Record-breaking ‘dark object’ found hiding within a warped ‘Einstein ring’ 10 billion light-years away
Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly small “dark object” lurking within a distant ring of warped light. The record-breaking…
HyImpulse Promises to Save European Launch, 600 kg at a Time
German rocket builder HyImpulse announced on 16 October that it had secured €45 million in new funding to…
China’s record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket aces amazing debut launch from ship at sea (video)
A squat and brawny Chinese rocket just aced its second-ever liftoff. Orienspace’s Gravity-1, the world’s most powerful solid-fuel…
Russian cosmonauts install semiconductor experiment, jettison old HDTV camera during spacewalk outside ISS
Two Russian cosmonauts are back inside the International Space Station after conducting a spacewalk to install a semiconductor…
Epoch of Reionization: Astronomers close in on signal from ‘one of the most unexplored periods in our universe’
Long before starlight filled the cosmos for the first time, the young universe may have been simmering, according…
Dry ice may burrow through Mars like sandworms in ‘Dune’
Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve mysterious gullies on Mars as they melt along dunes and…
Aurora Borealis Might Be Seen In These 15 States Thursday Night
Topline The northern lights have a higher than usual chance of appearing for viewers in some northern states,…
Comet Lemmon’s ghostly tail haunts the skies above England (photo)
Award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury has captured a stunning view of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) shining in the sky…
Watch SpaceX’s Super Heavy Starship booster hover in mid-air before plunging into the sea (video)
Spectacular footage from Starship’s recent test launch shows the final seconds of the spacecraft’s booster before touching down…
Don’t give Russia space
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during his visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome, about 180 kilometers north…
SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to
There’s more to the changes at Vandenberg than launching additional rockets. The authorization gives SpaceX the green light…
Why NASA’s hopes of returning to the moon before China gets there hinge on SpaceX
This elaborate and complex sequence hinges on a number of unproven technologies; chief among them is the need…