Many space missions are searching for life beyond Earth – but are we prepared for the fallout if they succeed?
Microbes from space have fueled the plots of science fiction mainstays like “Project Hail Mary” and “The Andromeda…
Maine astronaut Jessica Meir set for 7th spacewalk
Maine astronaut Jessica Meir set for 7th spacewalk NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, a Caribou native, is scheduled to…
NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is back to studying the universe with two of its three science instruments…
Space Cargo Unlimited invests in CNES subsidiary Novespace to expand microgravity offering
Space Cargo Unlimited (Space Cargo), which develops autonomous space manufacturing platforms and mission services for commercial microgravity research…
Mars’s Interior is 400°C Hotter Under Southern Hemisphere
The planet Mars is a cold and dry world completely devoid of life, but billions of years ago…
Watch 2 astronauts take 6th-ever all-female spacewalk today
Two astronauts will conduct history’s sixth all-female spacewalk today (Sept. 1), and you can watch it live. NASA’s…
At the space shuttle’s orbital speed of roughly 28,000 kilometres per hour, the journey to Alpha Centauri would take about 165,000 years. Breakthrough Starshot proposes sending a gram-scale chip attached to a metre-wide sail—accelerated by Earth-based lasers—to make the same journey in just over 20 years.
At orbital speed, the space shuttle crossed a continent in minutes. It circled Earth about once every 90…
SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access
OpenAI caused something of a stir over the weekend when it announced plans to cut Cursor’s direct access…
First ‘space elevator’ — a 66,000-mile cable to the cosmos— closer than ever before as scientists make breakthrough
On a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston last week, President Trump promised American astronauts would…
NASA’s doomed Swift space telescope restarts science work after rescue mission fails
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is back to studying the universe after spending months in a low-drag configuration…
SpaceX’s $60 Billion Cursor Acquisition Comes With a Hacker Problem
Quick Read SpaceX (SPCX) paid $60 billion for Cursor but inherited a breach where Russian-speaking hackers manipulated the…
APOD: 2026 August 31 – Launch of the Roman Space Telescope
Explanation: A new telescope has been launched into space to study the universe. The Nancy Grace Roman Space…