SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 more Starlink satellites – for 100x the bandwidth
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Launching from 2 continents: Germany’s Isar Aerospace leases Canadian pad for $150 million
German company Isar Aerospace is expanding its operations overseas after signing an agreement with Canada’s Maritime Launch Services…
We assumed water had to be delivered to planets by comets or asteroids — but a 2025 Nature study found that sub-Neptunes, the most common type of planet in the galaxy, can forge their own oceans by reacting hydrogen atmospheres with molten rock deep inside their cores
For a long time the story of how a planet gets its water had one main plot. Water…
SpaceX ignites all 33 powerful engines on Starship booster ahead of Flight 13 launch
It looks like SpaceX’s next Starship flight is on the horizon, and it may lift off sooner than…
NASA sure seems to be asking an awful lot of private space stations
And in this document, NASA has provided guidance. Quite a lot of it. Requirements are the key element…
Space capitalism needs more than a bull market
By most measures, commercial space is thriving. Washington produced a flurry of activity over the past year: two…
SpaceX launch creates colorful ‘jellyfish’ in the night sky photo of the day for July 10, 2026
A “space jellyfish” cloud lit up the early morning sky following a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch. (Image credit:…
Startup testing nuclear battery technology in orbit
WASHINGTON — A Florida startup has launched what it says is the first commercial demonstration of a nuclear-powered…
Astronaut reveals the tiny glowing garden inside the International Space Station where scientists are learning how to grow food for future Moon and Mars missions |
The pink light visible in recent timelapse footage from the International Space Station is not a camera effect…
What is the Kardashev scale used by Elon Musk?
Elon Musk’s plans for the future of SpaceX, and humanity, are rooted in an idea conceived in the…
Meet Claire Parfitt: Scientist who once cleaned space toilets, now leading exploration teams to Mars |
Sometimes realising a dream requires doing the minutest of tasks in order to gain the experience and work…
Astronomers may have heard the 1st ‘whispers’ of ghost particles created by supernova explosions
The universe is haunted by “cosmic ghosts” called neutrinos, and new research suggests they may be the “whispers”…