Japan lost a 5-ton navigation satellite when it fell off a rocket during launch
If you’re in the space business long enough, you learn there are numerous ways a rocket can fail.…
Scientists Warn Growing Satellite Constellations Could Trigger Orbital Collapse
We often look up at the night sky and imagine it as this vast, infinite expanse where there…
NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities
Written by Daniel Boyette Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon,…
NASA evaluation lauds quality of PlanetiQ radio occultation data
SAN FRANCISCO – An independent NASA evaluation confirmed the quality of radio occultation data provided by PlanetiQ. The…
Discovery Alert: An Ice-Cold Earth?
A candidate planet that might be remarkably similar to Earth, HD 137010 b, has one potentially big difference:…
Rare Cosmic Lineup Gives Hubble Close Look at 3I/ATLAS
On January 22, 2026, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS nearly perfectly aligned with…
NASA Launches Its Most Powerful, Efficient Supercomputer
NASA is announcing the availability of its newest supercomputer, Athena, an advanced system designed to support a new…
Empowering NASA’s Earth Science Fleet
Earth as seen during Apollo 8 in 1968 — NASA Keith’s note: this short essay, “A Plea to…
in a few days, the truth about 3I/ATLAS will be revealed
Earth is about to get a rare, almost straight-line view of a visitor from another star system. In…
NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware
Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a…
See the ‘Seven Sisters’ of the Pleiades swim in the light of a waxing moon at sunset tonight
Look high above the southeastern horizon in the hours following sunset on Jan. 27 to see the waxing…
How can you help defend the Earth from asteroids?
Contributing to research that can help with planetary defense against near-Earth asteroids may seem like the exclusive domain…