What’s in the Sky Tonight? Moon, Stars & Planets Visible This Week
Looking for what to see in the sky this week? This guide highlights the upcoming astronomical events. Scroll…
Join us Wednesday as we discuss KSC, space and Central Florida – Orlando Sentinel
The nation’s space program and Central Florida have been closely linked since the first rocket blasted off from…
In 2011, NASA sent a solar sail the size of a small apartment into orbit; the thin reflective sheet flew without fuel |
A photo of the experimental solar sail, NanoSail-D. Credits – Wikimedia Commons Spacecraft have historically relied on transporting…
Flavor-changing ‘ghost particles’ may reveal which stars go supernova — and which turn into black holes
The way in which the ghostly particles known as neutrinos can switch from one kind to another might…
ESA – Pikachu in the Cupola
A special Astronaut Pikachu plush travelled to the International Space Station to join ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot as…
India’s Spacetech Dreams Enter The Commercialisation Phase
SUMMARY Indian spacetech has entered its commercialisation phase, with $252.9 Mn raised in 2026 so far and startups…
A new, huge crater has been discovered on the Moon
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing the surface of the Moon. While the Moon is covered with…
SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (photos)
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Sept. 19). A Falcon 9…
In 2010, NASA’s asteroid probe touched Bennu for seconds, sank almost 20 inches into loose rock and blasted roughly six tons of debris away |
This mosaic of Bennu was assembled from observations gathered by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that orbited the asteroid for…
Space Explorers’ Celebration: Join space legends and visionaries on Oct. 2 in Huntsville
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Space enthusiasts and community leaders will gather in the Rocket City next month to…
NASA budgeted 200 kilograms of fuel for Roman’s first course correction, but the telescope used only 18. Combined with extra fuel loaded before launch and further expected savings, that could stretch its 10-year fuel plan to at least 22 years.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope began its journey to the Sun-Earth L2 region with a propellant budget…
During the Solar System’s first million years, its earliest outer worlds formed from material that was up to 92 percent heat-forged rock, while gas flowing through the young system filtered out much of the surrounding ice-rich dust.
The first solid worlds assembled in the outer Solar System did not simply collect a representative scoop of…