Europe Takes Aim At Reusable Rockets By The Early 2030s
Europe is quietly preparing for a leap into the era of reusable rockets, a move that could reshape…
Physicists Just Ruled Out The Universe Being a Simulation
A question that has vexed physicists for the past century may finally have a solution – but perhaps…
Astronomers capture vast cosmic bat spreading its wings in time for Halloween (photo)
The outline of a nebula bat formed from glowing interstellar clouds (Image credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2) Astronomers…
1st “Commercial Space” War Ignites! India, China, Russia Join U.S. To Weaponize Orbit With Private Mega Constellations
If anything, satellite imaging company Vantor’s signing of a contract last week with the U.S. Space Force to…
What archaeology tells us about living and working in space
The International Space Station is one of the most remarkable achievements of the modern age. It is the…
The last stop in a literary Grand Tour portrays Pluto the way it really is
NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto has forced astronomers to rewrite their textbooks — but that’s not all:…
A Mysterious Planet Just Entered the Spotlight: Meet Earth’s Twin
A potentially habitable planet, eerily similar to Earth, has been discovered after two decades of painstaking astronomical research.…
Starlink V3 satellites could enable SpaceX’s orbital computing plans: Musk
As artificial intelligence fuels surging demand for computing power, Elon Musk has hinted that SpaceX may use its…
Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal
Comet 3I/ATLAS is extremely irradiated from billions of years of cosmic ray bombardments, new research using observations from…
Controversial startup’s plan to ‘sell sunlight’ using giant mirrors in space would be ‘catastrophic’ and ‘horrifying,’ astronomers warn
A California-based startup’s controversial plan to put 4,000 tennis-court-sized mirrors in orbit around Earth is “catastrophic” and “horrifying,”…
Semiconductor startup to fly payloads on Falcon 9 boosters
WASHINGTON — A startup plans to test technology to produce semiconductors in space on a series of Falcon…
China sends its youngest astronaut and four black mice to ‘Heavenly Palace’ space station
Beijing Reuters — China’s Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps…