Kicking off Development of New Earth Observation Solutions
Introducing Selected Solutions from the 2024 Assessment The 2024 SNWG assessment, designed to address the needs of federal…
NASA’s X-59 Gets Freedom 250 Logo
NASA’s X-59 is helping the nation celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence with an update to its…
NASA Shuts Down Another Piece of Voyager 1 to Extend Its Interstellar Mission : ScienceAlert
The farthest spacecraft from Earth, the Voyager 1 probe, has just shut down another instrument. The reason for…
A Stark Image of the Destruction of the Night Sky
This is a pic of Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), trapped in a celestial cage of light streaks formed…
Feds Will Start Charging Companies Like SpaceX For Rocket Launches
Rocket companies will soon be required to pay a user fee for the skies as the Federal Aviation…
NASA Curiosity rover uncovers rock with 7 new organic molecules on Mars
A rock discovered by NASA‘s Curiosity Mars rover contains “the most diverse collection” of the building blocks of…
Put it in pencil: NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027
Now, it’s looking more like late 2027, at the earliest, for Artemis III. “I’ve received responses from both…
Elon Musk Reportedly Used SpaceX As ‘Piggy Bank’ To Give Himself, Tesla A Leg Up
Elon Musk borrowed $500 million from SpaceX at interest rates as low as 1%, used the rocket company…
World’s Darkest Skies Now Under Threat as Light Pollution Reaches Chile’s Astronomy Capital
A recent report highlighted by the Associated Press reveals a rising risk to the Atacama Desert’s pristine night…
Volunteers Help NASA Astronauts Record Lunar Flashes
As NASA’s Artemis II astronauts zipped around the Moon in early April, they observed flashes of light caused…
Want to know my secret for learning the night sky? Welcome to sidewalk stargazing
Serious stargazing requires planning, right? A dark-sky site, a heavy telescope, a warm jacket. A long drive home.…
ULA to launch 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket rolls from the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) to the launch…