So Those Water Vapors on Europa Might Not Actually Be a Thing
In 2014, a monumental Science paper showed that Hubble data pointed to intermittent plumes of water vapor on…
Watch Rocket Lab launch private Japanese Earth-observing satellite early on May 22
Rocket Lab will launch an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective early Friday morning (May 22),…
This exoplanet weather forecast by the James Webb Space Telescope calls for sandy skies and a clear (alien) sunset
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a weather forecast for the exoplanet WASP-94Ab, a world with…
NASA’s AWE Completes Mission to Study Earth’s Effect on Space Weather
On May 21, ground controllers powered down NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) instrument, bringing the data collection phase…
Voyager 1 is still transmitting from more than 24 billion kilometres away, but in 2024 NASA had to repair it by remotely moving pieces of 46-year-old code around a failed memory chip — a software patch sent into interstellar space and confirmed nearly two days later.
Voyager 1 began transmitting unreadable data on 14 November 2023. The flight data subsystem, one of three onboard…
SpaceX prepares for critical launch of Starship ahead of IPO : NPR
SpaceX’s latest version of it’s mega rocket Starship goes through testing as it is prepared for a test…
The main takeaways from Elon Musk’s plans for $1.75tn SpaceX flotation | SpaceX
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has revealed plans for a highly anticipated $1.75tn (£1.3tn) flotation next month as he seeks…
Four-armed humanoid robot aims to reshape scientific missions in space
A Canadian robotics firm has unveiled a new humanoid robot designed for use in space environments where traditional…
Strange stacked stones spotted on Mars photo of the day for May 21, 2026
NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a stack of rocks on the Martian surface. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU) NASA’s Mars Perseverance…
Meteor NSW: Gigantic flash spotted from Canberra as suspected meteor explodes off Australian east coast
A meteor lit up skies along much of the NSW east coast and the ACT on Thursday night,…
SpaceX Is Hiring — and Elon Musk Says He’ll Read Your Application
Elon Musk is on the hunt for top talent. Loading audio narration… SpaceX’s AI division is hiring engineers…
Perseid meteor shower 2026 — When, where and how to see it
The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year. The shower is…