Space Exploration 1 month ago
Perseverance’s Trip to ‘Broom Point’

Description This orbital map shows the path NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took to get to a location the science team has dubbed the “Broom Point memb...

Source: NASA

Space Exploration 1 month ago
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Provides Sweeping View of Broom Point

Description This view looking back up at the outside lip of the 490-foot-tall (150-meter-tall) rim of Jezero Crater was taken by the Mastcam-Z instrum...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Curiosity Finds Evidence of an Ancient Sandstorm

Description Billions of years ago, an hours-long Martian sandstorm blew so intensely that sand ripples began to climb upon one another as they moved a...

Source: NASA

Anil Menon Launches to Space Station
NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Anil Menon Launches to Space Station

NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon and her children watch as a Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Anil Meno...

Source: NASA

Artemis Missions 1 month ago
How NASA’s Artemis III Lander Test Will Pave Way for Moon Landings

Before Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s surface in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Observers Beware: Reflect Orbital’s Space Mirrors Approved for Launch

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the launch of Reflect Orbital's Earendil 1 satellite — a space mirror 18 meters wide des...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Startup working with University of Texas focuses on trapping small debris

NAPA, Calif. – Florida startup Satellite Orbital Access and Removal (SOAR) announced a partnership July 15 with the University of Texas, El Paso, (UTE...

Source: SpaceNews

Space Exploration 1 month ago
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient Mars Impacts

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered evidence that a 245-foot-thick (75-meter-thick) stack of ancient rock on the rim of Jezero Crater was bui...

Source: NASA

Every SpaceX Starlink satellite has to dodge a collision almost weekly, and experts fear the worst
Space Technology 1 month ago
Every SpaceX Starlink satellite has to dodge a collision almost weekly, and experts fear the worst

SpaceX's Starlink satellites made over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers over the past year with each satellite now dodging other objects alm...

Source: Space.com

'Found you!' Astronomers spot faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth after a decade of hide-and-seek
Astronomy Research 1 month ago
'Found you!' Astronomers spot faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth after a decade of hide-and-seek

It has taken over ten years, but astronomers have finally won a prolonged game of cosmic hide-and-seek with a planet hiding around the star Beta Picto...

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Laying the groundwork for the first human mission to Mars

Sending humans to Mars and returning them safely to Earth would be one of the most complex endeavors that humans have ever carried out. The number of ...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Icarus Robotics taps KULR to provide batteries for Space Station robots

NAPA, Calif. – Icarus Robotics, the New York startup developing dexterous mobile robots for space missions, selected KULR Technology Group to provide ...

Source: SpaceNews

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
NASA’s Webb Discovers Hidden Planet in Famous Star System

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an exoplanet, hiding within one of...

Source: NASA

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 launch on July 16? (Full mission timeline)
Space Technology 1 month ago
What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 13 launch on July 16? (Full mission timeline)

SpaceX will launch its next Starship, carrying the first V3 Starlink satellites, on the Flight 13 test mission on Thursday, July 16. Here's what ...

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Satellite investment sets annual record halfway through 2026

Investment in satellite companies reached $8.1 billion in the first half of 2026, already surpassing every previous annual total tracked by early-stag...

Source: SpaceNews

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Starship undergoing preparations to launch tomorrow
Space Technology 1 month ago
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Starship undergoing preparations to launch tomorrow

SpaceX is progressing toward Starship's next big test launch.

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Isaacman attends Soyuz launch of ISS crew

A new crew arrived at the International Space Station on July 14 on a launch witnessed in person by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. The post Isaacm...

Source: SpaceNews

Comet & Asteroid News 1 month ago
After a Billion Kilometres, China's Asteroid Hunter Finally Arrives

After chasing a small asteroid across a billion kilometres of space, China's Tianwen-2 probe has finally caught up, closing to within twenty kilo...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
A Relativistic Jet Could be an Indication of the 'Missing-Link' for Black Holes

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) have detected an extraordinary burst of radio light from a rare cosm...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
The Oldest Stars in the Galaxy Just Weighed In on One of Cosmology's Biggest Arguments

Astronomers have measured the ages of over a hundred and fifty thousand ancient stars scattered across our Galaxy, and found the oldest of them is jus...

Source: Universe Today