Arqit, Es’hailSat and AIEE Demonstrate Quantum-Safe Satellite Communications
Insider Brief Arqit Quantum, Es’hailSat and AIEE demonstrated quantum-safe encryption across operational satellite communications infrastructure in Qatar. The…
5 planets will light up the September sky — here’s how to see them
Venus, which has been such a prominent object in the western evening twilight sky since the start of…
Night sky September 2026 — The best things to see this month
The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can…
Many space missions are searching for life beyond Earth – but are we prepared for the fallout if they succeed?
Microbes from space have fueled the plots of science fiction mainstays like “Project Hail Mary” and “The Andromeda…
Without new landers or rovers, it’s helicopters or bust for NASA’s Mars program
For the first time in more than 30 years, NASA has no firm plans to send any new…
Ghostly green lakes merge in Australian outback after 2 years of heavy rain — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Barkly Tableland, Australia’s Northern Territory [-18.595019720, 135.2699610] What’s in the photo? A series…
APOD: 2026 September 1 – A Plane Lunar Eclipse
Explanation: Did you need to be on the right side of this airplane to see this eclipse? No. Lunar…
NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is back to studying the universe with two of its three science instruments…
KASA seeks record budget for 2027 to nurture space as strategic industry
The Nuri space rocket takes off from Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Nov. 27. Yonhap…
Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island
Summer is prime iceberg season in Greenland’s glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 was no exception. Especially notable was the…
Watch 2 astronauts take 6th-ever all-female spacewalk today
Two astronauts will conduct history’s sixth all-female spacewalk today (Sept. 1), and you can watch it live. NASA’s…
Across six Apollo landings, astronauts left a commonly cited 96 waste bags and containers on the Moon. Researchers have proposed retrieving one—not to clean up, but to discover whether any human microbes survived up to 57 years of lunar radiation, vacuum and extreme temperature swings.
One of the strangest experiments in astrobiology has already been running for more than half a century. Nobody…