NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Retires
After 27 years of service, NASA astronaut Suni Williams retired from the agency, effective Dec. 27, 2025. Williams…
NASA’s SLS Rocket: Secondary Payloads
When NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket launches the agency’s Artemis II mission to the Moon, four CubeSats,…
What to Know About the Biggest Solar Storm in Over 20 Years
Solar storms can knock a wired planet sideways, disrupting communication and navigation satellites, power grids, defense systems, data…
New NASA Artemis Payloads To Study Moon’s Terrain, Radiation, History
NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three new science investigations that will strengthen humanity’s understanding and exploration of…
Blue Origin launching 6 people to suborbital space on Jan. 22
Six space tourists will launch to the final frontier on Thursday (Jan. 22), and you can watch the…
New Chinese Constellations Dwarf Starlink Plans for Near-Earth Orbit
China has filed requests to reserve orbital slots for almost 200,000 satellites, prompting concerns it may be positioning…
What Isaac Roberts Saw Without A Space Telescope
Space telescopes are all the rage, and rightfully so. The images they take are spectacular, and they’ve greatly…
4,000 Space Mirrors Could Soon Light Up Your Night, and They’re Coming in 2026
A California startup wants to use giant orbiting mirrors to reflect sunlight onto Earth after dark. The first…
Astronauts Helicoptered to Hospital After Mystery Evacuation From Space Station
Scripps Memorial Hospital/Chris Van Gorder Earlier this month, NASA announced that it had to cancel a scheduled spacewalk,…
Rare Comet Approaches the Sun in Fiery Encounter Today Before Heading Toward Earth
Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) will pass close to the Sun on January 20, 2026, in a brief but…
Hubble Nets Menagerie of Young Stellar Objects
A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in…
NASA rediscovers secret military base buried under Greenland’s ice sheet
It was purely by chance that a NASA team stumbled upon a long-lost American military base buried deep…