Aurora season is back! Pilot captures spectacular northern lights from 37,000 ft
Aurora season is well underway, folks, and pilot Matt Melnyk arguably has one of the best seats in…
Something Deep Inside Earth Keeps Messing With the Length of Our Days
For practical purposes, we say that one day—the time it takes for Earth to rotate once on its…
Astronomers just named an asteroid after ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
It may not be a slime creature from outer space, but you can finally find “Weird Al” Yankovic’s…
Asteroid-mining company AstroForge to launch world’s 1st totally autonomous spacecraft in 2027
AstroForge plans to make spaceflight history next year. The California-based asteroid-mining company has booked its Autonomy-1 mission on…
James Webb Space Telescope finds water near our nearest supermassive black hole photo of the day for Sept. 23, 2026
(Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, F. Peißker, J. Lu, F. Yusef-Zadeh, N. B. Sabha, C. Chan) New…
SpaceX’s next astronaut launch for NASA now set for Oct. 1 after delay
SpaceX’s next astronaut mission for NASA has a new launch date at last. The four-person Crew-13 flight to…
Shared Space: Private manufacturers turn spotlight on big brother ISRO | India News in English
A single remark has shown how combustible the “privatisation” question is in India’s space ecosystem. On August 21,…
Chinese launch startup Space Epoch raises $343 million
HELSINKI — China’s Space Epoch has secured major new funding as it aims to have its Yuanxingzhe-1 rocket…
SpaceX’s First 100 Days Are in the Books. Here’s the Report Card.
In politics, they say that a president’s first 100 days tell you how the rest of the term…
UK to launch military squadron to protect satellites in space | Defence policy
A new military unit dedicated to defending satellites, protecting services people need on Earth and potentially supporting offensive…
SKA May Detect Magnetic Fields on Distant Exoplanets
Studying exoplanets has provided astronomers with a plethora of insights regarding what characteristics need to be searched to…
Real Life: Nasa’s head of science on its latest mission and the search for life
Long before Nasa became part of her life, when she was growing up in England, Fox’s fascination with…