‘Geminid Symphony’ and ‘Galactic Gandalf’: See the breathtaking views of our home galaxy from the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest
The winners of the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest are here — and they are…
SpaceX Just Unveiled Their First ‘AI Satellite’ — and It’s Absolutely Massive
Quick Read SpaceX’s AI1 satellite spans 70 meters, delivers up to 150 kW of computing power, and functions…
SpaceX’s Healthcare Plays
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at SpaceX’s hopes for healthcare, the AI drug discovery startup…
Scientists Want to Build a Giant Shield Against Solar Storms
As humanity continues to expand its presence in space, the questions we’re asking are also getting grander in…
Astronomers Find a Four-Carbon Sugar in Deep Space
The space between stars may seem like a barren desert, but over the past few decades scientists have…
Swirling spiral galaxy will hypnotize you photo of the day for June 10, 2026
The M88 galaxy as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker) Be…
NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’
The complex puzzle known as little red dots has become more complete since their initial discovery by NASA’s…
Starlink rival Qianfan hits satellite milestone, but is it too slow and costly?
China’s Qianfan network has hit a national milestone by placing over 200 broadband satellites in orbit, but there…
W2246f sits 1.2 billion light years away with an old, quiet central kiloparsec and a still-star-forming disk, but MUSE found no recent collision or active nucleus to explain the galaxy’s split personality
W2246f looks calm in exactly the place astronomers expected trouble. The spiral galaxy sits about 1.2 billion light…
SpaceX Stock May Look Cheap In 10 Years, Says Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale
Appearing on CNBC’s Squawk Box ahead of the company’s Nasdaq debut, Lonsdale argued that concerns about SpaceX’s valuation…
Report Says SpaceX Plans to Launch Space Data Center Test by Late 2027
Reuters reported Tuesday that “two people who attended investor presentations” ahead of the SpaceX IPO have leaked exciting…
Where Not to Look in the Search for ET
There’s a question at the heart of SETI that doesn’t get nearly enough attention. It isn’t whether aliens…