Cosmosphere announces additions to executive leadership team
Cosmosphere (Hutch Post photo) HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Cosmosphere has announced three additions to its executive leadership team…
SpaceX Rises 7% as Starship Test 14 Approaches, Tesla Jumps 7%, Rocket Lab Ticks Up
Quick Read SpaceX surged 6% and Tesla jumped 7% ahead of Starship test 14 and their jointly backed…
Stargazing at the Westport Astronomical Society
Photos Ken Valenti By Ken Valenti Finn Larsow – Photo Ken Valenti WESTPORT–When Finn Larsow, 9, peered at…
Penultimate Lunar Occultations Inbound for Jupiter, Venus and More in September
The Moon has a full dance card along the ecliptic this month. The Moon is busy in September.…
2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here’s what BepiColombo can do
Mercury, the tiniest and least-explored planet in the inner solar system, is hiding mysteries far larger than itself…
‘A new mission starting today’: 8 years after launch, BepiColombo begins Mercury arrival
After nearly eight years traveling through the inner solar system, the trailblazing BepiColombo spacecraft has finally begun its…
Nonprofit Plans 175-Foot Dome Around Space Shuttle Mockup
(KNSI) – The nonprofit that brought a full-scale space shuttle mockup from Florida to central Minnesota says it…
APOD: 2026 September 2 – Solar Eclipses and Culture
Explanation: Pretend you have never heard of a solar eclipse. The Sun’s behavior has been predictable your whole…
ESA – Hubble’s superbubble scene
This sprawling cosmic vista and subject of today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month comes from the Large Magellanic…
China’s private, reusable Pallas-1 rocket aces debut launch (video)
Another reusable Chinese rocket has taken to the skies. Pallas-1, a launcher developed by the Beijing-based company Galactic…
Physicists Determine Cause of “Runaway” Supermassive Black Hole
In September 2022, astronomers observed something very odd in a galaxy around 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. Extending…
In 1998, NASA sent oyster toadfish into space on Space Shuttle Columbia; over 16 days in orbit, researchers studied how their balance systems adapted to microgravity
A group of saltwater toadfish went aboard Columbia in April 1998. No one watching the launch would have…