Here’s How to Deflect a Dangerous Asteroid Without It Totally Backfiring
In September 2022, NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, successfully altering the space rock’s trajectory. The…
Earth Has Another Quasi-Satellite: The Asteroid Arjuna 2025 PN7
Whenever astronomers detect something new moving through our region of space, like an interstellar object or an unusual…
Impulse Space and Anduril to demonstrate autonomous spacecraft maneuvers in GEO
WASHINGTON — Defense technology company Anduril and space transportation startup Impulse Space are preparing to demonstrate one of…
Project Kuiper plots broadband services in five countries by end of March
TAMPA, Fla. — Amazon is preparing to double the size of its Project Kuiper constellation to over 200…
Partial solar eclipse at the bottom of the world will close out the year’s celestial spectacles
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The bottom of the world is front and center for a partial solar…
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft suffers thruster issue on way to the International Space Station
The debut mission of Northrop Grumman’s new jumbo cargo spacecraft didn’t go off without a hitch. The company’s…
Forget supercomputers — scientists say a laptop could map the universe in minutes
As you might imagine, mapping the universe on the largest of scales and tracing threads of the cosmic…
A record supply load won’t reach the International Space Station as scheduled
The damage occurred during the shipment of the spacecraft’s pressurized cargo module from its manufacturer in Italy. While…
‘We’re really on a different trajectory’: How NASA’s Artemis moon missions aim to prepare us for Mars
As NASA prepares to put astronauts on the moon in the next few years, the agency is thinking…
Doomed ‘cannibal’ star could soon explode in a supernova so bright it would be visible during the day
Betelgeuse may have competition for the most exciting star about to go nova near Earth. Astronomers have discovered…
Same-day delivery comes to space, as Impulse promises satellite transport in hours, not months
Amazon made same-day delivery the benchmark on Earth. Impulse Space is pitching a similar concept for satellites bound…
