Astronomers believe they've detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Astronomers believe they've detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto

Just 300 miles or so across, this mini Pluto is thought to be the solar system's smallest object.

Source: PBS

Newly released shots from Artemis II moon mission show Milky Way galaxy, star trails
Artemis Missions 1 month ago
Newly released shots from Artemis II moon mission show Milky Way galaxy, star trails

Last month, the crew made a 10-day journey around the far side of the moon.

Source: Abcnews.com

3I/ATLAS Discovery 1 month ago
Subaru Telescope Reveals New Data on the Interior Composition of 3I/ATLAS

The Subaru Telescope observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) on January 7, 2026 (UT), after it made its closest approach to the Sun. By o...

Source: Universe Today

A tiny world at the edge of our solar system grew a mysterious atmosphere, and we don't know how
Artemis Program 1 month ago
A tiny world at the edge of our solar system grew a mysterious atmosphere, and we don't know how

A trans-Neptunian object was found to possess a surprising thin atmosphere after astronomers witnessed the object occult a distant star.

Source: Space.com

Watch SpaceX Starlink train circle Earth in amazing satellite video
Space Technology 1 month ago
Watch SpaceX Starlink train circle Earth in amazing satellite video

A video captured by a newly launched SpaceX Starlink satellite shows us what it's like to zoom above our beautiful blue planet.

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Pad 1 conversion ongoing, with Flight 12 nearing

Over six months after the end of Flight 11, the old design, Pad 1, was… The post Pad 1 conversion ongoing, with Flight 12 nearing appeared f...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Exiting NRO director Chris Scolese’s legacy: commercial partnerships; public engagement

In a 2022 address to the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the director of the National Reconnaissance Office, Chris Scolese, sounded a war...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Startup develops software to help military tap commercial imaging satellites

Divergent Space platform would automate imagery requests across multiple providers

Source: SpaceNews

Space Exploration 1 month ago
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock

Description This series of images shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover as it got a rock stuck to the drill on the end of its robotic arm and, after wavin...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
650 NASA Volunteers Have Co-Authored Scientific Papers

After a recent count, NASA Citizen Science is proud to report that more than 650 people who have volunteered to participate in NASA citizen science pr...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Review: Open Space

NASA's plans to return to the Moon and establish a base there depend in large part on the ability of companies to develop lunar landers. Jeff Fou...

Source: The Space Review

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
The Moonbase moment

The centerpiece of NASA's new lunar exploration plans is a lunar base announced at an event in March. Jeff Foust reports there is strong interest...

Source: The Space Review

Tudor Introduces the Black Bay Chrono Carbon 26
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Tudor Introduces the Black Bay Chrono Carbon 26

There are a small handful of events where you just know you’re going to see new watch releases. Watches & Wonders, obviously. Our own Windup Watch...

Source: Wornandwound.com

Crew Works Advanced Radio Frequency, Quantum Physics, and Health Tech
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Crew Works Advanced Radio Frequency, Quantum Physics, and Health Tech

The Expedition 74 crew kicked off the week setting up advanced radio frequency technology, configuring quantum physics hardware, and conducting ultras...

Source: NASA

SpaceX Starship Flight 12 Likely Late May After Generator Explosion and Deluge Damaged
Space Technology 1 month ago
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 Likely Late May After Generator Explosion and Deluge Damaged

During a high-volume deluge test on the new Orbital Launch Pad 2 one of the methalox gas generators that supplies high-pressure nitrogen for the delug...

Source: Next Big Future

For All Mankind season 5 officially replaces devastating real-world event
Artemis Program 1 month ago
For All Mankind season 5 officially replaces devastating real-world event

The homage to this real-world event is not in the least bit subtle in For All Mankind season 5, replacing a United States tragedy with something else.

Source: Winter is Coming

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Meet the Constellations: Leo, the Lion

Leo, the Lion, is one of the most recognizable of the spring constellations, with its large size, distinctive shape, and plentiful bright stars. The p...

Source: Sky & Telescope

These 2 companies want to start removing space junk from orbit in 2027
Artemis Program 1 month ago
These 2 companies want to start removing space junk from orbit in 2027

Two private companies are partnering up to establish a repeatable debris removal service for low Earth orbit, and they want to debut it in 2027.

Source: Space.com

'SOL Shogunate' is a samurai space opera set on the moon, but with an aerospace engineer making sure it's 'getting the science right'
Artemis Program 1 month ago
'SOL Shogunate' is a samurai space opera set on the moon, but with an aerospace engineer making sure it's 'getting the science right'

Chaos Manufacturing CEO Guy Costantini and aerospace engineer Taylore McClurg tell us about the process of creating a believable but striking lunar ad...

Source: Space.com

Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026
NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026

Blue Origin's MK1 moon lander has passed its tests in the vacuum chamber as NASA continues to develop the hardware needed to return astronauts to...

Source: Space.com