NASA Declares Earth Has a New “Mini-Moon” That Will Follow Us for the Next 50 Years
A newly tracked asteroid has been confirmed in a rare orbital configuration that keeps it moving in near-synchrony…
What to watch in the UAE night sky in 2026: eclipses, meteors, planets
January: Quadrantids meteor shower The year opens with the Quadrantids meteor shower on the evening of 3 January.…
VLT Reveals Detailed Spectral Portrait of 3I/ATLAS
An international team of astronomers from Chile, Europe, the United States, Canada and New Zealand has captured the…
Inside Rocket Lab’s effort to outpace larger space rivals
Nick Schifrin: The private space economy is growing significantly, and 2026 could be a big year. The first…
Europa Clipper Reveals a New Perspective on Comet 3I/ATLAS
Researchers have been trying to look at interstellar object 3I/ATLAS from every conceivable angle. That includes very unconventional…
China builds a record-breaking hypergravity machine to compress space and time
China is set to break its own record in hypergravity research with a colossal new centrifuge that can…
Hubble Reveals Extreme Chaos Inside ‘Dracula’s Sandwich’ : ScienceAlert
As a young star develops, so too does a protoplanetary disk of dust and gas around it, ready…
Starfighters Space Completes $40 Million Regulation A IPO
Starfighters Space, Inc., owner and operator of one of the world’s largest commercial supersonic aircraft fleets, announced on…
Planet bets on orbital data centers in partnership with Google
WASHINGTON — Planet, a company best known for providing geospatial intelligence through its constellation of imaging satellites, sees…
Golden satellite insulation sparkles during test photo of the day for Dec. 30, 2025
Earth’s orbital environment is becoming increasingly crowded. Thousands of satellites—many of them inactive, damaged, or out of fuel—now…
NASA’s Chandra Rings in New Year With Champagne Cluster
Celebrate the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA’s…
Time runs faster on Mars and scientists just proved it
On Earth, finding the exact time is effortless. Our planet relies on a sophisticated global system that combines…