The Haystack 37m Telescope: A new era of astrophysical research | MIT News
The Haystack 37m Telescope has been a landmark in radio astronomy and radar studies of the solar system since…
Seen from Mars, an interstellar visitor looks completely different and changes what astronomers thought they knew
Stacked images of 3I/ATLAS acquired by HiRIC CMOS camera on board the Tianwen-1 spacecraft (upper row) and the…
Earth’s Second Moon Could Be a Lost Piece of the Moon, Scientists Say
For decades, astronomers have tracked a small group of space rocks that share Earth’s orbit around the sun.…
The Carrington Event of 1859 was a solar storm so intense that telegraph operators kept sending messages after disconnecting their batteries because the storm itself was powering the lines — and a Lloyd’s of London risk model estimates a comparable event today could cost the U.S. up to 2.6 trillion dollars
In late August and early September 1859, Earth was struck by a sequence of geomagnetic disturbances, the largest…
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st Starship V3 will now launch on May 21
Refresh 2026-05-19T06:03:00.677Z SpaceX Starship Flight 12 will now launch on May 21 The 12th test flight of SpaceX’s…
In addition to space stations, Vast says it will now build high-power satellites
With this new product line, Vast is entering an increasingly crowded market. Historically, in the United States, a…
NASA Maps Confirm The World Is Both Brighter And Darker
May 19, 2026 Global light levels climbed even as key regions reduced nighttime light output In recent…
Will the future of work for Gen Z include space?
In some regards, young people are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to the…
Scientists Identified Asteroids That Could Help Humans Build Permanent Cities on Mars
A team of researchers from EPFL in Switzerland has explored whether asteroids could supply the metals and fuel…
New CSF Report Sees Up To 7,000+ Satellites Launched Annually By Mid 2030’s, Highlights The Challenges With US Launch Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2026 — The Commercial Space Federation (CSF), in partnership with Rational Futures (RF), announced the…
For the first time in human history, most people live under skies they cannot see — and the psychological consequence of having lost the night sky has barely begun to be measured.
There is a fact about the night sky in 2026 that does not get mentioned in most space…
Moon is getting farther away from Earth each year, report finds
(NewsNation) — With the Artemis II mission in the rear mirror, new information has emerged about how far…