Orion spacecraft makes crucial move toward its 2026 launch to moon
Oct. 17 (UPI) — NASA’s Orion spacecraft was moved seven miles to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy…
MIT finds traces of a lost world deep within planet Earth
Researchers from MIT and collaborating institutions have uncovered exceptionally rare traces of “proto Earth,” the ancient precursor to…
US military greenlights up to 100 SpaceX launches per year from California
Many more rockets may lift off from California next year. On Oct. 10, the Department of the Air…
Astronomers capture first image of a star that exploded twice
A star died in a way that astronomers had long suspected but never seen so clearly. Its remains…
An Earth scientist solved a Mars mystery about what dug these weird ditches
Strange, narrow channels threading through some of Mars‘ sand dunes have intrigued scientists for years. These Martian features…
Scientists move closer to confirming existence of dark matter
WASHINGTON – Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter — the invisible stuff…
China tests deep-sea ‘Spider’ to track ghostly cosmic neutrinos
Chinese scientists have made a major step in the hunt for elusive subatomic particles called neutrinos. Researchers from…
“This Contradicts a Rule in Chemistry”: Unexpected Discovery Reveals ‘Impossible’ Molecular Combinations Could Exist on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Impossible molecular combinations are possible on Saturn’s moon Titan, say researchers from NASA and Sweden’s Chalmers University of…
Watch SpaceX launch its 10,000th Starlink satellite to orbit today
SpaceX will hit a big round-number milestone today (Oct. 18), and you can watch it happen live. A…
The World’s Largest Rocket Is About to Get Even Bigger
This past Monday, October 13, Starship Version 2 launched for the last time, ending its nearly two-year run…
Are China’s Spy Satellites A Lifeline For Russia’s Struggling Space Intelligence?
Earlier this month, air defense units in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv were unusually busy during an…
First Ariane 64 launch slips to 2026
WASHINGTON — Arianespace has confirmed that the first flight of the more powerful version of the Ariane 6…