Austrian propulsion startup joins sovereign space funding surge
TAMPA, Fla. — Austrian satellite propulsion startup Gate Space has won 6.3 million euros ($7.2 million) in funding…
Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by last year
Last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft encountered a bi-lobed asteroid that is a chunk of an even larger rocky…
South African investor, Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board after record $75 billion IPO
SpaceX disclosed that Botha was elected as an independent director and member of the company’s audit committee,…
Nippon Life’s early SpaceX bet may deliver billions in profit
Finance For over 10 years Nissay has had a stake in Musk’s rocket company, whose market value is…
How one new telescope is going to change astronomy forever
In a dark Nevada valley, a new eye is opening on the cosmos. Before the decade is out,…
Desert Field Test With NASA Advanced Rover Prototype
A prototype four-wheel rover developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory with advanced mobility and robotic autonomy capabilities trundled…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, once claimed to be an alien spaceship, may be 7 billion years old |
When interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile on July 1, 2025, it…
Scientific Frontline: JWST Discovers Salt Clouds on the Famous Pink Planet
Discovered in 2013, the Pink Planet orbits a sun-like star located 57 light-years from Earth. At roughly 25…
The Case for and Against Buying SpaceX Right Now
The ability to calculate wisely in the midst of strong emotions — fear, greed, excitement, worry — is…
Dennis Hope has been selling acres of the moon for about $20 each since 1980, reportedly moving over 2.5 million parcels — every deed voided by a treaty he claims says nothing about private citizens
Dennis Hope walked into a county clerk’s office in 1980 and filed a claim of ownership over the…
NASA payload to ride commercial Mars orbiter from rocket biz yet to reach orbit
SCIENCE Aeolus mission promises better Martian weather models, assuming Relativity Space can get its Terran R off the…
NASA Flyby Reveals Violent Origin of Weird Peanut-Shaped Asteroid
On April 20, 2025, the Lucy spacecraft swooped by an odd-looking asteroid, capturing close-up views of its peanut-shaped…