NASA just released 12,000 more Artemis II photos — here are a dozen of our favorites
For 10 days in April, NASA‘s Artemis II crew took a record-breaking trip around the far side of…
We Might Have Massively Underestimated Io’s Thermal Output
Io is a world of extremes. It is by far the most volcanically active world in our solar…
Blue Origin Moon Lander Completes Testing at NASA Vacuum Chamber
Also known as Endurance, MK1 is an uncrewed cargo lander funded by Blue Origin as a commercial demonstration…
James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exoplanet’s surface for the 1st time: ‘We see a dark, hot, barren rock’
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have, for the first time, directly analyzed the surface of a…
Astronomers believe they’ve detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto
A new study suggests that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere that may…
Watch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower online with these free livestreams
It’s meteor season once again, skywatchers! The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks in the early hours of May…
Hubble Spots a Starry Spiral
In this new picture from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy glittering with star clusters is the center…
India’s GalaxEye Sends Its First Earth Observation Satellite Into Orbit
India’s private space sector reached a new milestone as Bengaluru-based startup GalaxEye launched its first Earth observation satellite,…
Mars Is Secretly Shaping Earth’s Climate Over Millions Of Years, Scientists Reveal
A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that Mars exerts a subtle yet measurable influence on Earth’s…
IonQ Introduces InSAR Monitoring Capability for Earth Observation
Insider Brief IonQ launched a commercial InSAR capability to provide automated, high-frequency monitoring of ground deformation from space.…
Lasers take aim at a galaxy far, far away photo of the day for May 4, 2026
Lasers on the ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer beam into the sky towards the Tarantula Nebula to create…
Why were galaxies so active in the early universe? We may be getting close to the answer
In its infancy, the universe had a bit of an identity crisis. For the first few hundred million…