Artemis III astronauts will beam 4k video from Orion to Earth using SpaceX Starlink lasers
Orion is getting an upgrade on Artemis III, and the astronauts aboard are getting WiFi (sort of). NASA…
Coilable Stacked Solar Sails for Very High delta-V Missions
Artur Davoyan University of California, Los Angeles The goal of the proposed program is to enable the next…
James Webb Space Telescope looks back in time 4.4 billion years photo of the day for July 21, 2026
The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342. (Image credit: ESA/Webb,…
Watch SpaceX launch private satellite-servicing spacecraft to orbit today
SpaceX will launch a trailblazing satellite-servicing mission today (July 21), and you can watch the action live. A…
China’s Chang’e-6 reveals why solar wind hits the Moon’s two sides differently
The Moon has been exposed to the solar wind for billions of years. However, new evidence shows that…
Astronomers find the first atmosphere on a rocky world in the habitable zone
Astronomers have reached a major turning point in the search for life beyond Earth by detecting an atmosphere…
Galaxy cluster’s magnetic field reconstructed for 1st time with record-breaking astronomy map
For the first time, astronomers have reconstructed the magnetic field of an entire cluster of galaxies, from its…
Earth’s magnetic shield slows the solar wind hitting the Moon
The Moon has been getting pelted by solar wind for billions of years, but here’s what nobody could…
In May 1973, Skylab reached orbit with its heat shield torn away, one solar wing gone and the other jammed, leaving America’s first space station at roughly 54°C — so engineers built a parasol in days and astronauts carried it up to save the laboratory
Skylab reached orbit on 14 May 1973, but the achievement almost ended before anyone could live aboard it.…
IHI explores Kuva hyperspectral satellites for Japan’s multi-sensor constellation
TAMPA, Fla. — Japan’s IHI is considering adding next-generation hyperspectral satellites from Finnish startup Kuva Space to its…
Amendment 63: New Opportunity: A.14 Atmosphere
The Atmosphere research program is soliciting proposals for data analysis and modeling of NASA supported airborne campaign data.…
Detection Of A Four-Carbon Sugar In Interstellar Space
Although life tends to find a way, something first has to kickstart said lifeforms. Exactly how the first…