Astronomers Have Completed the Largest Map of Space. Yes, You Can Play With It.
The driving force behind our universe’s accelerated expansion remains one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy. While this…
Traversing the Galactic Centre in space and time
The organizers of the Galactic Center workshop 2026 (IAU Symposium 405) thank the Grant Agency of the Czech…
Labor Day in space: NASA astronauts get the holiday off
Like most of their compatriots here on terra firma, the three Americans living off Earth will get to…
Will Scully-Power is looking to raise a $150m space tech VC fund
Published on September 7, 2026 After building and selling three businesses, Will Scully-Power has for the past two…
US boosts its on-orbit threat inspection capability with new test
The United States has taken a significant step toward developing faster and more responsive capabilities for monitoring activity…
APOD: 2026 September 7 – The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
Explanation: The Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed. IC 5070 (an official designation) is divided from the larger North…
Astronomers using Hubble found a new roughly 104,000-mile-wide ten-sided storm forming at Saturn’s south pole, a geometric twin to the famous hexagon that has long circled the north
Saturn has a second polygon. Astronomers working with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope report a ten-sided wave —…
Starwatch: Waning crescent moon gets close to brilliant beacon of Jupiter | Astronomy
Those already out and about at 5am this week will be rewarded with a beautiful waning crescent moon…
A Bright Spot at Mount Michael
Winter near the Antarctic Circle brings months of frozen darkness, when sea ice chokes ocean waters and many…
2 Ways Elon Musk Can Make SpaceX Win the New Space Race
Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), known as SpaceX, is ready to explore the cosmos. At least that’s what CEO…
One of the world’s darkest paints makes everything look like a black hole – and it could save our night sky
A new study of one of the world’s darkest coatings suggests it could dramatically reduce the impact of…
Imminent Earth Impactor: CERNQ52
Image credit: European Space Agency’s Planetary Defense Office/Near-Earth Objects Coordination Center The European Space Agency’s Planetary Defense Office/Near-Earth…