NASA Reportedly Shutting Down Its Largest Library, Throwing Materials Away
NASA’s budget is still an unfathomable mess. The government shutdown late last year once again delayed proceedings to…
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Set for 2026 In-Space Demonstration as Space Exploration Gains Momentum
Space agencies are on the brink of a significant breakthrough in space exploration, with plans to utilize nuclear-powered…
SpaceX Mission to Deliver Italian Satellite Launches New Year at Vandenberg SFB | Local News
Getting off the ground during a break in rainstorms soaking the Central Coast, a Falcon 9 rocket on…
Europe Prepares for Its First Total Solar Eclipse in Decades
Total solar eclipse of July 22, 2009, from Bangladesh. Credit: Lutfar Rahman Nirjhar, CC BY 3.0/Wikipedia It has…
‘Space mouse’ successfully gives birth to nine pups after return
Following a 14-day mission aboard China’s space station, a female mouse has successfully delivered a litter of nine…
NASA’s Hubble finds turbulence in the largest observed birthplace of planets
Hubble image of Dracula Chivita (Image source: several; see sources) Hubble discovered the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed…
January Stargazing Offers the Best Time of the Year to See Jupiter and its Moons
Kicking off the new calendar this month is a tasty opportunity to see Jupiter and its four largest…
What Would A SpaceX Public Offering In 2026 Look Like?
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The news headlines this morning celebrated the inauguration…
From 2,000 to 560,000 satellites: NASA warns of cascading effects in space and the atmosphere
In just five years, the number of satellites in low Earth orbit has surged nearly tenfold. That sounds…
Scientists Announce Results After Scanning 3I/ATLAS for Alien Signals
Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert…
A Year in Orbit: The 12 Most Stunning NASA Satellite Images of 2025
From devastating wildfires to swirling cloud vortices, NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites captured remarkable views of our planet…
Nature carves colossal snowman in Siberia photo of the day for Jan. 2, 2026
On June 16, 2025, NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite caught a chain of elongated, oval lagoons near Billings and…