The “Special Regions” on Mars Where It Is Totally Forbidden to Explore, for a Haunting Reason
Even as momentum builds toward sending humans to Mars in the next decade, several regions on the Red…
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from two coasts in two days
As has almost become the norm, SpaceX launched two more batches of Starlink satellites over the course of…
Rocket Report: How a 5-ton satellite fell off a booster; will SpaceX and xAI merge?
ESA to study Falcon 9 breakup over Poland. The European Space Agency has published a call to tender…
New mission could create artificial solar eclipses in space
ESA’s Proba-3 spacecraft captured this image of our star. The sun’s dazzling body is blocked by 1 of…
Event Horizon Telescope probes source of 3,000-light-year-long black hole jet
The smooth, rounded glow is an elliptical galaxy made of roughly a trillion stars: the giant galaxy M87.…
China eyes space resources, space tourism and on-orbit digital infrastructure
HELSINKI — China’s main space contractor says it will push into new commercial space domains in the coming…
NASA research jet makes fiery ‘wheels-up landing’…
A white jet on a tarmac. A NASA research aircraft crashed in a fiery landing accident, but luckily…
Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA preps for critical test ahead of astronaut launch to the moon
Refresh NASA beginning wet dress rehearsal operations Thursday evening (Image credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak) Artemis 2 mission operators at…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting moon in 2032 would be great for lunar science
The asteroid 2024 YR4 was, for a brief time, thought to be on a potential collision course with…
She was supposed to be the first teacher in space. 40 years later, her mission continues
NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts,…
Eutelsat’s ground infrastructure sale falls through
TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat said a planned sale of its passive ground infrastructure to a private equity firm…
Satellite sees river flow across the globe photo of the day for Jan. 29, 2025
From fast-moving rivers to trickling creeks, scientists around the world work to measure discharge, or the volume of…