A weather satellite 22,000 miles above Earth saved my 2026 total solar eclipse cruise on the Mediterranean Sea
When the 11,000-ton cruise ship Le Boréal set sail from Nice, France, on Thursday, Aug. 6, its 205…
Catching An ‘Almost Total’ Lunar Eclipse on August 28th
The Americas take center stage for next Thursday night’s deep partial lunar eclipse. So, did you miss the…
I went in search of Spain’s total solar eclipse – and found something much more special
Light has returned. Sitting on the grassy bank of a limestone hilltop, I watch a golden glow spread…
James Webb Space Telescope finds ‘hidden stars’ making the universe’s 1st galaxies much bigger than we knew
Imagine looking at a vast city on Earth from a great distance, knowing nothing about that city; you…
What Can We Actually Find on an Exoplanet? Part 4: Looking For Us
(This is Part 4 of a series on what we can actually find on an exoplanet. Read Part…
Armed with funding boost, SpaceSail accelerates China’s push to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink
In a record funding round for China’s satellite internet sector, domestic start-up SpaceSail has raised around 7 billion…
An Uncommon Drifter in the Denmark Strait
Greenland’s jagged coastline is lined with fjords, many of them cradling marine-terminating glaciers that routinely calve icebergs into…
Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today
Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit this morning (Aug. 20), and you can…
Invited media briefly detained at California Space Force base
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — Five news reporters and two members of the military who were…
Nuclear-powered heater keeps spacecraft alive through lunar night
Firefly Aerospace will send a nuclear-powered heating technology to the Moon in 2028, testing whether spacecraft can survive…
Webb Captures the Treasure Chest at the Heart of the Carina Nebula
The Carina Nebula (NGC 3324), located about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel), is one…
Pluto Planetary Science is the Gift that Keeps on Giving
Something’s wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists…