Planet and Isar Aerospace Partner to Launch First German-Built Satellite-Rocket Mission
The partnership marks a major step toward German sovereign space capabilities, with a German-built satellite launching on a…
Scientists uncover a giant hidden magma system beneath Mars
Mars looks like a planet whose best days are long behind it. Its volcanoes are extinct, its crust…
NASA’s Webb Reveals Stars Sparking to Life in Cosmic Celebration
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared light of numerous features that previously were impossible to…
Astronomers find comet unlike any other object in our solar system
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These are among the best space images we’ve ever seen. The world’s biggest astro-imaging competition has just released its shortlisted photos
The shortlisted images of the 2026 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition have been announced by the…
Ancient texts described a strange object in the sky. Astronomers have just worked out what it was
For astronomers, it’s a source of quite some frustration that the last time we observed a supernova in…
China has 400 private space companies. The West is barely paying attention
China’s private space industry barely existed a decade ago. Today, more than 400 commercial space companies are operating…
In 1776, the moon was a clock, a calendar and a streetlight — and it was 31 feet closer to Earth
After Americans declared independence on July 4, 1776, a waning gibbous moon rose in the night sky. To…
NASA Drops Map Of Next Total Solar Eclipse — And It Visits The U.S.
A map showing where path of totality for the 2026 total solar eclipse. NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio NASA…
Sun fires off 10 solar flares in 24 hours as multiple Earth-bound CMEs raise northern lights hopes for July 4 weekend
Heads up aurora chasers! The sun has been very busy. After unleashing an X1.1 solar flare on June…
What’s Up: July 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
A predawn Moon-and-planets meetup, a returning comet, a great chance to see the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings…
How asteroids may have sparked life on Earth
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have taken a new look at Earth’s violent beginnings and found that…