NASA’s Artemis 3 rocket is taking shape for 2027 launch to test lunar landers (photo)
It’s only been a month since NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean to wrap…
Study Identifies Geyers the JUICE Mission Could Explore on Ganymede
Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, is also the Solar System’s largest satellite, even larger than the planet Mercury. It…
Nicholas Houghton: Engineering Crew Safety for NASA’s Artemis Missions
Nicholas Houghton always dreamed of working at NASA and one day becoming an astronaut. Today, he helps design…
AI has validated over 100 more exoplanets using NASA’s data
Seven years into its mission, NASA’s TESS satellite has already confirmed roughly 700 exoplanets. That sounds like a…
NASA Invites Media to Annual Lunabotics Robotics Competition
NASA will hold its 2026 Lunabotics Challenge Tuesday, May 19, to Thursday, May 21, at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space…
Elon Musk May Have Found SpaceX’s Next Cash Machine
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How NASA lunar scientists taught Artemis 2 astronauts to see the moon with different eyes
Not everyone looks at the moon and sees the same thing. That’s especially true for the four astronauts…
Satellites spy one of Russia’s most active volcanoes melting snow from the inside out
A growing lava dome and dark flow channels are visible inside Shivelyuch volcano’s caldera in this detailed Landsat…
A Gigantic Atmospheric Anomaly Keeps Showing Up on Venus. Astronomers Finally Know Why
In 2016, a Japanese Venus orbiter repeatedly spotted colossal waves of acidic clouds sweeping the planet’s atmosphere. For…
With Skyroot at the head of the class, India’s private space industry seeks to take off
After decades of controlling all aspects of spaceflight, the Indian government decided in 2020 to open things up…
Astronomers Discovered a Brand-New Type of Planet That Reeks of Rotten Eggs and Defies Planetary Science
Astronomers have discovered a brand-new class of exoplanet unlike anything previously known. This discovery, featured in Nature, uncovers…
They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) photo of the day for May 11, 2026
A tiny robot figurine takes a look at a miniature ExoMars capsule. (Image credit: ESA – A. Conigli)…