India unveils its space vision to 2040
India’s space plans include the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program. Here, a prototype capsule is prepared for a…
Back in the win column
SpaceX’s Starship performing a final burn before splashdown in the Indian Ocean on its August 26 flight. The…
Magnetic fields in infant universe may have been billions of times weaker than a fridge magnet
Credit: International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA) The magnetic fields that formed in the very early stages of…
What’s Up: September 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Saturn shines throughout the month, a conjunction sparkles in the sky, and we welcome the autumnal equinox. All…
New Research Shows Mars Is Far Icier Than We Thought
Beneath Mars’ dusty slopes lie glaciers that resemble frozen honey, but new research reveals they are far purer…
Aircraft links with satellite using laser terminals in interoperability test
WASHINGTON — A laser communications terminal mounted on a twin-engine aircraft successfully connected with a satellite orbiting overhead.…
Webb’s Images of Early Galaxies are Providing Fresh Insights into the Early Universe
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began science operations, one of its first tasks was to observe…
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket
Another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just earned its wings. A Falcon 9 with a brand-new first stage lifted…
Ted Cruz reminds us why NASA’s rocket is called the “Senate Launch System”
All of the original US senators who created and sustained NASA’s Space Launch System rocket over the last…
Astronomers discover a ‘forbidden’ pulsar fleeing a supernova in a seemingly empty region of the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar…
Juno Detected the Final Missing Auroral Signature from Jupiter’s Four Largest Moons
Jupiter hosts the brightest and most spectacular auroras in the Solar System. Near its poles, these shimmering lights…
Trump announces Space Force headquarters moving to Alabama
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Tuesday that US Space Command is relocating to Alabama after former President Joe Biden…