AST SpaceMobile Locks In Next Launch For Its Mega Satellites
Space start-up AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) has announced Aug. 5 as the date of its next launch and satellite…
Jellyfish Nebula was part of a binary star system, and both went supernova
Two enormous stars once circled each other, forming a binary star system about 5,900 light-years from Earth. One…
Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion
WASHINGTON — Converting an engineering model of a Mars rover into an actual lunar rover could cost NASA…
Solar Storms Create a Risk for Mars Exploration Scientists Hadn’t Expected
It took seven months to confirm that NASA’s Opportunity rover was dead. The U.S. space agency’s little robotic…
NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia
NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the…
Northern Lights: 9 States Could See The Aurora Friday
Topline The aurora borealis may make an appearance in up to nine states Friday night, according to the…
APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
Explanation: The Dark Doodad Nebula drifts through southern skies, a tantalizing target for binoculars toward the small constellation…
‘We are not giving up yet’: Private mission to rescue NASA’s Swift telescope is spinning out of control, and engineers are racing to fix it
A private mission to rescue an ailing NASA space telescope may now need a rescue of its own.…
NASA is sending 2 probes to the moon to test complex ‘three-body orbits’
NASA is planning to send two maneuverable probes to lunar orbit in order to learn how spacecraft are…
What happens to a moon when its planet is stolen?
We have known for a while that the Milky Way is full of homeless worlds. Rogue planets, free…
Artemis moonsuits take a dive photo of the day for July 31, 2026
Exploration geologists and Artemis science officers Trevor Graff, left, and Angela Garcia carry out a lunar training development…
Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon | SpaceX
A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar…