Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today
Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit this morning (Aug. 20), and you can…
Webb Captures the Treasure Chest at the Heart of the Carina Nebula
The Carina Nebula (NGC 3324), located about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel), is one…
Nuclear-powered heater keeps spacecraft alive through lunar night
Firefly Aerospace will send a nuclear-powered heating technology to the Moon in 2028, testing whether spacecraft can survive…
Scientists just found the fastest known star in the Milky Way. It zooms around our black hole at 15,500 miles per second
Astronomers have found the fastest known star in the Milky Way, a faint object racing around Sagittarius A*,…
Pluto Planetary Science is the Gift that Keeps on Giving
Something’s wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists…
Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way | Astronomy
Astronomers have detected the fastest known star in the Milky Way, hurtling around the supermassive black hole at…
This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy : NPR
This image traces the orbital paths of all known stars orbiting the massive black hole at the center…
NASA Establishes State Hubs to Grow Technical Aerospace Workforce
NASA has awarded approximately $10.5 million to seven institutions to help strengthen and streamline state-based pathways for students…
The space industry’s next challenge: supply chain resilience
America’s space economy is scaling faster than its industrial base can support. Commercial constellations are proliferating, national security…
SpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it | SpaceX
Engineers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX are on their way to a remote Australian island to retrieve part of…
Astronomers discover a giant, rocky ‘mega-Earth’ 23 times more massive than our planet
Astronomers have discovered an unusually massive, dense exoplanet that challenges conventional ideas about how rocky planets form. Called…
US Air Force flight to Antarctica turns back after space activity warning
A US Air Force flight bound for Antarctica returned to New Zealand after a warning about “potentially hazardous”…