Vera C. Rubin Observatory: The Best Inventions of 2025
Astronomy’s newest telescope is a cosmic paparazzi, taking about 1,000 pictures of the southern sky every night from…
A new rocket, sea launches and more: Chinese company CAS Space is thinking big
Chinese commercial space firm CAS Space is all set for a crucial first launch of its new Kinetica…
Mysterious object that could rewrite the solar system’s history
A new member of the solar system’s far outskirts refuses to follow the usual script. The object, 2023…
NASA’s Dream Chaser Spaceplane Breaks Free From the ISS Plan (and It’s Aiming for Defense and Private Space)
IN A NUTSHELL 🛰️ Sierra Space and NASA revise contract for the Dream Chaser spaceplane, shifting its mission…
NASA’s Lunar Electric Rover rolls across Arizona photo of the day for Oct. 9, 2025
As humanity eyes returning to the moon, countries like the U.S. and China are working to develop key…
This New Report Shows Why NASA’s Dependence on Companies Like SpaceX Isn’t Always Such a Great Idea
NASA has grown extremely dependent on its commercial partners in the past few years, outsourcing the development of…
Scientists Shocked as Human-Friendly Bacteria Endure the Brutal Forces of Space Travel (and Could Keep Astronauts Alive on Mars)
IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Researchers demonstrate that bacterial spores can withstand the extreme conditions of space travel. The…
An Asteroid Flew Closer Than The ISS Recently
An asteroid recently made the second closest pass to Earth ever observed on October 1st. And astronomers only…
Scientists Sound Alarm Over Solar ‘Space Tornadoes’ That Threaten to Cripple Global Connectivity (and Cost Billions Daily)
IN A NUTSHELL 🌪️ Geomagnetic storms could cause global internet outages, costing the U.S. economy $7.2 billion per…
In 4 years, 2 billion people will be able to witness a unique phenomenon in the sky
Space is both an exciting and mysterious place, and it is important to know that many celestial objects…
Two Meteor Showers Will Set October’s Sky on Fire
Every once in a while, the universe likes to throw rocks at us for fun in the form…
JWST spots dust-cloaked ‘red supergiant’ star just before it went supernova
For decades, astronomers have searched the skies for a missing population of doomed stars — the massive red…