Watch Archimedes burn! Rocket Lab fires up engine for its powerful next-gen Neutron launcher (video)
Rocket Lab has completed a major qualification test for its formidable Archimedes engine, which will power the company’s…
NASA Study of Pristine Meteorite Adds to Story of Ancient Asteroids
A meteorite recovered immediately upon its fall to Earth on July 16, 2024, is helping NASA scientists uncover…
Starship's Thirteenth Flight Test – SpaceX
Starship’s Thirteenth Flight Test SpaceXSpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Starship undergoing preparations to launch tomorrow SpaceSpaceX Plans Starship Test…
Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life’s origins
Is space … sweet? As it turns out, interstellar space has sugar — and it’s the same type…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient Mars Impacts
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered evidence that a 245-foot-thick (75-meter-thick) stack of ancient rock on the rim…
Glaciers spotted flowing across the Himalayas from space photo of the day for July 15, 2026
Towering glaciers flow down the Himalayas’ northern slopes like icy giants cascading onto China’s Tibetan Plateau. What is…
Tiny space debris threatens Earth’s busiest satellite highway
Tiny pieces of space debris, some just 2 inches (5 centimeters) across, have been hiding undetected in one…
NASA captured the Black Sea turning brilliant turquoise from space
The Black Sea, which lies between Europe and Asia and connects to the Mediterranean through a series of…
NASA’s Webb Discovers Hidden Planet in Famous Star System
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an…
A SpaceX vet raised $65M to pull wire harnesses out of the Cold War era
When Senra CEO Jordan Black was a SpaceX engineer, he took on the job of scaling up the…
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Super Heavy booster rolled back for final checkouts
2026-07-15T11:15:40.020Z SpaceX readying Starship to launch in just over 24 hours (Image credit: Background: SpaceX, clock added in…
Not one eclipse this summer – but two! Get ready for a solar eclipse, a Blood Moon and shooting stars all in the same month
August 2026 is set to be a pretty good month for astronomy. On 12 August 2026, a total…