The Solar System chose fire over ice from the very beginning
The earliest stages of planet formation may have been far more selective than scientists once realized. As the…
Boom Year for Desert Blooms
Arid shrublands in Western Australia were bursting with life in late austral winter 2026, when a profusion of…
The Solar System chose fire over ice from the very beginning
The earliest stages of planet formation may have been far more selective than scientists once realized. As the…
Debrief: VLEO Missions Surge As Interest In Earth’s Lowest Orbit Booms
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Astronaut spies city lights, auroras and star trails from the ISS photo of the day for Sept. 22, 2026
City lights in Central Asia sparkle in this photo snapped from the ISS. (Image credit: NASA/Anil Menon) City…
SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot Agent Tops 400,000 Users After First Month
(Bloomberg) — SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot artificial intelligence agent has topped 400,000 weekly users roughly a month after it…
Scientists find weird exoplanet that orbits its star in the wrong direction
Scientists have found that a distant world has a real rebellious streak, outwardly defying its red dwarf host…
On this day in space! Sept. 22, 2006: Japan launches Hinode solar observatory to study the sun’s magnetic field
On Sept. 22, 2006, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched a sun-observing satellite called Hinode, or Solar-B. It…
Former SpaceX Engineer: ‘We All Rolled Our Eyes’ When Elon Musk Proposed Catching a Rocket With Chopsticks
Quick Read SPCX debuted at $161 in June 2026 and sits down 5% since IPO, after SpaceX’s landmark…
NASA’s Chandra Finds Unusual Objects in Pinwheel Galaxy
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers found mysterious objects that give off unusually low-energy X-rays but intense levels…
Happy first day of fall! Astronomical autumn arrives in the Northern Hemisphere today – Space
Happy first day of fall! Astronomical autumn arrives in the Northern Hemisphere today SpaceAutumnal equinox marks start of fall,…
Vera C. Rubin Observatory detects Aquarius IV, one of the smallest and faintest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way ever seen
In one of the first major discoveries from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, scientists have revealed…