Reentering SpaceX Rockets Are Peppering the Upper Atmosphere With Metal Pollution
On February 19, 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket fell back toward Earth in an uncontrolled reentry, producing a…
Webb Telescope Uncovers Hydrogen Sulfide on Super-Jupiters, Offering New Clues About Planet Formation
Far beyond our solar system, in the distant Pegasus constellation, lies a star system that is reshaping our…
Scientists Find Unexpected Results in Microbial Mining Experiment on the ISS
As humanity pushes the boundaries of space exploration, one of the key challenges is how to access resources…
NASA’s New Horizons Captures Stunning Footage of Ice Mountains on Pluto’s Moon Nix
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has delivered extraordinary video footage showing towering ice mountains on Pluto’s moon Nix. These…
American High-School Student Stuns Astronomers by Discovering 1.5 Million Hidden Cosmic Objects
The numbers arrived with the dispassion of a telemetry readout: 10.5 years of observations, 200 billion individual detections,…
Sophie Adenot, 2nd French Woman in Space: Watch the Launch Live with Futura
Sophie Adenot, 2nd French Woman in Space: Watch the Launch Live with Futura – Futura-Sciences February 19, 2026…
Meet Chrysalis, the 36 Mile Starship Built to Carry 1,000 Humans Away From Earth… Forever
It would take four centuries to reach its destination. It would carry 2,400 people who would never see…
NASA’s next great space telescope is getting ready for launch
Image: NASA As NASA moves deeper into a new era of space-based astronomy, another flagship observatory is quietly…
Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Reveals Hidden Giant Electromagnetic Web
Enceladus, one of Saturn’s smallest moons, has long fascinated scientists with its icy surface and mysterious geysers. Recently,…
NASA starts countdown clock for second Artemis II wet dress rehearsal after rocky first attempt
NASA is set to fuel the Artemis II rocket once more for a “wet dress rehearsal” on Thursday…
Astronomers Get to the Heart of Mira A’s Latest Outburst
Just a few hundred light-years from Earth, the famous variable star Mira A is huffing and puffing its…
Northern Glow Spans Iceland and Canada
Although the aurora borealis, or northern lights, is most often observed in March and September, it can appear…