Smashed Icy Moons Cool Too Rapidly to Retain Oceans
There are more than 450 confirmed moons orbiting the eight major planets, but only a handful of them…
US judge declines to block transfer of wildlife refuge land to Musk’s SpaceX | Trump administration
A federal judge on Monday refused to block the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres…
NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars
When NASA’s Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Mars’ Jezero Crater in September 2023, mission scientists were…
On this day in space! Sept. 21, 2003: NASA’s Galileo spacecraft at Jupiter ends its mission with a fiery death dive into the gas giant
On Sept. 21, 2003, NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter and its moons came to an end. After 14…
The James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers become alien weather forecasters
With a new analysis of James Webb Space Telescope observations, we’re one step closer to interstellar weather forecasting…
SpaceX rolls giant Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship’s 1st orbital flight (photos)
SpaceX is gearing up for the first orbital flight of its Starship megarocket, which is now just a…
Scientists track 27 years of a supermassive black hole blasting plasma at our planet
Scientists have created a 27-year-long video reconstruction of the high-energy jets of a blazar, which is a supermassive…
Southern Taurids 2026: This 2-month-long meteor shower has 2 peak nights — here’s when to watch for ‘shooting stars’ and fireballs
One of the longest-running meteor showers of the year began on Sunday (Sept. 20), as the Southern Taurids…
NASA just powered up Roman’s massive 300-megapixel camera
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has reached another major milestone in space. Mission teams have successfully powered…
A giant new crater on the moon photo of the day for Sept. 21, 2026
An aerial view of McGetchin crater. (Image credit: NASA Goddard/Intuitive Machines) NASA’s moon-orbiting spacecraft, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…
NASA just powered up Roman’s massive 300-megapixel camera
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has reached another major milestone in space. Mission teams have successfully powered…
Orlando Sentinel 150: Monday Memory of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s piggyback final flight from Florida – Orlando Sentinel
Fourteen years ago, Space Shuttle Endeavour left Kennedy Space Center on its way to its new home at…