Boom Year for Desert Blooms
Arid shrublands in Western Australia were bursting with life in late austral winter 2026, when a profusion of…
The Solar System chose fire over ice from the very beginning
The earliest stages of planet formation may have been far more selective than scientists once realized. As the…
Debrief: VLEO Missions Surge As Interest In Earth’s Lowest Orbit Booms
Debrief: VLEO Missions Surge As Interest In Earth’s Lowest Orbit Booms | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main…
Airbus is using a Steam Deck to drive a Mars rover prototype
Recap: A Steam Deck is being used in testing for the ExoMars rover, giving Airbus engineers a handheld…
Pikachu plushie actually goes into space as part of Pokémon/European Space Agency collaboration
Shared spirit of adventure leads to team-up between Pokémon franchise ahead of World Space Week. French astronaut Sophie…
Scientists find weird exoplanet that orbits its star in the wrong direction
Scientists have found that a distant world has a real rebellious streak, outwardly defying its red dwarf host…
Amendment 75: Corrections to several program elements regarding SciENcv and other topics
Information about the required SciENcv format for biographical sketch and current and pending support was expanded/improved in A.13…
Astronaut spies city lights, auroras and star trails from the ISS photo of the day for Sept. 22, 2026
City lights in Central Asia sparkle in this photo snapped from the ISS. (Image credit: NASA/Anil Menon) City…
NASA’s Chandra Finds Unusual Objects in Pinwheel Galaxy
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers found mysterious objects that give off unusually low-energy X-rays but intense levels…
Vera C. Rubin Observatory detects Aquarius IV, one of the smallest and faintest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way ever seen
In one of the first major discoveries from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, scientists have revealed…
Former SpaceX Engineer: ‘We All Rolled Our Eyes’ When Elon Musk Proposed Catching a Rocket With Chopsticks
Quick Read SPCX debuted at $161 in June 2026 and sits down 5% since IPO, after SpaceX’s landmark…
Spectacular image from the surface of Mars – and scientists get a big surprise while searching for signs of ancient life
This image of Mars shows what it might be like to stand on the Red Planet and look…