Blue Origin launching 6 people to suborbital space on Jan. 22
Six space tourists will launch to the final frontier on Thursday (Jan. 22), and you can watch the…
New Chinese Constellations Dwarf Starlink Plans for Near-Earth Orbit
China has filed requests to reserve orbital slots for almost 200,000 satellites, prompting concerns it may be positioning…
What Isaac Roberts Saw Without A Space Telescope
Space telescopes are all the rage, and rightfully so. The images they take are spectacular, and they’ve greatly…
4,000 Space Mirrors Could Soon Light Up Your Night, and They’re Coming in 2026
A California startup wants to use giant orbiting mirrors to reflect sunlight onto Earth after dark. The first…
Astronauts Helicoptered to Hospital After Mystery Evacuation From Space Station
Scripps Memorial Hospital/Chris Van Gorder Earlier this month, NASA announced that it had to cancel a scheduled spacewalk,…
Rare Comet Approaches the Sun in Fiery Encounter Today Before Heading Toward Earth
Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) will pass close to the Sun on January 20, 2026, in a brief but…
Hubble Nets Menagerie of Young Stellar Objects
A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in…
NASA rediscovers secret military base buried under Greenland’s ice sheet
It was purely by chance that a NASA team stumbled upon a long-lost American military base buried deep…
A Quick Guide To America’s Latest Space Toilet
I realize there’s a lot of things going on in the world right now that all demand a…
Earth was just hit by the strongest solar radiation storm in over 20 years — here’s what it means
A portion of the solar radiation storm captured on Jan. 19. The incoming protons look like a ‘snowstorm’…
ESA – Spectrum’s qualifying second launch
Enabling & Support 20/01/2026 380 views 8 likes In brief Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launcher is getting ready for…
Mars orbiter sees odd etchings in the sand photo of the day for Jan. 20, 2025
Mars is famous for its volcanoes, canyons and ancient river valleys, but some of its most active geology…