NASA Guts Workforce at Lab Responsible for Mars Rovers
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images That sound you hear? It’s the…
HyImpulse Promises to Save European Launch, 600 kg at a Time
German rocket builder HyImpulse announced on 16 October that it had secured €45 million in new funding to…
Dry ice may burrow through Mars like sandworms in ‘Dune’
Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve mysterious gullies on Mars as they melt along dunes and…
Russian cosmonauts install semiconductor experiment, jettison old HDTV camera during spacewalk outside ISS
Two Russian cosmonauts are back inside the International Space Station after conducting a spacewalk to install a semiconductor…
Watch SpaceX’s Super Heavy Starship booster hover in mid-air before plunging into the sea (video)
Spectacular footage from Starship’s recent test launch shows the final seconds of the spacecraft’s booster before touching down…
Although it was thought to be lost between Earth and the Moon, this satellite sent in 1974 has, against all odds, resurfaced on American space defense radars.
It’s not uncommon to lose small everyday items such as keys, headphones, a wallet or a smartphone. However,…
Longest GRB ever seen may be a cosmic event new to science
Astronomers report the longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, confirmed in a new paper. The signal, labeled GRB 250702B,…
Comet Lemmon’s ghostly tail haunts the skies above England (photo)
Award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury has captured a stunning view of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) shining in the sky…
SUV-sized piece of NASA equipment falls from sky, crash lands on rural farm
Published on Oct. 16, 2025, 6:04 PM An average of 200 to 400 tracked objects, also referred to…
SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to
There’s more to the changes at Vandenberg than launching additional rockets. The authorization gives SpaceX the green light…
Don’t give Russia space
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during his visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome, about 180 kilometers north…
China’s record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket aces amazing debut launch from ship at sea (video)
A squat and brawny Chinese rocket just aced its second-ever liftoff. Orienspace’s Gravity-1, the world’s most powerful solid-fuel…