China launches new group of internet satellites -Xinhua
A Long March-5B carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Wenchang…
Tributes to ‘pioneering’ Shetland space port founder Frank Strang
Frank Strang, the driving force behind Shetland’s space port, has died at the age of 67. Mr Strang…
We received so many images of the Venus-Jupiter encounter, we just had to share them. Here are some of the best
It’s been a great week for stargazing, the Perseid meteor shower reaching its peak and Venus and Jupiter…
Europe’s powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches for 3rd time ever, sending weather satellite to orbit
Europe’s Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather…
High school student who volunteered at NASA-sponsored lab gets retraction – Retraction Watch
An astronomical society journal has issued its first retraction in its 10-year history — for work done by…
Space Force launches satellite to explore new GPS technology
The Space Force and United Launch Alliance launched an experimental satellite today, kick-starting a year of demonstrations that…
NASA Astrobiology Update 20 August 2025
NASA Astrobiology Update 20 August 2025 The Astrobiology Program is hosting a virtual NASA Astrobiology Update on Wednesday,…
Deep-space radar in Australia begins tracking satellites for AUKUS partners
WASHINGTON — A new deep-space radar site in Western Australia, built under a trilateral partnership between the United…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Could Intercept 3I/ATLAS as it Approaches Jupiter
Astronomers at the Pan-STARRS Observatory in Hawaii made history in 2017 when they detected ‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar…
NASA Roman Core Survey Will Trace Cosmic Expansion Over Time
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be a discovery machine, thanks to its wide field of view…
NASA IXPE’s ‘Heartbeat Black Hole’ Measurements Challenge Current Theories
Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged…
Scientists Discover What Appears to Be the Largest Black Hole in the Universe, So Heavy That It Completely Bends the Light Around It Into a Giant Ring
Astronomers have discovered what could be the largest black hole ever detected. With a mass of 36 billion…