Space Technology 2 months ago
NASA Selects Companies to Provide Payload Processing Services

NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on‑ramp provision. The p...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
The JWST Little Red Dots Could Be 'Black Hole Stars'

Little red dots have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in JWST data from the Universe’s deep past. Their ‘powering engines’ might resemble a n...

Source: Universe Today

Scientists find dead star that predicts our sun's future: 'Broken apart and returned to the galaxy'
Astronomy Research 2 months ago
Scientists find dead star that predicts our sun's future: 'Broken apart and returned to the galaxy'

A composite image of data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Kitt Peak four-meter telescope and MOTHRA reveal the Helix Nebula. We can see the bow s...

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
NASA Mission Studies Air Pollution Over Ethiopia

A NASA-funded air pollution monitoring network has provided one of the most detailed long-term views yet of the role of black carbon, or soot produced...

Source: NASA

Comet & Asteroid News 2 months ago
Nuking An Asteroid on Short Notice Could Save Us

Readers of a certain age will remember a golden area of asteroid films, capstoned by two with very different endings. Deep Impact engrained the devast...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
Colorful Collage of Tarantula Nebula

Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope combine to reveal a vibrant view of 3...

Source: NASA

These eight Lego Star Wars Smart Play sets are out now and Marvel needs to be next.
Artemis Program 2 months ago
These eight Lego Star Wars Smart Play sets are out now and Marvel needs to be next.

From all-in-one to compatible sets, these are the eight Lego Star Wars Smart Play sets you won't want to miss.

Source: Space.com

Scientists find 3 supermassive black holes on the verge of collision inside a distant galaxy
Astronomy Research 2 months ago
Scientists find 3 supermassive black holes on the verge of collision inside a distant galaxy

A greedy galaxy that existed less than 1.3 billion years after the Big Bang is hoarding supermassive black holes.

Source: Space.com

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
Hubble Solves Merger Mystery From Milky Way’s Early Years

New Hubble data shows definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way in the earliest phases of its evolution.

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
NASA Challenge Tests Wheel Designs for Moon Base Mobility

As NASA prepares to establish the Moon Base, advancing surface mobility will be key to helping crews and robotic s...

Source: NASA

A 'river' of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits
Artemis Program 2 months ago
A 'river' of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits

A river of gas over a trillion miles long is streaming onto a young planet-forming system and is tipping it over.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 2 months ago
The 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026) is the One Space Event You Cannot Miss

For more than 75 years, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) has been the annual moment when the global space community comes together &...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
Chasing Fire Clouds in Utah

NASA aircraft are sampling smoke lofted high into the atmosphere by one of the most formidable cloud types in the sky—towering, smoke-infused pyrocumu...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
What Can We Actually Find on an Exoplanet? Part 1: The Atmospheric Fingerprint

If an alien civilization could see Earth only as a single pale blue dot, what could they learn? We start with transit spectroscopy, the biosignature c...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
California Teen Wins 2026 National Young Astronomer Award

Elizabeth Zhang of Cupertino, California, has earned the Astronomical League's National Young Astronomer award for her study of circumbinary plan...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Blue Origin adding second pad to Cape Canaveral launch complex amid rocket explosion repairs
Artemis Program 2 months ago
Blue Origin adding second pad to Cape Canaveral launch complex amid rocket explosion repairs

As Blue Origin continues to repair its New Glenn launch pad following the rocket's explosion in May, the company has announced plans to build a s...

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 2 months ago
A rocket crashed into the moon. It was harmless, but the next one might not be.

Earlier this month, a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage crashed into the lunar surface at 8,700 kilometers per hour. This was not a controlled lan...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 2 months ago
SEOPS adds second Waymaker rideshare mission

Launch services provider SEOPS has added a second dedicated rideshare mission after seeing high demand for one announced less than three months ago. T...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Long March 12 launches despite recent 7A failure, Long March 2C launches satellite for UAE

HELSINKI — China launched a new batch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites over the weekend, following up with a separate launch of a developmental...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Lynk and Omnispace form Elveo Mobile to advance D2D services

Lynk Global has completed its merger with Omnispace and rebranded as Elveo Mobile, adding globally coordinated S-band spectrum to expand direct-to-dev...

Source: SpaceNews