SpaceX Sees Big Drop in Number of Starlink Satellite De-Orbits in 2025
The number of Starlink satellites falling back to Earth and burning up in the atmosphere has declined in…
A Japanese Team Built a Sensor So Precise, It Might Have Found a Way to Track Dark Matter
Dark matter is believed to make up most of the matter in the universe, yet it has never…
SpaceX Prepares to Double Output at Texas Starlink Factory
Will 2026 bring cheaper Starlink hardware? It will certainly be more plentiful as SpaceX prepares to double the…
Astronomers Spent Years Watching a Planet, Then It Vanished Without a Trace
Astronomers observing the starFomalhaut, located just 25 light-years from Earth, believed they had detected a planet, later named…
SpaceX opens 2026 with launch of Cosmo-SkyMed Earth observation satellite for Italy – Spaceflight Now
The Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation Flight Model 3 spacecraft is pictured prior to being encapsulated within a pair of…
SpaceX launches its 1st mission of 2026
SpaceX launch the first mission of 2026 tonight (Jan. 2). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg…
Hackers Allegedly Steal Access Tokens, Confidential Documents From European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) suffered a security breach of its science servers, with a hacker group claiming…
Incredible discovery that may have settled the ‘life on Mars’ debate
A recent analysis of the Sapphire Canyon mudstone core, drilled by NASA’s Perseverance rover in July 2024, adds…
Starlink Will Be Moving Thousands of Its Satellites for ‘Space Safety’ Reasons
Starlink said it will reduce the altitude of thousands of its internet-beaming satellites following a mishap with one…
Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”
Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight orbits around their host stars, allowing us…
Astronomers detect rare ‘free floating’ exoplanet 10,000 light-years from Earth
Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to…
Astronomers Discover a Low-Mass Red Dwarf With a Massive Exoplanet That Shouldn’t Exist
A newly found world has joined the growing catalogue of known exoplanets, yet its basic properties appear to…