Elon Musk drops stunning SpaceX forecast
A revenue target posted on X (the former Twitter) on Aug. 27 would require a private company to…
Across six Apollo landings, astronauts left a commonly cited 96 waste bags and containers on the Moon. Researchers have proposed retrieving one—not to clean up, but to discover whether any human microbes survived up to 57 years of lunar radiation, vacuum and extreme temperature swings.
One of the strangest experiments in astrobiology has already been running for more than half a century. Nobody…
Astronomers find a ‘two-week-old’ baby planet hidden inside a stellar nursery
Astronomers find a ‘two-week-old’ baby planet hidden inside a stellar nursery – Futura-Sciences August 31, 2026 2 min…
What Is SpaceX (SPCX) Signaling By Building Out Its Natural Gas Operation?
Space Exploration Technologies (NasdaqGS:SPCX) is hiring a dedicated natural gas trading team to manage fuel and power needs…
NASA Welcomes Türkiye as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
During a ceremony hosted by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman at the agency’s headquarters in Washington on Monday, the…
SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access
OpenAI caused something of a stir over the weekend when it announced plans to cut Cursor’s direct access…
SpaceX’s $60 Billion Cursor Acquisition Comes With a Hacker Problem
Quick Read SpaceX (SPCX) paid $60 billion for Cursor but inherited a breach where Russian-speaking hackers manipulated the…
SpaceX designed an orbital Vera Rubin. Radiation comes next.
SpaceX and Nvidia say they are adapting the Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale AI platform for orbital use, with…
Martian Astronomy: Percy Sees a ‘Phobos Eclipse’ From Mars
What’s so special about spotting Phobos crossing in front of the Sun? Sure. It’s just another image of…
Taiwan codeveloped satellite wins mission award
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter The cube satellite developed by the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) in partnership…
On this day in space! Aug. 31, 1965: NASA’s ginormous Super Guppy carrier plane takes 1st flight like a flying whale
On August 31, 1965, NASA’s Super Guppy cargo plane took its first test flight. This oversized aircraft looks…
Looking for Earth 2.0 in Binary Systems
While astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets over the last few decades, the true prize continues to elude…