Workforce Directive: Restoring NASA’s Core Competencies
NASA Announces A New Directive Update: Marcia Smith just tweeted a screengrab of part of the Directive –…
NASA space telescope sees interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS flare up while exiting the solar system
New infrared observations reveal the rare interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS dramatically brightening during its farewell tour of the…
NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch, Docking
NASA will stream live coverage of the upcoming prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12…
Mars Is Losing Its Water, and Scientists Just Discovered Why
Mars, once a much wetter and more dynamic planet, is now a dry and inhospitable desert. The mystery…
Mars isn’t Plan B: why Earth stays more livable — no matter what
Mars isn’t Plan B: why Earth stays more livable — no matter what – Futura-Sciences February 6, 2026…
Russian Officials Seize Massive 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Disguised as a “Sculpture” Bound for the UK
A shipping container bound for the United Kingdom was stopped at the Port of Saint Petersburg in early…
A Solar Flare Hit Earth’s Atmosphere, Here’s What the ISS Saw From Orbit
Shimmering green lights have once again danced across Earth’s upper atmosphere, captured in a striking timelapse from the…
4 upper-stage issues in 19 months: When will SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket return to flight?
SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket hit a bit of a snag this week. On Monday (Feb. 2), a…
Mankind Just Received a 10-Second Signal from 13 Billion Light-Years Across the Universe
A brief, high-energy signal recorded last year has become a focal point in astrophysics. The event, lasting ten…
SpaceX Dragon arrives for Crew-12 launch photo of the day for Feb. 6, 2026
With the recent medical evacuation of SpaceX’s Crew-11 astronaut mission from the International Space Station, Crew-12 will be…
Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes
Welcome to Edition 8.28 of the Rocket Report! The big news in rocketry this week was that NASA…
NASA put forward a “far-fetched” hypothesis in 2004 about an icy moon, and confirmation has finally arrived that fits all the pieces together
Two decades ago, scientists at NASA looked at the small, icy moon Enceladus and made a bold claim.…