The Night Sky This Week
Topline This is the darkest and most rewarding week of May for stargazing. With the moon fading from…
This image just won the public vote in the biggest astrophotography competition on the planet
Stars trailing around a lone Dragon’s Blood tree; the remnants of an exploded star 800 lightyears from Earth;…
NASA’s Psyche probe is about to slingshot around Mars at 12,000 mph
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is preparing for a close encounter with Mars that will help send it deeper into…
A brief history of the cosmic distance record
In 1675, Newton famously wrote , “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders…
Starwatch: Prime time to see Virgo, one of the fainter zodiac constellations | Astronomy
The constellation of Virgo, the virgin, is particularly well placed for observation during the northern spring months. Virgo…
Asteroid debris on Moon poses threat to Earth
Atari made it look so simple: press a few buttons to move, rotate, vanish through hyperspace, fire missiles,…
Hackaday Links: May 10, 2026
While Artemis II was primarily a demonstration flight of the architecture NASA plans to use for future lunar…
NASA Sends Mars Helicopter Blades Beyond Mach 1
Engineer Fernando Mier-Hicks inspects a test stand used to investigate the performance of next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades…
No more rockets: the wild new tech launching satellites with zero emissions
No more rockets: the wild new tech launching satellites with zero emissions – Futura-Sciences May 10, 2026 3…
Hot Jupiter and mini-Neptune found in a system that shouldn’t exist
When a planet circles its star every four days, the heat should strip its atmosphere down to basics.…
Why ion engines barely push harder than a sheet of paper and how that whisper of thrust is quietly rewriting the economics of deep space exploration
The most powerful gridded ion engine NASA has ever flown produces thrust measured in millinewtons at kilowatt-scale power.…
45 Million Light-Years Away, Scientists Finally Captured the Violent Heart of a Galaxy Being Consumed by Its Own Black Hole
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of Messier 77, a spiral galaxy whose…