US plans 500kW lunar nuclear reactor in bold 2030 space power push
NASA could place a powerful 500-kilowatt-electric (kWe) nuclear reactor on the Moon by the end of 2030, as…
NASA Thinks Boeing’s Starliner Can Fly in April, Which Is Hilarious
Starliner’s first crewed test flight didn’t exactly go as planned. NASA and Boeing are still troubleshooting the technical…
Astronomers have discovered how “super Jupiters” form around distant stars
image: ©herstockart | iStock Astronomers have recently found new evidence to explain how massive “super Jupiters” form around…
US-China Space Race Just Heated Up As Xi Jinping-Led Nation Wants Orbital Datacenters, Space Tourism
The race to dominate the burgeoning space-based AI compute sector, which outlines putting solar-powered AI satellites into orbit…
Urgent to understand how human fertility functions beyond Earth, scientists say
As humans spend increasing amounts of time in space, whether for work or tourism, scientists are calling for…
Infleqtion and NASA to Fly the World’s First Quantum Gravity Sensor to Space
With more than $20 million in contracted mission funding to date, the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder Mission, Led…
Elon Musk Says NASA Will Account For Only 5% Of SpaceX’s Revenue In 2026: ‘I Love NASA, But…’
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared that NASA would account for only 5% of the commercial space flight…
Hubble Captures Clearest View Yet of Egg Nebula
A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals for the first time the delicate interplay of…
It’s ‘One Giant Leap’ for the Smartphone
NASA is loosening one of its more old-school rules: it’s finally letting astronauts take smartphones into space.…
Will Musk’s moon pivot put SpaceX on collision course with China’s lunar ambitions?
Elon Musk has pivoted from his long-standing focus on Mars, announcing an ambitious plan to set up a…
Hidden Caves on Venus? New Analysis Suggests Massive Lava Tube beneath Venusian Surface
Using archival radar data from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft, planetary researchers have identified a vast underground conduit beneath the…
Momentus and NASA Partner to Advance In-Orbit Servicing and Space Operations
A groundbreaking mission to advance in-orbit servicing, rendezvous and proximity operations, and space infrastructure development in low Earth…