Rare ‘planetary parade’ will return to the evening sky this week
A planetary parade is about to bring six of Earth’s neighbors into the night sky at once —…
Closest baby nebula to Earth ‘hatches’ in strange new Hubble image – Space photo of the week
QUICK FACTS What it is: The Egg Nebula (CRL 2688), a planetary nebula Where it is: 1,000 light-years…
A pulsar rotating 122 times per second could be present at the heart of the Milky Way
ⓘ NidhiYashwanth – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing a pulsar. After conducting research, astronomers would have discovered a…
Space’s biggest mystery has finally been solved after 57yrs
Nope. Nothing to see here. The “Apollo 11 moonlanding was faked” conspiracy is back all over social media.…
NASA Officially Classifies Boeing Starliner Failure As A Maximum-Level Type A Mishap
NASA has officially categorized the 2024 failure of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft,…
Soviet dogs spend three weeks in orbit
Soviet dogs spend three weeks in orbit In February 1966, a Voskhod spacecraft with the dogs Ugolyok and…
Evidence of meteorite impact 6 million years ago identified in Brazil
For the first time in Brazil, scientists have identified a field of tektites, natural glass formed when terrestrial…
NASA uses Mars Helicopter’s SoC for rover navigation upgrade • The Register
NASA has revealed it repurposed the processor the Perseverance rover used to communicate with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter,…
How China is building the hi-tech backbone of Africa’s space ambitions
From a satellite ground station in Namibia to an Egyptian laboratory in orbit, China has been building the…
Exact Eclipse Times (ET/PT, UTC) + Visibility Map
The next Blood Moon (total lunar eclipse) happens on March 2–3, 2026 (March 3 in the USA). It…
Hubble captures light show around rapidly dying star
This stunning image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in…
Nasa astronaut shares striking footage of rare ISS…
Nasa astronaut Zena Cardman has shared striking footage of the International Space Station (ISS) “cartwheeling” around Earth. The…