A cosmic gateway near Earth may connect us to other distant worlds
The solar system sits inside a vast pocket of hot, thin gas. However, that nearby structure has never…
NASA’s New Horizons Wakes Up From Hibernation Beyond Pluto, More Than 10 Billion Kilometers from Earth
Artist’s rendering of the New Horizons spacecraft approaching Pluto and its three moons. Credit: NASA. Whomst has awakened…
LEGO reveals Hubble Space Telescope Icons set coming August 1
July 10, 2026 — The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the building blocks of the cosmos for…
Starship's Thirteenth Flight Test – SpaceX
Starship’s Thirteenth Flight Test SpaceXSpaceX ignites all 33 powerful engines on Starship booster ahead of Flight 13 launch (video) SpaceReports…
SpaceX has asked to place 100,000 Gen3 satellites into 20 orbital shells split between 323–327.5 and 473–477.5 kilometers above Earth, each weighing up to 2,500 kilograms — more than 200 million kilograms of spacecraft before a single launch vehicle or drop of propellant is counted
SpaceX has applied to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for permission to operate a 100,000-satellite “Gen3” system in…
Mystery spheres found on Australian beach are likely space debris
Six mysterious metal spheres that washed ashore last weekend at Forrest Beach in northern Queensland, Australia, are “suspected…
Rubin Observatory begins its 10-year sky survey
A telescope on a mountaintop in Chile has begun recording the most detailed time-lapse of the night sky…
Elon Musk Says His Goal Is for SpaceX to Be Worth More than the Entire Earth
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech SpaceX…
NASA is keeping Voyager 1 alive by switching off instruments and heaters one by one—but it cannot let the spacecraft become so cold that its fuel lines freeze. If those lines fail, Voyager could lose the thrusters that keep its antenna aimed at Earth, permanently silencing the most distant human-made object.
Nearly half a century after it left Earth, Voyager 1 is being kept alive one switch at a…
Nearly a millennium ago sky-watchers recorded a new star so bright it was visible in daylight for weeks, and Hubble has now traced how far its remnant, the Crab Nebula, has expanded since — a thousand-year-old explosion still visibly unfolding
In July 1054, court astronomers in China recorded a new “guest star” near Tianguan, the star we now…
Northern Lights Update: 10 States May See The Aurora Tonight
Topline Ten states in the U.S. will have a shot at seeing the northern lights Saturday night, according…
Rare Planetary Parade On July 12: Moon To Appear Alongside Mars, Saturn And Uranus
A rare sky event will greet early risers before sunrise on July 12 as the Moon appears close…