Transient lunar phenomena: the Moon’s flashes
According to the science of transient lunar phenomena, observers have reported brief lights, colors, and hazes on the…
D-Orbit signs launch-services contract with ArkEdge Space
SAN FRANCISCO – Italian space logistics specialist D-Orbit will provide a series of launches aboard its ION Satellite…
Isar Aerospace Signs US$112.5M Deal for Dedicated Launch Site in Canada
Credit: Isar Aerospace / NASA Spaceflight / B. Kenniston German rocket builder Isar Aerospace has signed an agreement…
SpaceX Launches the First Commercial Nuclear-Powered Satellite
Tritium battery operating in BOHR. Credit: City Labs. A tiny satellite launched by SpaceX on Tuesday may mark…
July 2026 Satellite Puzzler – NASA Science
Every month, NASA Earth Observatory features a puzzling satellite image. The July 2026 puzzler appears above. Your ChallengeIdentify the location…
Asteroid 16 Psyche, a metal-rich world roughly 225 kilometres wide orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, may contain extraordinary amounts of iron and nickel — enough that back-of-the-envelope estimates have put its theoretical metal value at around $10,000 quadrillion, a number so vast it dwarfs the entire global economy.
The number attached to asteroid 16 Psyche is so large that it almost stops being a number. Around…
Astronomers Using Chandra Data Produce the Most Detailed View of the M87 Jet in X-rays
Between 2012 and 2025, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has been monitoring the jet launched by the supermassive black…
NASA calls time on CAPSTONE after four years of lunar orbit lessons
SCIENCE Advanced Space’s privately owned probe will keep flying, but the agency’s role is over After four years…
SpaceX positioned as “foundational enabler” of space economy, BofA says
SpaceX positioned as “foundational enabler” of space economy, BofA says Proactive uses images sourced from Shutterstock SpaceX Corp…
Rocket Lab Delivers Mission Success for Space Force: Completes Historic Launch and On-Orbit Satellite Tracking Mission in Record Time
Rocket Lab Corporation Following a record-shattering responsive launch, Rocket Lab completes complex on-orbit rendezvous and proximity operations, proving…
Rocket Lab Announces a Big Acquisition That Could Be Problematic for SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), also known as SpaceX, went public last month. While its overall business is…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes from Hibernation in Good Health
Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good…