U.S. Space Force awards $1.6 billion in contracts to South Bay satellite builders
The U.S. Space Force announced Friday it has awarded satellite contracts with a combined value of about $1.6…
Russian Cosmonaut Removed From SpaceX’s Crew 12 ISS Mission, And It’s Clear Why
Andrei Dedovich/Shutterstock A Russian cosmonaut scheduled to fly…
NASA Says It’s Just Gonna Stare Into Cosmic Voids for a While
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images With NASA’s operations under existential threat from the Trump…
Elon Says His New Rocket Is as Important as the Origin of Life Itself
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Paul Harris / Getty Images Multibillionaire Elon Musk has never exactly…
Rocket Lab Sets New Launch Record with Historic ‘DiskSat’ Mission
On December 18, 2025, Rocket Lab successfully launched a new and innovative type of satellite for the U.S.…
‘Enemy Mine’ at 40: An empathetic space adventure that still resonates strongly today
The 1980s was a decade of excellence and excess for science fiction flicks. With existential thrillers, crowd-pleasing blockbusters,…
NASA satellite captures a burst of vibrant life in a brown desert
In outback Australia, a usually brown desert at Cooper Creek has turned suddenly green along hundreds of miles…
Contactless method tracks electrical flow in matter hotter than sun
Deep inside stars, giant planets, and even Earth’s core, matter exists in a strange in-between state—neither solid nor…
China discovers something never seen before on the Moon’s far side
Seven tiny grains of dust from China’s Chang’e-6 Moon mission have revealed traces of an unusually fragile, CI…
The crash of the MIRA-I spaceplane is raising serious concerns in the space industry
Polaris Spaceplanes had high hopes for its Mira I prototype, but its debut flight ended almost as soon…
German engineer becomes first wheelchair user to visit space – DW – 12/20/2025
German engineer Michaela Benthaus on Saturday became the first person with paraplegia to travel to space. The brief…
Detailed images of sunset on Mars show different layers and colors
At sunset on January 21, 2024, a European orbiter captured the curved edge of Mars as seen against…