Biofilms May Have Sparked Life on Earth—and Could Sustain It in Space
It’s 2041 and an astronaut on Mars Station 1 orbiting the Red Planet is inspecting life support systems…
NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities
by Daniel Boyette Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2026
Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock…
GAO flags risks in Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellite program
ORLANDO, Fla. — A congressional watchdog is warning that the Pentagon’s ambitious effort to overhaul missile warning and…
Earth observation’s adoption gap is a supply design problem
For more than a decade, the Earth observation industry has insisted that commercial adoption is just around the…
Night sky tonight — See the celestial queen Cassiopeia shine high overhead on Jan. 29
Refresh 2026-01-29T10:59:12.409Z Thursday, Jan. 29: Cassiopeia as an M (after dark) See Cassiopeia on Jan. 29. (Image credit:…
AI tool reveals hundreds of ‘anomalies’ in Hubble telescope archives — and some defy classification
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool has uncovered more than 1,000 strange cosmic objects in the Hubble Space Telescope‘s…
Crew-12, scheduled to launch on Wednesday 11 February
Science & Exploration 29/01/2026 979 views 16 likes The crew of four will launch no earlier than Wednesday 11 February at 11:00 GMT/12:00 CET…
Scientists Say Mars Had a Shoreline 3.5 Billion Years Ago, Perseverance Just Found It
NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered the most definitive signs yet of an ancient Martian shoreline. The discovery, found…
SpaceX plans next Starship test flight in March
ORLANDO, Fla. — The first Starship test flight of 2026 is scheduled for as soon as early March…
Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected
NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to…
EU SST closely monitors upcoming re-entry of space object ZQ-3 R/B
Due to its inclination of approximately 56.94 degrees, the object can re-enter within a latitude band of ±57…
Don’t Miss This Weekend’s Full Moon, It Will Do Something We Won’t See Again Until the 2030s
February’s night sky is setting up a quiet surprise. The full Snow Moon will climb at dusk, and…