ESA’s Juice just used Earth as a slingshot to Jupiter
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) made a close pass by Earth on September 28,…
ESA’s Juice just used Earth as a slingshot to Jupiter
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) made a close pass by Earth on September 28,…
Portugal’s Omnidea Acquires Orbex Assets, Plans PrimeNEO Rocket
Credit: Orbex Portuguese space technology group Omnidea has acquired most of Orbex’s intellectual property and UK assets after…
Saturn at Opposition on October 4, Brightest of 2026
How bright is Saturn, and where do you look? At opposition the planet shines at magnitude +0.3, its…
Falcon Heavy Flies First NRO Mission, X Report 3 Oct 2026
Latest Developments SpaceX closed out October 1 with a midnight Falcon Heavy launch from Kennedy Space Center, carrying…
Here’s How Fast SpaceX Must Grow to Be a $5 Trillion Company by 2030
Space Exploration Technologies’ (NASDAQ: SPCX) market cap is currently hovering around $2 trillion. So, for it to reach…
In 2015, 2kg of rocket seeds went to the space station; after their return, 600,000 UK children helped test them, and researchers found they grew more slowly but remained viable
Tim PeakePhoto credit: Esa.int ESA astronaut Tim Peake took 2kg of rocket seeds to the International Space Station…
Astronomers Detected Radio Signals From An Alien Planet
Astronomers are always on the lookout for radio signals from outer space.…
APOD: 2026 October 3 – Selfie at Vera Rubin Ridge
Explanation: On sol 1943 of its journey of exploration across the surface of Mars, the Curiosity Rover recorded…
Dead star orbiting a neutron star ‘cosmic lighthouse’ is at a rarely seen stage of its afterlife
Astronomers have caught a white dwarf, the type of stellar remnant the sun will leave when it dies,…
NASA’s DAVINCI Probe Can Stand the Heat
The engineering development unit for NASA’s DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) probe…
Get ready to start seeing Saturn more clearly
Sky-gazers have a chance to spot Saturn! Saturn will reach opposition — when it is positioned opposite the…