The 10 best places in the UK to see the partial solar eclipse on Aug. 12
On Aug. 12, 2026, skywatchers across the U.K. will experience a rare astronomical double-header: a deep partial solar…
Wally Funk obituary | Space
As an aviator, Wally Funk, who has died aged 87, was a trailblazing pioneer for women, breaking barriers…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient Mars Impacts
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered evidence that a 245-foot-thick (75-meter-thick) stack of ancient rock on the rim…
In November 1957, a stray dog from Moscow’s streets was strapped into Sputnik 2 and launched into orbit in a capsule never designed to come home — and Soviet officials claimed for 45 years that Laika had died painlessly after several days, until a scientist admitted in 2002 she had died within hours when the thermal control failed.
On 3 November 1957, a small mongrel dog named Laika lay strapped inside a pressurised capsule roughly the…
Tiny space debris threatens Earth’s busiest satellite highway
Tiny pieces of space debris, some just 2 inches (5 centimeters) across, have been hiding undetected in one…
SES and Airbus to Build Optical Ground Station for EAGLE-1 Quantum Satellite
Airbus Enterprise UserThe Netherlands · 10001+ FTEs Airbus, founded in 1970, is a global European aerospace corporation and…
NASA captured the Black Sea turning brilliant turquoise from space
The Black Sea, which lies between Europe and Asia and connects to the Mediterranean through a series of…
Japan seeks to ramp up launch activity
WASHINGTON — The Japanese government wants to sharply increase the number of launches despite struggles with both current…
NASA’s Webb Discovers Hidden Planet in Famous Star System
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an…
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Super Heavy booster rolled back for final checkouts
2026-07-15T11:15:40.020Z SpaceX readying Starship to launch in just over 24 hours (Image credit: Background: SpaceX, clock added in…
Perseid meteor shower 2026: ‘The shooting stars’ return under an Earthshine Moon — when and how to watch |
Get ready for one of the best sky shows of the year. The Perseid meteor shower is back,…
A SpaceX vet raised $65M to pull wire harnesses out of the Cold War era
When Senra CEO Jordan Black was a SpaceX engineer, he took on the job of scaling up the…