Extra Extra! Extra Data Stream Added to the Daily Minor Planet!
The Daily Minor Planet citizen science project is expanding! In addition to data received nightly from the Catalina…
NASA Plans to Build the First Permanent Human Base on the Moon with Water
NASA is setting its sights on building a permanent base on the Moon, a huge step in humanity’s…
Why Are Interstellar Comets So Weird? Part 4: We Finally Turned On the Porch Lights
This is Part 4 of a series on interstellar comets. Read Parts 1, 2, and 3. So that’s…
Scientists stunned after mysterious interstellar object found to be ‘bursting with alcohol’
Scientists have been left stunned after discovering that a mysterious interstellar object contains unusually high concentrations of alcohol.…
Kazakhstan must choose: be Eurasia’s tech broker or become a pawn in the new global space race
Kazakhstan is approaching a moment of strategic truth. It can either become Eurasia’s indispensable broker of space, AI…
New MIT Asteroid Detection System Could Be Our Planet’s Best Defense Yet
MIT researchers have unveiled a cutting-edge method to detect and track smaller asteroids that could potentially disrupt Earth’s…
Satellite spies an erupting volcano photo of the day for March 13, 2026
Mayon volcano eruption captured on Feb. 26, 2026. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using…
Best model rocket sets for first-time launchers
So you want to launch a model rocket but have never done so? It must be difficult, right?…
Eutelsat exits two Russian capacity leases after satellite failure
TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat has ended capacity leases on two Russian spacecraft after one failed in orbit and…
A Glorious Spiral of Star Formation
To understand how stars form, astronomers need to watch the process play out in galaxies. That simple fact…
NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks—there’s a reason why
NASA assessed 1-in-276 odds for loss of crew on the first flight of astronauts aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon…
NASA spotted a strange “cosmic brain” in deep space — Now astronomers say it’s approaching a violent stellar death
Deep space is filled with violent stellar events. For generations, the inky darkness of space has been an…