SpaceX pushes next Starship launch back to Sept. 28, a 6-day delay for megarocket’s 1st orbital flight
SpaceX has pushed the next launch of its Starship megarocket back by nearly a week. SpaceX had originally…
50 years ago, NASA rolled out its 1st space shuttle Enterprise. The shuttle ‘was one of the things that really inspired me,’ ISS astronaut says
Like most test pilots, Jack Hathaway was always looking for a faster and more capable winged vehicle to…
Simera Sense and IDOM partner to develop and produce xScape350 optical system as demand for high-resolution EO imagery surges
Simera Sense and IDOM will develop and produce the optical system for Simera Sense’s next-generation MultiScape350 imager. The…
After being sidelined, Boeing’s Starliner to get starring role in NASA’s spaceflight plans
NASA did, indeed, pay a lot for the Commercial Crew program. Dating to 2010, for development and certification…
JWST’s mysterious little red dots may be black holes growing at incredible speeds
Among the many surprises uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, one of the strangest has been a…
On 22 January 1997, Lottie Williams was walking through a park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when a small scrap of blackened fibreglass tapped her shoulder and fell into the grass; it was identified as debris from a Delta II rocket stage launched nine months earlier, making her the only person known to have been struck by falling space junk.
At about 3:30 a.m. on January 22, 1997, Lottie Williams was walking with friends in O’Brien Park in…
Faster-flowing glaciers fuel decades of polar ice loss
Applications 16/09/2026 1241 views 17 likes The longest satellite data record of ice-sheet change ever assembled has revealed…
Scientists find youngest exoplanet on record — a ‘newborn’ named Elias
Astronomers have discovered the youngest exoplanet on record, and they spotted the “newborn” world hiding in old data…
Veterok and Ugolyok: The Soviet Space Dogs Who Defied Limits in Orbit | World News
In 1966, Soviet dogs Veterok and Ugolyok survived 21 days aboard Kosmos 110. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons. Before…
Scientists have worked it out when Earth will run out of oxygen – and it’s sooner than we thought
For obvious reasons, it’s impossible to imagine life on Earth without oxygen. But will it ever run out?…
Scientists have found 40,000 asteroids that could hit Earth. But it’s just the tip of the iceberg
Astronomers have announced they’ve catalogued the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid. The announcement marks a milestone in the detection of…
APOD: 2026 September 17 – A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula
Explanation: This treasure chest is full of stars. The featured image was obtained with NASA‘s James Webb Space…