Jim Irons, Former Landsat Project Scientist, Wins Pecora Award
Last month, Landsat’s very own Jim Irons won the prestigious William T. Pecora Award. Irons, now an emeritus…
Elon Musk wants to put 1 million AI satellites in space. Here’s how SpaceX could do it
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined more details for his company’s planned data centers in space ahead of a…
Private space tourism is taking off – but laws on outer space are from another era
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In the Atacama Desert, astronomers live and work in a James Bond villain lair
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“Crisis averted” – The Universe is still expanding. Scientists say they’ve debunked a study that claims dark energy doesn’t exist
The Universe is still expanding, the expansion of the Universe is still accelerating and our understanding of the…
MIT’s new spacecraft engine could send tiny satellites to Mars
MIT engineers are developing a new spacecraft propulsion system that combines the strengths of traditional chemical rockets with…
APOD: 2026 June 11 – The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant
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Leonardo selected for ISOS, Europe’s programme for next-generation in-orbit services
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SpaceX Just Unveiled Their First ‘AI Satellite’ — and It’s Absolutely Massive
Quick Read SpaceX’s AI1 satellite spans 70 meters, delivers up to 150 kW of computing power, and functions…
Swirling spiral galaxy will hypnotize you photo of the day for June 10, 2026
The M88 galaxy as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker) Be…
NASA’s Proposed EVE Mission Aims to Solve the Radius Valley Mystery
A debate has been raging amongst planetary scientists for over a decade – why are there so few…
Atmospheric asymmetries in WASP-121 b revealed by rotational transits detected with JWST
Observations and data reductionsJWST/NIRSpec G395H observations The JWST observed the ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121 b starting 145 min before the…