jersey Home Contains Rare Ingredients of Life
Two years ago, a meteorite plummeted through Earth’s atmosphere and crashed into a New Jersey home. Now, analysis…
Young gas giant challenges a leading theory of planet formation
Astronomers have measured the mix of two forms of carbon in the atmosphere of Beta Pictoris b, a…
Building the infrastructure for a shifting space economy with Massi Ladovaz
In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with SpinLaunch CEO Massi Ladovaz. They discuss what attracted Ladovaz to reimagining…
After a lifetime of waiting, I’ll finally witness a total solar eclipse next month on Aug. 12
On Aug. 12, I get to fulfil a lifelong ambition. I’ll take a flight to Madrid and travel…
A laser disappears into the Milky Way’s heart photo of the day for July 16, 2026
The Gemini South Observatory shoots out a beam of light. (Image credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek) A laser…
Pluto’s moon Charon may have once spun once every 14 hours, and its ancient mountains still record how it slowed down |
For decades, Charon was often viewed as the quieter half of the Pluto system, a frozen world marked…
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Rocket stages stacked and ready for liftoff today
2026-07-16T11:29:18.830Z Starship stacked, awaiting launch countdown SpaceX’s first Starship V3 vehicle launches on a test flight on May…
11 Years After Historic Flyby, Scientists Discover Giant Landslides on Pluto
In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gave us our first look at Pluto’s surface in spectacular detail.…