NASA Restarts Swift Telescope as It Slowly Falls Toward Earth
NASA’s Swift Telescope is back to watching the universe, but its orbit is still shrinking and time at…
About 70 young stars sit inside one dark knot of gas in the Carina Nebula: ESA’s Webb Picture of the Month for August 2026 shows the Treasure Chest globule, 7,500 light years off, lit by a 19-solar-mass O-type star
About 70 young stars are packed inside a single dark knot of gas and dust in the Carina…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is bursting with methanol
Comet 3I/ATLAS is continuing to surprise astronomers. New observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), of which…
‘Keep pushing, never fear hardships,’ Hong Kong’s first astronaut tells students
Hong Kong’s first astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, will deliver a live lesson from space to students and teachers at…
Astronomers detect ancient hydrogen signal that could help map the Universe
Astronomers have directly detected an extraordinarily faint radio signal from hydrogen gas billions of light-years away, demonstrating a…
Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3,…
Astronomers detect ancient hydrogen signal that could help map the Universe
Astronomers have directly detected an extraordinarily faint radio signal from hydrogen gas billions of light-years away, demonstrating a…
From the Corps to the Cosmos, featuring Jaden Caradine
Jaden Caradine knew he wanted to be an engineer at eight years old. He just took a winding…
SpaceX Rises 4% as Pivotal Research Launches Coverage at $220, Intuitive Machines Climbs 5%, Rocket Lab Gains 3%
Quick Read Jeffrey Wlodarczak at Pivotal Research initiated SpaceX with a Buy and $220 target, lifting shares 4%…
Stoke Space raises $1 billion for fully reusable rockets, targets ‘early 2027’ for 1st-ever launch
Stoke Space has amassed a substantial sum during its latest round of financing and is revealing exactly where…
Icy Exocomets Around a Distant Star Help Explain Earth’s Water
Earth’s surface water puts the planet into its own, privileged category among the Solar System’s bodies. Nowhere else…
NASA Calls for Proposals to Accelerate Lunar Surface Technologies
NASA is seeking proposals to advance the technology and infrastructure needed to explore the Moon and establish a…