Voyager 2 Caught Uranus on a Bad Weather Day in 1986, Study Finds
When Voyager 2 made its historic flyby of Uranus in 1986, the spacecraft captured the best data humanity…
Mars orbiter sees ‘butterfly’ crater spread its wings on the Red Planet
A new view of Mars showcases a dramatic impact crater on the Red Planet with its debris wings…
Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it’s pointed right at Earth
A gigantic cluster of sunspots — collectively around the same size as the one that birthed the largest…
The ISS Is Out of Parking Spots for the First Time Ever. Here’s Why
It’s getting busy in low Earth orbit, with a record number of spaceships now attached to the International…
Scientists Find Unexpected Chemicals in the Aftermath of a Supernova Explosion
In an exciting new study published in Nature Astronomy, astronomers have unveiled unexpected findings from the XRISM satellite…
UK invested in Orbex in January, ditched it in November & will decide where to put $131M in unallocated ESA launcher funds
TUPPER LAKE, NY — The European Space Agency (ESA) European Launcher Challenge proved remarkably popular among subscribing ESA…
Roscosmos Exploring Rocket Engine Sales to India
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos is in talks with Indian officials about selling its rocket engines to India and…
Experts make new asteroid discovery and astronomer says it could change everything
Space communications expert, Alexandra Doten, has explained what the discovery of a gum-like substance on an asteroid 63…
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Thursday (Dec. 4), sending 28…
Glowing bridge links dwarf galaxies in stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope
A spectacular new view of two dwarf galaxies caught in the middle of a cosmic collision reveals a…
Rocket Report: Blunder at Baikonur; do launchers really need rocket engines?
The easiest way to keep up with Eric Berger’s and Stephen Clark’s reporting on all things space is…
Mars clocks run 477 microseconds faster than Earth’s; here is why future exploration must compensate for it
Planet Mars (Image source: Digital Vision) Clocks on Mars are about 477 microseconds faster than their counterparts on…