‘Very interesting wiggles’ in data from silent NASA Mars spacecraft lead to unexpected solar wind discovery
Even as NASA continues to try to restore contact with the MAVEN spacecraft after it fell silent in…
The Opportunity rover’s famous last words — “my battery is low and it’s getting dark” — were never actually sent from Mars. The real story of where that sentence came from is stranger, and somehow sadder
If you spend any time online, you’ve almost certainly encountered the story. When NASA’s Opportunity rover died on…
DARPA readies robotic deep-space repair satellite for 2026 launch
DARPA is at last ready to test fueling up satellites in faraway Earth orbits, to keep those machines…
Scientists found a hidden highway to the Moon, and it could make space travel much cheaper |
Getting to the moon is expensive. Every kilogram of fuel that a spacecraft carries has to be lifted…
Scientists discover a giant “planet factory” beyond Jupiter
About 4.6 billion years ago, the young Sun was surrounded by a massive disk of gas and dust.…
A strange star system may be feeding the Milky Way’s black hole one cloud at a time
In 2012, astronomers spotted a strange blob of glowing gas spiraling toward the black hole at the center…
Full Moon June 2026: When To See The ‘Strawberry Micromoon’ Rise
Topline The full Strawberry Moon will turn full on Monday, June 29, 2026. Named for the traditional strawberry…
Watch: Green Fireball Meteor Lights Up Erupting Mayon Volcano In Stunning Footage
A rare green fireball meteor was caught on camera streaking behind the erupting Mayon Volcano in the Philippines,…
The International Space Station has sprung a new leak
The very premium air leak in the very best Russian part of the International Space Station is back!…
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Cleared For Launch After Suffering Malfunction
After suffering an embarrassing setback with the third launch of the New Glenn rocket, Blue Origin is hoping…
In 1995, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft sent a probe into Jupiter’s atmosphere that kept transmitting for just 58 minutes as it fell, returning the first direct readings from inside the giant planet before rising heat and pressure silenced it for good
On 7 December 1995, a small probe released by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft entered the atmosphere of Jupiter and…
Michael Collins, dubbed by the press “the loneliest man in history” while orbiting the far side of the Moon for roughly forty-seven minutes at a time, gently corrected the description — he said he felt isolated, but never lonely
As the command module Columbia slipped behind the Moon on the afternoon of July 20, 1969 and lost…