A Changing World for Emperor Penguins
With their charming waddles, heat-conserving huddles, and tuxedo-like plumage, emperor penguins are among the world’s most recognizable animals.…
Astronaut Jonny Kim leaves NASA, will return to active military duty
Jonny Kim is leaving NASA to continue his military career. The 42-year-old astronaut, who has one of the…
In 2026, astronomer Samantha Lawler and two colleagues modelled SpaceX’s proposal for one million orbital AI data-centre satellites and found that, if they are launched with the assumed sizes and reflectivity, naked-eye satellites could outnumber visible stars for large portions of the night and year almost everywhere on Earth.
A million satellites is difficult to picture as an orbital system. Aaron Boley, Samantha Lawler and Hanno Rein…
The electronics ‘under the hood’ of space networking
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Jeff Janicik, founder and chairman of Innoflight. They discuss Golden Dome,…
SpaceX (SPCX) Plans $100 Billion Starbase Louisiana Spaceport
Space Exploration Technologies (NasdaqGS:SPCX) plans a US$100b investment to build its largest spaceport, Starbase Louisiana, according to an…
Planets Hurry To Form Before the Protoplanetary Disk Dissipates
One of the JWST’s main jobs is studying planets forming in the disks around young stars. These disks…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch this weekend. When will we see its first photos?
NASA‘s next-generation cosmic observatory — the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — is set to launch this weekend…
NASA Extends AnalySwift Deep-Space Infrastructure Development Effort
NASA Extends AnalySwift Deep-Space Infrastructure Development Effort | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Mark Carreau August…
Why the Space Force digitally edited its latest photo from the X-37B space plane
Why the Space Force digitally edited its latest photo from the X-37B space plane – Futura-Sciences August 27,…
NASA’s Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth — but when and where is anyone’s guess
A private spacecraft failed to rescue NASA’s Swift space telescope, meaning the big observatory will come crashing back…
Near total lunar eclipse will be seen from North and South America Thursday night | Lunar eclipses
A near total lunar eclipse will be visible across large swathes of North and South America on Thursday…
NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Departs Agency to Continue Military Service
After nearly a decade of service to NASA, including an eight-month science expedition aboard the International Space Station,…