Astronomy Research 2 months ago
The Asteroid That May Be Three Worlds

We have been watching asteroid (44) Nysa for well over a century without ever really knowing what it looks like. Now the sharpest images ever taken of...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
August Podcast: Three Big Events!

This month we’ve got three big celestial events to cover: eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and especially good prospects for the Perseid meteor shower. P...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Smashed Ice Worlds Formed Neptune's Inner Moons and Rings

The planet Neptune has 16 known moons, with its largest Moon, Triton, comprising more than 99.5 percent of the mass of all of them. Triton’s incredibl...

Source: Universe Today

Artemis Program 2 months ago
APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Pict...

Source: NASA

The Cost of a PROMISE
Space Exploration 2 months ago
The Cost of a PROMISE

NASA may send an engineering test of the Perseverance rover to the Moon, but at what price?

Source: The Planetary Society

Space Technology 2 months ago
Interstellar Travel: The Space Age and Nuclear Rockets

Given the state of our technology, it would take a spacecraft a ridiculously long time to reach even the nearest star in our galaxy. However, scientis...

Source: Universe Today

Space Technology 2 months ago
Charon’s Mountains Reveal Moon Once Spun 10x Faster

Pluto’s moon, Charon, is one of the most unexplored (and arguably underappreciated) planetary objects in the entire solar system. This is primarily be...

Source: Universe Today

European Designer Proposes 3D Printing A Moon Temple On Astronaut Base
NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
European Designer Proposes 3D Printing A Moon Temple On Astronaut Base

As NASA joins up with Europe to plan a lunar astronaut base, one EU designer envisions robotically building a fantastical Moon Temple open to all the ...

Source: Forbes

How do supermassive black holes grow? AI finds 7 spacetime-warping 'quasars' that could help solve the mystery
Astronomy Research 2 months ago
How do supermassive black holes grow? AI finds 7 spacetime-warping 'quasars' that could help solve the mystery

Astronomers found seven rare quasar gravitational lens candidates using AI, providing a powerful new tool for studying black hole and galaxy evolution...

Source: Space.com

SpaceX's Starship seen in space by next-gen Starlink satellite (video)
Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX's Starship seen in space by next-gen Starlink satellite (video)

We just got an amazing new view of SpaceX's Starship vehicle in space, thanks to one of the company's Starlink V3 broadband satellites.

Source: Space.com

Comet & Asteroid News 2 months ago
What’s Up: August 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

A solar eclipse, the Perseids, bright Venus after sunset, and a deep partial lunar eclipse highlight August’s skywatching. Skywatching Highlights Tran...

Source: NASA

Blue Origin Blew Up Its Launch Pad, So NASA Will Invite Its Rockets Over For Testing
NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
Blue Origin Blew Up Its Launch Pad, So NASA Will Invite Its Rockets Over For Testing

If America is to continue its role as a leader outside our home, it will need to find whole-of-society methods to navigate setbacks. This is a good st...

Source: Jalopnik

NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
Starbase Pad 1 Retrofits Progress as Block 3 Flights Start

While SpaceX has now flown two flights out of the newly designed Pad 2, crews… The post Starbase Pad 1 Retrofits Progress as Block 3 Flights...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Space Exploration 2 months ago
Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion

Converting an engineering model of a Mars rover into an actual lunar rover could cost NASA more than $1 billion, an estimate strongly rejected by the ...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley

On Friday, July 31, 2026, NASA leadership and Virginia government officials opened NASA’s first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years,...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
NASA to Host Florida Event Celebrating American Air, Space Leadership

NASA will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 14, live from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and media and digital crea...

Source: NASA

Spacewalk Preps, Bioprinting, and Exercise Research Top Station Schedule
Artemis Program 2 months ago
Spacewalk Preps, Bioprinting, and Exercise Research Top Station Schedule

Expedition 75 is gearing up for a busy August with three spacewalks planned at the International Space Station. The orbital residents are also printin...

Source: NASA

Space Technology 2 months ago
Blastoff! SpaceX launches secret US spy satellites, nails landing in Florida [8:59]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the NROL-95 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Sp...

Source: Freerepublic.com

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
Astronomers Measure the Long Reach of a Quasar

There are a number of things in the Universe that could wipe out life as we know it, but — for now, and for Earth — a blast from o...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
Astronomers Spot Weird, Three-Lobed Asteroid with a Moon

Asteroid 44 Nysa has the weirdest shape yet seen for an asteroid, and that’s saying something. The post Astronomers Spot Weird, Three-Lobed Asteroid w...

Source: Sky & Telescope