Burying The Hatchet? Trump Hopeful Of Musk Donating SpaceX Stock To Flagship Savings Initiative
US President Donald Trump expects his erstwhile key supporter Elon Musk to donate his SpaceX stock to the…
China’s ‘record-breaking’ satellite engine can run continuously for 14 hours
A Chinese satellite engine has reportedly broken a record for 14 hours of continuous thrust in orbit, Chinese…
The debate over how many Earth-like planets exist has a wide range — from one, if the Rare Earth hypothesis is right, to something approaching a hundred quintillion, if Milky Way rates hold across the universe’s roughly two trillion galaxies — and both answers are supported by serious researchers
Ask how many Earth-like planets there are, and the honest answer is that serious researchers give estimates spanning…
NASA’s Webb telescope takes a new look at the Cigar Galaxy and captures over 16 million stars
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured one of the clearest views yet of Messier 82 (M82), better…
NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth
The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004, but recent solar storms have pushed its orbit lower, and it’s…
Scientists warn Elon Musk’s orbital data centers could blind Earth’s biggest telescopes
The race to blanket Earth with satellite internet has unlocked faster connectivity for millions. But according to the…
30 years on, “Independence Day” still proves the versatility of the original “The War of the Worlds”
“Independence Day” definitely isn’t “The War of the Worlds”. The characters are all new, the alien invaders don’t…
America 250: From 1776 to the moon and beyond (A Space.com series)
Happy Fourth of July, Space Fans! As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, we here at Space.com…
New details hint at the origin of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
The passing of a comet from another star system gives scientists an opportunity to peer back into ancient…
Hubble has spotted ‘impossible’ light in deep space, and scientists are trying to explain where it came from
Astronomers have detected light from a tiny but powerful galaxy that existed when the universe was still emerging…
“Beyond the limit”: one million satellites and mirrors in space pose grave threat to the night sky
Press Release 1 July 2026 A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to…
Where NASA Posts Its Best Space Photos, and How to Find Them
The recent mission to the moon by Artemis II astronauts was memorable, inspiring, and scientifically important for so…