Incredible discovery that may have settled the ‘life on Mars’ debate
A recent analysis of the Sapphire Canyon mudstone core, drilled by NASA’s Perseverance rover in July 2024, adds…
SpaceX opens 2026 with launch of Cosmo-SkyMed Earth observation satellite for Italy – Spaceflight Now
The Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation Flight Model 3 spacecraft is pictured prior to being encapsulated within a pair of…
The year’s first meteor shower and supermoon clash in January skies
NEW YORK — The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the…
SpaceX begins “significant reconfiguration” of Starlink satellite constellation
The year 2025 ended with more than 14,000 active satellites from all nations zooming around the Earth. One-third…
SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites for safety’s sake
We’ll see a mass migration of SpaceX Starlink satellites this year. All Starlink broadband spacecraft currently orbiting 342…
Hubble Glimpses Galactic Gas Making a Getaway
A sideways spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 60 million light-years away in the…
A Japanese Team Built a Sensor So Precise, It Might Have Found a Way to Track Dark Matter
Dark matter is believed to make up most of the matter in the universe, yet it has never…
Astronomers Spent Years Watching a Planet, Then It Vanished Without a Trace
Astronomers observing the starFomalhaut, located just 25 light-years from Earth, believed they had detected a planet, later named…
The 1st full moon of 2026 rises tonight! Here’s what to expect from January’s supermoon Wolf Moon
The January 2026 full moon is upon us! Here’s what to expect when the “Wolf Moon” prowls over…
2026 is the year humanity will finally go back to the moon
Astronauts haven’t visited our nearest celestial neighbor since 1972. That’s when NASA astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison “Jack”…
Startup Satellite Hits 1,800 Degrees, Cooks Up Plasma in Orbit for the First Time
A microwave-sized factory in space has generated plasma for the first time, bringing us one step closer to…
SpaceX gets ready for Florida’s first launch of 2026
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — For those who can stay up late, you will be able to witness…