SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from California
SpaceX grew its Starlink network by 24 more satellites on Wednesday evening (July 1) with a launch from…
NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation
More than 50 years after humanity’s last trip to the Moon, NASA is preparing for its triumphant return…
Giant asteroids could require a very different defense strategy
Scientists believe a giant asteroid helped wipe out the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago, and smaller impacts…
SpaceX Might Be the Most Valuable Money-Losing Company in Market History. Should Investors Care?
SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) went public on June 12 at $135 per share, raising $75 billion in the largest…
Astronaut Captures Dazzling Aurora Dancing Above Earth
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot (@soph_astro) was recently treated to incredible, dazzling aurora displays in space while aboard the…
Isar Aerospace to launch German-built Planet imaging satellite
WASHINGTON — Isar Aerospace won a contract from Planet’s German subsidiary to launch an imaging satellite, demonstrating an…
‘Spectacular’ Solar Halo Spotted Over Devils Tower
A lucky photographer managed to get a once-in-a-lifetime photograph of a solar halo perfectly hovering over Devils Tower in…
What did the universe look like on your birthday? NASA’s Hubble telescope has the answer!
NASA wants to show you your birthday in the stars! For decades, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured…
NASA Struggles to Save ‘Multitool’ Orbital Satellite From a Fiery Death
NASA suspended all scientific activity onboard its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory this past February, in the hopes of…
UH to cease science operations at Maunakea’s UKIRT telescope this fall
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The University of Hawaii will conclude science operations at the UKIRT telescope atop Maunakea in…
A rare meteorite found in the Sahara may be a surviving shard of a lost Moon-sized world — one that formed beside the young Sun, followed a path unlike Earth or Mars, and was smashed apart while the planets were still being built.
A rock about the size of a fist, found lying in the Sahara, may be a surviving shard…
SpaceX fires up all 6 of Starship’s engines ahead of 13th test flight (video)
Less than a week after its last test, SpaceX’s latest Starship spacecraft went back to the stand for…