Rocket Report: Chinese rockets fail twice in 12 hours; Rocket Lab reports setback
Welcome to Edition 8.26 of the Rocket Report! The past week has been one of advancements and setbacks…
NASA’s Most Underrated Mission Brought Back Pieces of the Early Solar System
In 2006, NASA’s Stardust mission accomplished something no other spacecraft had done before: it returned solid material from…
Gazing Into The Eye Of Sauron With The JWST
We know what will happen to the Sun and our Solar System because we can look outward into…
An ocean the size of the Arctic once covered half of Mars, new images hint
New evidence of ancient rivers suggests Mars may have been a “blue planet,” thanks to an ocean spanning…
Europa’s ice may be feeding a hidden ocean that could support life
A new study from geophysicists at Washington State University sheds light on how nutrients could travel from the…
Sinking ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa may be slowly feeding its ocean the ingredients for life
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may have a previously unrecognized way of delivering life-supporting chemicals to its vast subsurface…
Wild Video Captures the Violent Trigger Behind Solar Flares
On September 30, 2024, the Sun unleashed a powerful explosion, causing magnetic field lines to break and reconnect…
NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2026
The Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial is seen during a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA’s Day…
Damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft survives reentry, Shenzhou-23 arrives at spaceport
HELSINKI — China’s damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft returned safely to Earth after on-orbit internal repairs, concluding the country’s first…
NASA’s Artemis 2 Is Sending Some Legendary Artifacts Around the Moon
NASA’s Artemis 2 mission will send a crew of astronauts around the Moon for the first time in…
Scientists warn! Earth’s darkness is at risk from thousands of space mirrors |
Scientists warn! Earth’s darkness is at risk from thousands of space mirrors (AI-generated) The idea sounds simple enough…
Private Space Station Being Assembled for Launch
The International Space Station is scheduled to be retired in 2030, bringing an end to three decades of…