Watch 2 astronauts take 6th-ever all-female spacewalk today
Two astronauts will conduct history’s sixth all-female spacewalk today (Sept. 1), and you can watch it live. NASA’s…
Astronomers Catch Black Hole Spewing Matter After Feeding
Black holes are some of the most awe-inspiring and mysterious celestial objects in the universe. This is primarily…
At the space shuttle’s orbital speed of roughly 28,000 kilometres per hour, the journey to Alpha Centauri would take about 165,000 years. Breakthrough Starshot proposes sending a gram-scale chip attached to a metre-wide sail—accelerated by Earth-based lasers—to make the same journey in just over 20 years.
At orbital speed, the space shuttle crossed a continent in minutes. It circled Earth about once every 90…
SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access
OpenAI caused something of a stir over the weekend when it announced plans to cut Cursor’s direct access…
SpaceX designed an orbital Vera Rubin. Radiation comes next.
SpaceX and Nvidia say they are adapting the Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale AI platform for orbital use, with…
Martian Astronomy: Percy Sees a ‘Phobos Eclipse’ From Mars
What’s so special about spotting Phobos crossing in front of the Sun? Sure. It’s just another image of…
SpaceX, NASA delay next astronaut launch to ISS due to leak on Dragon spacecraft
SpaceX’s next astronaut mission to the International Space Station won’t launch on Sept. 12 after all. That flight,…
Roman telescope leaves its rocket behind photo of the day for Aug. 31, 2026
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope separates from a SpaceX Falcon Heavy upper stage after launching on Aug.…
Scientists discover massive underground ‘thermal anomaly’ on Mars
New research into the interior of Mars further emphasizes that the Red Planet is a world of two…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches to reveal the Universe’s darkest secrets
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun a three-month journey covering roughly one million miles as it…
Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese radar satellite to orbit early on Sept. 1
Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese radar satellite to orbit early Tuesday morning (Sept. 1), and you…
Starwatch: Sagitta’s arrow shape makes it easy to see against a dark sky | Astronomy
We are on the hunt for another small, northern summer constellation this week: Sagitta, the arrow. Although it…