A Laser Ruler for Sharper Black Hole Images
Photographing a black hole has presented one of the most unique challenges in astronomy, you can’t simply point…
EU Awards Three Contracts for Mobile Responsive Launch System Studies
Credit: CNES / Oeil du Chat / European Spaceflight The European Commission has commissioned three parallel studies to…
NASA delays critical Artemis 2 rocket fueling test due to below-freezing temperatures, launch no earlier than Feb. 8
NASA has been forced to delay a critical fueling test for its Artemis 2 moon rocket due to…
Rocket Lab launches South Korean satellite
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Rocket Lab Electron launched a South Korean imaging satellite Jan. 29 on the rocket’s…
Don’t Miss This Once-in-a-Decade Planet Parade Lighting Up the Sky This February, Here’s When to Look
From a glowing Snow Moon to a rare six-planet parade, February 2026 is delivering a packed calendar of…
From space to the seabed, critical infrastructure is becoming more vulnerable, experts warn: ‘People don’t realize how dependent we are’
Weather forecasts, modern banking, international trade and GPS all depend on a fragile web of infrastructure extending from…
The Snow Moon will ‘swallow’ one of the brightest stars in the sky this weekend: Where and when to look
Stargazers in eastern North America will see something truly rare in the night sky this weekend: a very…
NASA delays first Artemis moonshot with astronauts due to extreme cold at launch site
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has delayed astronauts’ upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected…
The “Special Regions” on Mars Where It Is Totally Forbidden to Explore, for a Haunting Reason
Even as momentum builds toward sending humans to Mars in the next decade, several regions on the Red…
NASA Updates Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal, Launch Opportunities
NASA is targeting Monday, Feb. 2, as the tanking day for the upcoming Artemis II wet dress rehearsal…
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from two coasts in two days
As has almost become the norm, SpaceX launched two more batches of Starlink satellites over the course of…
Rocket Report: How a 5-ton satellite fell off a booster; will SpaceX and xAI merge?
ESA to study Falcon 9 breakup over Poland. The European Space Agency has published a call to tender…