Giant asteroids could require a very different defense strategy
Scientists believe a giant asteroid helped wipe out the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago, and smaller impacts…
Isar Aerospace to launch German-built Planet imaging satellite
WASHINGTON — Isar Aerospace won a contract from Planet’s German subsidiary to launch an imaging satellite, demonstrating an…
Ars Live recap: When are the big rockets NASA desperately needs going to be ready?
New Glenn Catastrophe Aftermath: What’s Next for the Space Industry? | Ars Live This week Ars hosted a…
A galaxy confirmed this January formed just 290 million years after the Big Bang, and the part astronomers cannot explain is that it is far too large, far too soon, as if the early universe was building things it was not supposed to be able to build yet.
Light from a galaxy called JADES-GS-z14-0 left on its way to us when the universe was only about…
Planet and Isar Aerospace Partner to Launch First German-Built Satellite-Rocket Mission
The partnership marks a major step toward German sovereign space capabilities, with a German-built satellite launching on a…
NASA’s Webb Reveals Stars Sparking to Life in Cosmic Celebration
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared light of numerous features that previously were impossible to…
These are among the best space images we’ve ever seen. The world’s biggest astro-imaging competition has just released its shortlisted photos
The shortlisted images of the 2026 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition have been announced by the…
NASA launches bold mission to rescue Swift space telescope before it falls to Earth
Editor’s note: This article was corrected at 07:43 EDT on July 2 with news that the mission has…
In 1776, the moon was a clock, a calendar and a streetlight — and it was 31 feet closer to Earth
After Americans declared independence on July 4, 1776, a waning gibbous moon rose in the night sky. To…
Sun fires off 10 solar flares in 24 hours as multiple Earth-bound CMEs raise northern lights hopes for July 4 weekend
Heads up aurora chasers! The sun has been very busy. After unleashing an X1.1 solar flare on June…
NASA Drops Map Of Next Total Solar Eclipse — And It Visits The U.S.
A map showing where path of totality for the 2026 total solar eclipse. NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio NASA…
These impressive space photos come with…sound? NASA has turned photographs of galaxies and nebulae into songs in a newly released collection
NASA’s deep space images often feel like both science and art. But NASA’s latest images are art in…