Humanity could settle Mars by 2055, Elon Musk says
A Red Planet settlement isn’t a mere pipe dream, according to Elon Musk. The SpaceX founder and CEO…
An Eye-catching Star Cluster – NASA
Westerlund 1, the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth, dazzles in this image released on July…
Northern Lights wow in Midwest, northern US during solar storm
Charged particles from the Sun fueled a strong geomagnetic storm from late Sunday into Monday, delivering impressive displays of Northern Lights as far south…
A new report finds China’s space program will soon equal that of the US
As Jonathan Roll neared completion of a master’s degree in science and technology policy at Arizona State University…
Antarctica, New Zealand and a sliver of Australia get prime view of partial solar eclipse
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The bottom of the world is front and center for a partial solar…
Laser communications supplier Mynaric signals recovery after production setbacks
WASHINGTON — German optical communications company Mynaric has delivered 84 laser terminals to York Space Systems and Northrop…
How SpaceX turned a Texas marsh into the world’s most watched spaceport
EDITOR’S NOTE: Starbase is SpaceX’s massive rocket development site and the home of Starship — the vehicle Elon…
New space junk removal idea: Using ion engine exhaust to knock debris out of the sky
Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by…
Partial solar eclipse to darken skies for the second time in September
September gets two eclipses that are expected to darken skies. The first eclipse was on Sept. 7. Then…
‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid Ryugu once had ‘flowing water’ inside it, surprising study claims
Scientists in Japan now believe that liquid water once flowed through the heart of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu,…
Partial Solar Eclipse Creates Stunning Celestial Show Visible Only From Antarctica and Pacific Islands
IN A NUTSHELL 🌞 On September 21, a partial solar eclipse will occur, covering up to 80% of…
Federal cuts threaten research at observatory, a decade after historic discovery
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) – A decade ago, researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected ripples…