One of the best meteor showers of the year peaks at the worst possible time this week
Early each January, the Quadrantid meteor stream provides one of the most intense annual meteor displays, with a…
The ALMA Array is Completed With 145 New Low-Noise Amplifiers
For decades, scientists have observed the cosmos with radio antennas to visualize the dark, distant regions of the…
NASA’s SPHEREx creates the most colorful map of the entire sky
Decorative image. This image features a selection of colors emitted primarily by stars (Image source: NASA and JPL-Caltech)…
Mars may have once had a tropical climate—scientists are puzzled by a key mineral
On the Martian surface, the Perseverance rover has spotted mysterious white rocks that could reveal an ancient secret:…
Start 2026 by spotting interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in the sky. Use our chart to help you find it
Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare interstellar visitor, a comet not gravitationally bound to any star, and only the…
130 Million Debris Objects in Orbit, One Just Cracked A Spacecraft Window
Microscopic space debris cracked the window of China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft in November 2025, delaying the crew’s return and…
British company sends tiny factory capable of reaching 1,000C into space
A Welsh aerospace firm has deployed a miniature manufacturing facility into Earth’s orbit. Space Forge, headquartered in Cardiff,…
Landspace targets $1 billion for reusable rockets as IPO application accepted
HELSINKI — Landspace, one of China’s leading launch startups, has had its application for an initial public offering…
NASA’s Hubble sees a stunning planet-forming disk. It’s a real doozy.
Astronomers have found a planet-forming disk that looks like a solar system on steroids. New images from NASA‘s…
VERITAS Telescope Uncovers Unexpected Clues in 15-Year Cosmic Mystery
A new study published on the pre-print server arXiv is shedding fresh light on one of the galaxy’s…
This Space Startup Wants to Turn Night Into Day, But at What Cost?
A new venture by Reflect Orbital is drawing global attention, as the U.S.-based company prepares to launch thousands…
These Scientists Didn’t Wait for an Eclipse, They Built One in Space, and It Revealed Something Unseen
The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission is using two spacecraft flying in ultra-precise formation to create artificial solar…