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…
September full moon 2026 — When, where and how to see the Harvest Moon
The full moon of September 2026 will occur at 12:49 p.m. EDT (1649 GMT) on Sept. 26 as…
Scientists discover massive underground ‘thermal anomaly’ on Mars
New research into the interior of Mars further emphasizes that the Red Planet is a world of two…
Photographer Captures Blood Moon From the Parking Lot of a Quality Inn
Andrew McCarthy Photographers don’t always need to go to great lengths for great pictures; sometimes it’s about making…
Satellite method identifies Dhofar frankincense with 93.7% accuracy
A new satellite-based method has identified frankincense trees in Dhofar with an overall classification accuracy of 93.7 per…
Kepler stared at the same 150,000 stars in Cygnus for four years without looking away, watching for the tiny dimming of a planet crossing in front of them, and the four years of staring turned up more than 2,600 confirmed worlds
Every telescope before it was built to look around. Kepler was built to stare. Launched in March 2009…
Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese radar satellite to orbit early on Sept. 1
Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese radar satellite to orbit early Tuesday morning (Sept. 1), and you…
Starwatch: Sagitta’s arrow shape makes it easy to see against a dark sky | Astronomy
We are on the hunt for another small, northern summer constellation this week: Sagitta, the arrow. Although it…
ESA JUICE probe targets dark Jovian moon Kallichore in 2031
The planet Jupiter hosts more than 100 moons with the majority of attention going to the four Galilean…
Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA Deep Space Network’s Deep Space Station 23
Leadership from NASA Headquarters, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Deep Space Network (DSN) stand in front of…