Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Target Producing 10,000 Starship Rockets Annually
Commercial space flight company SpaceX’s CEO, Elon Musk, has laid out an ambitious production target for the company’s…
NASA’s Curiosity rover sends stunning new panorama from high on Mars’ Mount Sharp
NASA’s Curiosity rover has sent back a striking new “postcard” from high on the slopes of the Red…
Venus reaches superior solar conjunction on January 6, 2026: What does it mean and can you see it?
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Top European Launch Companies of 2025
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Scientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb Telescope
After combing through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of…
First Sky Map from NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory
NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS isn’t an alien spacecraft, astronomers confirm. ‘In the end, there were no surprises.’
Space fans hoping that the intruder from beyond the solar system known as Comet 3I/ATLAS is actually an…
This Canadian crater looks like marbled meat photo of the day for Jan. 6, 2026
From orbit, Earth often looks more like art than geography. Satellites such as the European Union‘s Copernicus Sentinel…
A 2-Million-Solar-Mass Black Hole Just Gave Up Its Deepest Secret
The feat was made possible by XRISM’s high-resolution “Resolve” instrument, working in tandem with ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s…
The Ominous Kraken Mare, Titan’s Largest Lake, Is Hiding Something Far Deeper Than Scientists Ever Expected
There is no shortage of interest in Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Its dense, nitrogen-rich atmosphere, surface lakes and…
Astronomers are on “Cloud 9” with a new, starless gas cloud
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Russia Fell Further And Further Behind China For Second Place In Space Race In 2025 – OpEd – Eurasia Review
In Soviet times, Moscow’s space program competed with that of the United States; but now, it is falling…