NASA’s Psyche spacecraft beams back blue images of Mars on its way to a metal asteroid
Quick facts What it is: Mars Where it is: 2.2 astronomical units (Earth-sun distances) When it was shared:…
The Universe Is Full of ‘Impossible’ Black Holes. Now Scientists Know Why
An international team of astrophysicists has found evidence that the universe recycles black holes, merging them to form…
It’s cracked and frozen, but it’s one of the best places to search for alien life. Meet Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus is one of the best places to search for signs of alien life in…
Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury are lining up in the western sky after sunset this week — and a Blue Moon is sliding past Antares — in a run of evening sky events that won’t be matched again for years
The evening sky in the last week of May 2026 is doing several things at once, none of…
NASA Is Opening Up Bids For Who Will Run The Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The current contract with Caltech ends in 2028. NASA is opening up bids for who will run the…
Elon Musk Says ‘This Will Be Awesome’ As NASA Unveils Moon Base Plans
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Musk may already be a trillionaire. SpaceX staff and investors will hit multibillion-dollar jackpots
The biggest initial public offering of all time will deliver massive windfalls for Elon Musk, other SpaceX employee,…
Titan’s atmosphere is thicker than Earth’s, its rivers and lakes are made of methane and ethane, and NASA is sending a nuclear-powered drone there because on Saturn’s largest moon, flying may be easier than driving.
Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, has a denser atmosphere than Earth and a surface where rain, rivers,…
APOD: 2026 May 21 – A Collision of Galaxy Clusters
APOD: 2026 May 21 – A Collision of Galaxy Clusters Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
Meteor NSW: ‘Fireball’ was likely 30-50cm in size, why it went unnoticed
For a brief moment on Thursday night, a tiny rock approximately the size of a microwave turned up…
SpaceX’s Starship flight hits most targets in pre-IPO test
By Steve Nesius and Steve Gorman, Reuters The launch marked SpaceX’s 12th test flight of a Starship prototype…
The Milky Way is a cosmic cannibal. Stars reveal one of its meals
Summary Astronomers have identified 20 unusual metal-poor stars near the Milky Way’s disk that may represent remnants of…