NASA Takes Flight For America’s 250th
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flyover featuring his personally owned Northrop F-5 Tiger during the Great American…
SpaceX’s supervoting shares put a decades-old governance debate back in play
The recent high-profile IPO of SpaceX, which famously utilizes dual-class shares to give Elon Musk nearly 85% control,…
A New Net-Membrane Could Clean Up Some Tricky Space Debris
We’ve reported on all kinds of wacky ideas for capturing and deorbiting space debris safely. From electric tethers…
On 13 April 2029, a 375-metre asteroid called Apophis will sweep past Earth closer than many telecommunications satellites — and, under clear dark skies, around two billion people across Europe, Africa and parts of Asia may be able to watch it move across the night sky with the naked eye.
On 13 April 2029, an asteroid the size of a large skyscraper, roughly 375 metres across and named…
Nebulae, Comets, and Aurorae, Oh My! See the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Shortlist — Colossal
769 photographers and astronomers around the world, representing 66 countries, submitted more than 4,000 images to this year’s…
See Some of the Best Astronomy Photos of the Last Year
This past year, we’ve been blessed with a heavenly host of celestial phenomena, and the entrants of the…
In Photos: NASA Tests its Next Mars and Moon Rover in a California Desert
While NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers continue to do incredible work on Mars, NASA is in advanced testing…
Webb reveals why star formation halted in quenched galaxies- Earth.com
Astronomers have found hidden signs of past upheaval inside distant galaxies that shut down their star formation long…
Iridium folds Aireon aviation safety service into Rocket Lab-bound business
TAMPA, Fla. — Iridium Communications has completed its takeover of Aireon, bringing the aircraft-tracking venture fully in-house ahead…
XAI Rebrands to SpaceXAI With New Logo, X Handle, Under SpaceX
xAI is no more. The AI company founded by Elon Musk and acquired by his rocket company earlier…
Katalyst’s satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA’s Swift
NASA has a clear interest in saving the Swift mission. The $500 million observatory’s primary mission is detecting gamma-ray…
New Horizons Watches the Solar Wind as it Slows Down
Where does the Solar System end and interstellar space begin? That’s a question scientists have been working to…