Photographer captures rare aurora over Brazil during intense geomagnetic storm (photo)
The southern lights captured from Brazil on Jan. 19. (Image credit: Egon Filter) A rare aurora appeared briefly…
House committee advances NASA authorization bill
WASHINGTON — The House Science Committee unanimously approved a NASA authorization bill Feb. 4 after adopting dozens of…
NASA’s SPHEREx Examines Comet 3I/ATLAS’s Coma
These observations by NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer)…
NASA Armstrong Contributions Propel Artemis, Deep Space Innovation
NASA is leveraging expertise, capabilities, and partnerships across its centers to make Artemis campaign and deep space exploration…
After Decades of Secrecy, US Reveals Spy Satellite Program
The US has pulled back the curtain on a Cold War spy tool that listening in for…
US House takes first step toward creating “commercial” deep space program
A US House committee with oversight of NASA unanimously passed a “reauthorization” act for the space agency on…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company town is getting a police department
Starbase, the company town that Elon Musk’s SpaceX created in South Texas, is forming its own police squad.…
It’s time to think about human reproduction in space, scientists urge
As humanity moves from brief space missions toward longer stays — driven by commercial ambitions for moon bases…
Musk vows to put data centers in space and run them on solar power but experts have their doubts
NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk vowed this week to upend another industry just as he did with…
New ESA Satellite Provides Unprecedented View of Earth’s Carbon-Rich Ecosystems
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) newly launched Biomass satellite has delivered a groundbreaking false-color image of Earth’s biomass,…
A 60-Meter Asteroid Is Headed for the Moon, What Will Happen to Earth?
A 60-meter-wide asteroid, 2024 YR4, could collide with the Moon in December 2032, offering scientists an unprecedented chance…
Astronomers relieved as industrial plant threatening Earth’s darkest sky gets cancelled
A plan to build a light-polluting green hydrogen plant near one of the world’s most important astronomical observatories…