A Mysterious 1,800-Kilometer Cloud Appears on Mars—And Its Cause Defies the Rules of Science
Each Martian winter, a narrow white plume creeps across the planet’s Southern Hemisphere, forming just before sunrise above…
World Space Week Ends With A Big Announcement
(Houston) — Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, will be Honorary Chair of World Space Week…
DLR Delivers Callisto Landing Leg Prototype for Testing
Credit: DLR The DLR Institute of Structures and Design has delivered the qualification model of the Callisto reusable…
JPL Workforce Update | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
In order to best position JPL going forward, we are taking steps to restructure and establish an appropriate…
Today’s Moon Phase: October 13, 2025
Welcome to a new week—and a new lunar phase. Today, the moon entered the last quarter phase, reaching…
NASA Lets YouTuber Steve Mould Test His “Weird Chain Theory” In Space
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has helped YouTuber Steve Mould with the final step in his “weird chain theory”:…
Momentus and Solstar to offer communications, transportation and infrastructure in low-Earth orbit
BRISBANE, Australia – Momentus and Solstar Space announced a three-year agreement Oct. 13 to expand communications, transportation and…
Rubin Observatory spins beneath the stars photo of the day for Oct. 13, 2025
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun its decade-long survey to scan the entire night sky every three…
The Moon’s Biggest Crater Tells a New Story
The gravitational interaction between the Earth and Moon has led to one hemisphere of the Moon being locked…
JAXA to launch tech demo satellites on Electron rockets
WASHINGTON — The Japanese space agency JAXA has selected Rocket Lab to launch a set of technology demonstration…
Uranus and Neptune may not be ‘ice giants’ after all, new research suggests
Astronomers have long called Uranus and Neptune the “ice giants” because models suggested that these outer planets’ interiors…
NGC 2775: This Galaxy Breaks The Rules Of “Galactic Evolution” And Baffles Astronomers
Human classification, from celestial bodies to living organisms, often starts with their morphology. Depending on how something looks,…