Momentus wins two NASA contracts to fly tech demo payloads
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Momentus announced Oct. 9 two new contracts with NASA to carry payloads to test…
Baby planet photographed while orbiting a star for the first time ever
A team of astronomers has captured a young world, WISPIT 2b, sitting inside a dark ring around its…
Radical Plan to Beam ‘Sunlight on Demand’ at Night Sparks Concerns : ScienceAlert
A proposed constellation of satellites has astronomers very worried. Unlike satellites that reflect sunlight and produce light pollution…
U.S. Space Force picks Blue Origin bid for expanding satellite processing at Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
Blue Origin’s New Glenn, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and ULA’s Vulcan rockets launch from their respective pads. Image: Blue…
‘It’s kind of surreal that it happened to us’: Rural West Texas woman witnesses NASA space junk as it lands in her neighbor’s yard
When Ann Walter looked outside her rural West Texas home, she didn’t know what to make of the…
She saw a car-sized object above a Texas farm and found a wayward hunk of NASA equipment
When Ann Walter looked outside her rural West Texas home, she didn’t know what to make of the…
Cosmic baboon rampages through deep space in gorgeous new nebula photo
The Raging Baboon Nebula, as captured by astrophotographer Greg Meyer in 2025. (Image credit: Greg Meyer) Astrophotographer Greg…
Australian Space Command considers ‘space control’ options: Senior officer
WASHINGTON — With the Australian Department of Defence working on an update to its 2024 National Defence Strategy,…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is losing water ‘like a fire hose’ on full blast — and it’s ‘rewriting what we thought we knew’ about alien star systems
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS began blasting water “like a fire hose” before it was anywhere near the sun,…
Crucial NASA Science Missions Hang in the Balance As U.S. Government Shutdown Drags On
NASA employees are bracing for layoffs and budget cuts as the congressional dispute over government funding drags on,…
Astronomers Find Mystery Dark Object in Distant Universe
Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe.…
Stoke Space’s $510M round shows the future of launch belongs to defense
Stoke Space announced a massive capital raise on Wednesday that might seem, at first glance, like just another…