Calgary partial lunar eclipse: Time, viewing guide, and more
A partial lunar eclipse will be visible from Calgary tonight, and it’s going to be pretty hard to…
On this day in space! Aug. 28, 1993: Galileo spacecraft flies by asteroid Ida on the way to Jupiter only to find a tiny moon!
On Aug. 28, 1993, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Ida while on its way to Jupiter.…
MISSION SUCCESS: Rocket Lab Launches 94th Electron Mission
Rocket Lab Corporation Rocket Lab’s 94th Electron launch and latest mission for Synspective. MAHIA, New Zealand, Sept. 02,…
Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design
NASA has decided to use a simpler spacesuit for its initial missions to the lunar surface, Ars has…
A blistering lava world and a larger planet sitting in the habitable zone have been confirmed orbiting the same red dwarf 337 light-years away, a rare pairing that has put the system near the top of astronomers’ list for probing whether an alien world can hold an atmosphere.
Two planets, orbiting the same M-dwarf star, both physically well-suited to atmospheric spectroscopy with existing and upcoming instruments,…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is just one of a few missions named after real-life women
NASA’s next big space telescope is not only meant to unlock some of the mysteries of dark energy.…
Cyprus and Greece Establish Quantum-Secure Satellite Link
Insider Brief Cyprus and Greece have established their first quantum-secure satellite data connection using Sparkle’s Quantum Safe Interconnect…
Falcon Heavy brings the heat photo of the day for Sept. 2, 2026
Fire spews from the 27 Merlin engines of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket during the launch of NASA’s…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites to orbit on its 35th flight
The Starlink missions keep on coming. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 of the company’s internet satellites…
ESA’s first lunar rover rolls forward
Science & Exploration 02/09/2026 371 views 6 likes Yesterday evening, during a signing ceremony at the Space for…
Every galaxy in our neighborhood, including our own, is being pulled toward a single point in space hidden directly behind the crowded disk of the Milky Way, and when astronomers finally looked through the dust, they found a large, previously hidden cluster of thousands of galaxies sitting almost exactly where the pull was coming from
In 1986, a small team of astronomers noticed something that did not add up. They were measuring how…
The Diamond Moon and Other Astronomical Events to See in September 2026
The proximity to the waning moon offers a good opportunity for spotting them. To the naked eye, they…