What is asteroid mining and how close are we to making it a reality?
The solar system is far more richly endowed by resources than everyday experience might suggest. You must have…
The last probe orbiting Venus has just shut down, and that’s not good news
Venus is often considered to be the twin of Earth, notably due to certain similarities. But for the…
Earth Now Has “Two Moons” Until 2083, NASA Confirms
Photo: Stephen Rahn via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) NASA has confirmed that a little asteroid named 2025 PN7…
Here’s How And When To Watch 3I/ATLAS
Interstellar Comet 3i Stlas Visibility: 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar comet, has reappeared from behind the Sun and is…
China and the US race to the Moon – but first, Musk vs. Bezos
The United States and China are locked in a contest to be the first country to send humans…
NASA’s James Webb Telescope maps 400-light-year-distant planet in 3D, revealing heat so extreme it breaks water apart
An artistic depiction of the WASP-18b exoplanet (Image source: NASA) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has mapped the…
A New Image of the Red Spider Nebula Captures the Radiance of a Dying Star — Colossal
When viewed through early telescopes, some nebula appeared round, so astronomers in the 18th and 19th centuries likened…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS approaches the sun. Here’s the latest
After 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to the sun, the comet is expected to remain out of view…
On the eve of the ISS’s 25th anniversary, humanity stares down a gap in its presence in space
On Nov. 2, 2000, the Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft docked with the Zvezda module of the International Space Station.…
What Happened To NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter From The Mars 2020 Mission?
In 2020, NASA launched the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter as part of its Mars 2020 mission, hitching the small…
Bezos’s Blue Origin Could Leapfrog SpaceX as NASA’s Lunar Lander Pick for Artemis 3
With SpaceX’s lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission facing significant delays, the agency is looking to competitors…