US-made reusable Hadley liquid rocket engine hits Mach 5 in 10 flights
A US aerospace and defense company has taken a huge step towards operational hypersonic systems after recently completing…
Planet Labs & Carbon Mapper To Develop Specialized Tanager Spacecraft
By Karen Roman Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) said it is collaborating with Carbon Mapper to design a…
What’s Up: May 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower brings shooting stars before dawn, the Moon meets brilliant Venus after sunset, and…
A potentially habitable super-Earth has been discovered just 10 light years away, and the big question of what might be waiting for us out there returns with a vengeance
A planet that might be able to hold liquid water has been confirmed orbiting one of our nearest…
Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage on the Move
Teams move the core stage, or largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for NASA’s Artemis…
France and Spain want space reserved for EU firms in satellite frequencies – POLITICO
In a last-minute addition to the agenda for Thursday’s meeting of digital ministers in Nicosia, Spain and France…
What does it take to call home from the Moon?
For most of human spaceflight history, the go to for communications has been radio waves, a technology that…
How do you study something you can never step outside of?
Studying the thing you can never step outside of and look back at is the fundamental problem facing…
What is the Most Common Type of Planet in the Galaxy?
For the past decade, astronomers thought they had a reasonable answer to that question. Around stars like our…
Asteroid Juno’s dusty surface gives scientists a rare look beneath it
Researchers have found that a roughly 155-mile-wide (250-kilometer-wide) space rock called Juno has a dusty surface that is…
Elon Musk Will Earn a Company Bonus if He Drops a Million Colonists on Mars
Elon Musk now has another reason to colonize Mars besides appealing to his massive ego. Board members of…
Is Venus volcanically active? Big Hawaiian eruption in 2022 could help scientists find out
With evidence increasingly showing that volcanism is active on the surface of Venus today, a team of geologists…