This company wants to build a 40-km cannon to launch satellites—and test shots have already begun
The American company Longshot is turning science fiction into engineering reality. Its plan? To build a gigantic cannon…
When To See The Geminid Meteor Shower Peak Tonight
Topline Warmly-dressed skywatchers with clear skies should brace for some of the best meteor-watching of the year as…
The Search for Life Tops NASA’s Science Goals for the First Human Mars Mission
When astronauts finally set foot on Mars, they’ll arrive carrying the weight of centuries of speculation about whether…
NASA Tracks ‘Bus-Sized’ Asteroid Racing Toward Earth: Should We Be Worried?
NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid, “2025 XF1,” which is rapidly approaching Earth this week. With speeds…
NASA’s Webb, Curiosity Named in TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame
Two icons of discovery, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Curiosity rover, have earned places in TIME’s…
China’s Kuaizhou-11 Y8 rocket launches space experimental spacecraft into space-Xinhua
A Kuaizhou-11 Y8 carrier rocket carrying one space experimental spacecraft blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center…
Geminid meteor shower: When and where to see hundreds of shooting stars in UK tonight
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SpaceX Alleges a Chinese-Deployed Satellite Risked Colliding With Starlink
A SpaceX executive says a satellite deployed from a Chinese rocket risked colliding with a Starlink satellite. On…
Intuitive Machines and Telespazio to collaborate on lunar satellite networks
WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines will work with Telespazio on their planned lunar satellite networks to ensure interoperability and…
James Webb telescope uncovers a new mystery: A broiling ‘hell planet’ with an atmosphere that shouldn’t exist
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted a distant exoplanet that should be impossible. The ultrahot super-Earth,…
‘Necessary for the future of humankind’: Who was honored at the first-ever Global Space Awards?
Some of the biggest names in the space industry recently came together to celebrate the best and brightest…
Spacecraft from Chinese launch nearly slammed into Starlink satellite, SpaceX says
One of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites just dodged a bullet in orbit. That bullet was one of the…