The most unpredictable meteor shower of the year peaks next week. Here’s what to expect
Heads up, stargazers! The notoriously unpredictable June Bootid meteor shower is set to peak next week — and…
Meet ERNEST, NASA’s Next-Generation Rover Designed to Be Faster and Tougher
During a recent field test in the Colorado desert, a four-wheeled rover traveled across 16 miles (25 kilometers)…
‘No one thought it was going to be possible.’ A space telescope is falling out of space. This is NASA’s daring plan to save it.
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — For over 20 years, NASA’s Swift space observatory has been conducting prolific science in…
A Vintage, Last-of-Its-Kind Aircraft Will Launch NASA’s Swift Rescue Mission
A space telescope is falling to Earth, but NASA has a bold plan to rescue it before it’s…
Astronomers Want to Build a Swarm of Telescopes to Find LIFE
Current plans for flagship telescopes in the 2040s are focused on answering a simple question – are we…
Annie Easley, a hero of NASA photo of the day for June 19, 2026
Annie Easley at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. (Image credit: NASA) It’s Juneteenth in the U.S. today (June 19),…
Scientists expected a black hole but found a neutrino factory powered by stars
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have tracked down the source of a powerful neutrino burst…
Sunday’s summer solstice is the sun’s time to shine in the Northern Hemisphere
This is the sun’s time to shine: Sunday is the longest day of the year in the Northern…
Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman on spacewalking: “I used to think I was scared of heights — now I know I was just scared of gravity”
The quote has a clean, precise quality that most observations about fear do not. Reid Wiseman posted it…
Austrian propulsion startup joins sovereign space funding surge
TAMPA, Fla. — Austrian satellite propulsion startup Gate Space has won 6.3 million euros ($7.2 million) in funding…
Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by last year
Last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft encountered a bi-lobed asteroid that is a chunk of an even larger rocky…
South African investor, Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board after record $75 billion IPO
SpaceX disclosed that Botha was elected as an independent director and member of the company’s audit committee,…