Today’s New Moon Is 2026’s Closest — And A Rare ‘Supermoon’ You Can’t See
Today’s super new moon is 2026’s closest new moon, with a similar phenomena on August 12, 2026, causing…
Peter Diamandis Dismisses SpaceX Valuation Concerns — ‘You’re Not Buying Just The Revenue… You’re Buying Humanity’s Future Economy’
Early SpaceX investor and X Prize Foundation’s Executive Chairman Peter Diamandis on Monday dismissed valuation concerns around Space…
Russia appears set to finally address long-term, serious space station cracks
“We threatened we would put astronauts in suits, in Dragon, to send a message to world that we…
Good news—we have extra time before the Sun ends life on Earth
It’s a bit worrying when a scientific paper begins, “How long will life on Earth survive?” But in…
NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way
NASA’s Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star near the supermassive black hole…
NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Available for Prelaunch Virtual Interviews
NASA astronaut Anil Menon will be available for limited media interviews beginning at 9 a.m. EDT Monday, June…
Hubble spies a swarm of stars in a strange, irregular galaxy photo of the day for 15, 2026
The dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, R. Tully (University of Hawaii); Image Processing: G.…
Asymmetric weather pattern reveals exoplanet’s true atmosphere – Physics World
Asymmetric weather pattern reveals exoplanet’s true atmosphere – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics…
Sonic booms from meteors can release the energy of hundreds of tons of TNT – here’s how they work
As humans, we live out our lives on a planet that is constantly sweeping through a cosmic ocean…
Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: ‘I was not expecting what I found’
Scientists may have finally seen the sun telegraph an eruption hours before it happened — and the one…
A satellite just learned to find things on its own — here’s what that means
For the first time, an Earth observation satellite has found what it was looking for — on its…
Lightsails have hit another speed bump on the road to interstellar travel
Laser-powered lightsails are one of the coolest answers to spaceflight. It might not be as sci-fi-sounding as a…