On this day in space! Aug. 17, 1877: Asaph Hall Discovers the Martian moon Phobos
On Aug. 17, 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars’s moon Phobos. Moons of Mars: Amazing Photos of…
Debrief: Why SpaceX May Not Be The Place For Space Investors
Debrief: Why SpaceX May Not Be The Place For Space Investors | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main…
What Can We Actually Find on an Exoplanet? Part 1: The Atmospheric Fingerprint
In 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft, then six billion kilometers from Earth and destined to become humanity’s most…
Elon Musk’s Starbase wants to expand in south Texas : NPR
A view from Boca Chica Beach towards two SpaceX launch pads, in south Texas. Reynaldo Leaños Jr./For NPR…
Swift spacecraft, and a mission to save it, caught on video
The Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe in Añasco, Puerto Rico, captured this video at about 8:02–8:03 p.m. AST…
Chasing Fire Clouds in Utah
Scientists have long known that volcanoes can launch large quantities of particles into the stratosphere. In the past…
Starwatch: Vega the bright star will light the way to the constellation of Lyra | Science
We turn our attention this week to one of the sky’s smallest constellations. High overhead from the UK…
At the start of 2019, fewer than 2,000 active satellites circled Earth. By June 2026 there were 15,711 — and nearly two out of every three belonged to a single constellation: SpaceX’s Starlink.
Look Up’s quarterly space index, released on 2 June 2026, counted 15,711 active satellites in Earth orbit. It…
Scientists led by UCLA found that permanently shaded parts of pits on the Moon stay near a constant 17°C while the exposed surface swings between 127°C and −173°C — meaning humanity’s first permanent lunar address may be underground.
The Moon’s surface imposes a slow, punishing thermal cycle. A location in sunlight can reach about 127 degrees…
Satellite operators emphasize launch deals in a constrained market
WASHINGTON — Amid a constrained launch market, satellite operators are increasingly emphasizing to investors and customers that they…
The Milky Way glows brightly in first-of-its-kind neutrino image
IceCube has produced the first neutrino image of the Milky Way, revealing high-energy particle activity concentrated along our…
We just got a glimpse at what NASA’s Skyfall helicopters will look like in action
If you just can’t wait for NASA’s new Mars helicopters to get to work, you can now see…