Meteor causes loud boom in Boston area
An apparent meteor passing through the atmosphere just east of Boston caused a loud boom heard over multiple…
Red dwarf stars are cosmic killers that eat their own planets
Astronomers have discovered the first signs that tiny red dwarf stars can devour their own planets. Scientists had…
NASA still maintains some of the Voyager spacecraft code in a 1970s-era programming language that almost nobody on Earth fully understands anymore, and the handful of engineers who do are now in their 80s.
The popular version of the story sounds almost too perfect: NASA is still flying the Voyager spacecraft with…
'For All Mankind' star Wrenn Schmidt on her character's journey from NASA's mission control to the slammer (interview) – Space
‘For All Mankind’ star Wrenn Schmidt on her character’s journey from NASA’s mission control to the slammer (interview) Space“For…
What time is the Blue Moon tonight? Key timings and locations to see the full Moon rise this weekend
The full Moon rises this weekend, 30th and 31st May, marking the second full Moon of May 2026…
NASA Readies The X-59 For Its First Supersonic Flight, SpaceX’s Starship Grounded And More Science Stories
This week, NASA shared more information about its planned moon base missions, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded…
Meet the Moon Trees: Apollo 14 astronaut carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon in 1971 and now they are flourishing across America |
More than five decades ago, Apollo 14 carried an unusual payload into deep space when hundreds of tree…
NASA’s next major space telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman, is expected to find roughly 100,000 new transiting planets in just five years — along with the largest catalogue ever assembled of rogue worlds drifting through the galaxy without a star to orbit
According to NASA’s December 2025 announcement that construction of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope had been completed,…
The astronomical night sky over Edinburgh in June
June heralds the Solstice and the start of astronomical summer plus we witness a full Strawberry micromoon. The…
The year of cosmic shock
President Trump jokingly posts a doctored photo of himself leading an alien in chains out of Area 51,…
Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on May 27, 2026, features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000…
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 50th Starlink mission of 2026 – Spaceflight Now
File – SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands in the vertical launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East…