Eyes to the Skies: Creating a custom star chart and viewing the Milky Way in July
Each month WTOP’s “Eyes to the Skies” feature previews the best the sky has to offer stargazers regarding…
The growing number of satellites in orbit could soon make telescopes obsolete. ‘For astronomy, this would obviously be catastrophic’
If the number of satellites in Earth’s orbit exceeds 100,000, humanity may lose its ability to study the…
Musk Calls Reporting on SpaceX Prototype AI Device ‘Utterly False’
Topline SpaceX CEO Elon Musk called a recent report the company showed investors a prototype handheld, iPhone-like device…
What makes a star a star? A strange ‘in-between’ celestial object is testing astronomers’ boundaries
Around 1,350 light years away from Earth is a star called TOI-2155. It’s a little bigger, heavier and…
Rocket Lab’s $8B Iridium deal opens new satellite-phone test
Rocket Lab’s $8 billion Iridium deal gives the space company something that cannot be built overnight: a global…
Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules
WASHINGTON — A new report links the long-running technical problems with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle to…
NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way
For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant…
NASA Seeks Volunteers for New Yearlong Simulated Moon, Mars Mission
NASA is recruiting research participants for the agency’s next simulated deep space mission. Beginning no earlier than August…
Webb studies how a planet survived the death of its star
Science & Exploration 01/07/2026 395 views 10 likes An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James…
An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in Mississippi
A rocket motor exploded during a test at an Anduril facility in Mississippi last Friday, marking another setback…
How Is Rocket Lab Expanding Through Space Mission Software?
Rocket Lab Corporation RKLB continues strengthening its position in the space industry by expanding capabilities that support spacecraft…
LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift Observatory
A first-of-its-kind mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is poised for launch no…