Russian Cosmonaut Removed From SpaceX Mission After Alleged Security Breach
A Russian cosmonaut has been removed from an upcoming SpaceX mission to the International Space Station after reportedly…
Defiant Stars And Unusual Objects Survive Against The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole sitting at the core of the Milky Way. It has a…
Veteran cosmonaut pulled from joint Russian–U.S. mission after allegedly photographing sensitive SpaceX hardware — Meduza
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been removed from the Crew-12 mission, a Roscosmos flight to the International Space Station operated…
New clue in the mystery of what triggers intense auroral displays
In the polar regions, auroras can light up the night in sweeping waves of color. These shifting lights…
Zhuque-3 reaches orbit on test flight, first stage lost during landing attempt
HELSINKI — China’s Landspace carried out the first launch of its reusable Zhuque-3 rocket late Tuesday, successfully achieving…
NASA Captures a Strange Formation in the Sahara— and It’s Older Than Dinosaurs
Three shadowy plateaus rising from the endless sands of Mauritania have captivated scientists once again. A recent observation…
Are We Meant to Leave Earth? Why Humanity May Have No Choice but to Go to Space
EPISODE # 566 Dec 02, 2025 About this episode: Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf joins Michael Shermer for a wide-ranging…
China’s first reusable rocket Zhuque-3 makes maiden voyage but recovery attempt fails
The United States is still the only country in the world to successfully return an orbital-class booster, though…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida
Twenty-nine newly-launched Starlink satellites are now in low Earth orbit. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the internet…
The USSR repeats secret lunar space tug test attempt
The USSR repeats secret lunar space tug test attempt One year after the failed launch of the first…
SpaceX Sets Launch Records in California
On the night of December 2, a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California,…
LEGO announces new NASA Artemis SLS rocket set to lift off (literally!) in 2026
December 2, 2025 — How do you top a highly-detailed scale model of NASA’s new moon-bound rocket and…