NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures the Dust Clouds of Apep, Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos — Colossal
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has come through yet again with an unprecedented image from our Solar System,…
This Comet Just Shattered Into Three Pieces, and It’s Being Captured on Camera
A rare and mesmerizing comet event in our solar system has captured the attention of astronomers and sky-watchers…
Scientists detect a magnetic switchback near Earth for the first time
A NASA fleet has spotted the first magnetic switchback near Earth, a zigzag in the magnetic field at…
SpaceX’s new Starship Super Heavy booster explodes in Texas testing
SpaceX’s Starship appears at its complex in South Texas. Early Friday, the Super Heavy booster exploded during testing…
Think tank urges Europe to scale up space-based data center efforts
TAMPA, Fla. — Europe must move quickly to craft a large-scale strategy for space-based data centers or risk…
Look to the sky on Friday, and you might see Uranus
On Friday night, you will be able to see the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus. Kelly Beatty,…
Saturn’s Rings Are Ghosting Us This Weekend
Stargazers with backyard telescopes may notice something amiss in the night sky this weekend as a rare planetary…
Space-based US solar firm sets record for beaming wireless electricity
Space-based solar power firm Star Catcher Industries has set a new record for beaming electricity over a long…
China Installed A Zero-G Oven In The Tiangong Space Station
Chinese scientists have brought a tasty twist to spaceflight, as a newly…
‘Like a mermaid swimming through a sea of auroras’: ISS astronauts photograph 2 comets dancing above the northern lights
Astronauts orbiting Earth recently photographed not one but two comets while an aurora show danced below them. The…
NASA astronaut shows how to ‘weigh’ yourself in space | On the ISS this week Nov. 17-21, 2025
From measuring one’s mass to boosting the almost 1 million pounds (454,000 kilograms) that comprise the entire orbiting…
Stoke Space goes for broke to solve the only launch problem that “moves the needle”
LAUNCH COMPLEX 14, Cape Canaveral, Fla.—The platform atop the hulking steel tower offered a sweeping view of Florida’s…