Life’s genetic code just discovered in asteroid samples
A sample of the asteroid Ryugu. The Japanese mission Hayabusa2 brought it back to Earth in 2020. A…
NASA’s Bold New Plans for the Moon, Mars, and Earth Orbit
NASA’s leadership is shaking things up, announcing a series of major changes aimed at keeping the agency on…
NASA Webb, Hubble Share Most Comprehensive View of Saturn to Date
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have teamed up to capture new views of Saturn,…
Astronomers Spot Previously Unknown Space ‘Cavity’ That’s Quietly Protecting the Moon
Earth has a particularly strong magnetosphere—a bubble-shaped capsule of magnetism—shielding the planet and its inhabitants from solar weather…
The Earth could enter a phase with a weakly oxygenated or anoxic atmosphere, which would be a major red flag for our search for life on exoplanets
Every easy breath you take depends on a fragile balance between our planet, its living organisms, and the…
Like ‘accelerating from stationary to supersonic flight’: Europe’s Hera probe boosts speed, stays on course for November asteroid rendezvous
The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft has completed a major deep-space maneuver, setting it on course to rendezvous…
Terran Orbital Introduces New Star Tracker Product Line at SATSHOW 2026
IRVINE, Calif., March 25, 2026 — Terran Orbital Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, today announced the introduction of…
There’s an Even Larger Hole in the Wheel of NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover
The Mars Hand Lens Imager, a camera at the end of a robotic arm, took this photo on…
Hubble Finally Found the Invisible Galaxy Astronomers Hunted for Decades, It’s 99.9% Dark Matter
Dark matter is no stranger to the cosmos. It outweighs ordinary matter, the kind that forms stars, planets,…
Europe plans EPIC SpaceX mission to send 4 astronauts to the ISS before its retirement
The European Space Agency is planning to buy a dedicated SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to send its astronauts…
When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon
Last month, Iran’s Tehran Times posted what appeared to be damning satellite proof: a before-and-after image of “American…
Infinity Avionics Unveils Aquila: The Next-Generation Space Imaging Solution for Complex Orbital Operations
CANBERRA, Australia: Infinity Avionics, a leader in smart vision systems for the NewSpace economy, announced today the full…