It became too easy to shout ‘aliens’, so SETI changed its rules
Artemis Program 2 months ago
It became too easy to shout ‘aliens’, so SETI changed its rules

For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) committee ha...

Source: Refractor.io

Astronomy Research 2 months ago
Nautilus Array to Track Missing Exoplanet Atmospheres

Exoplanet atmospheres have become prima targets for astrobiologists in the search for life beyond Earth. This is because exoplanet surfaces can’t be d...

Source: Universe Today

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Astronomers Discover Another Galaxy With No Dark Matter

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have discovered the third known galaxy apparently lacking dark matter, part of a...

Source: Universe Today

Heads Up: NASA to Launch 'Daring' Telescope Rescue Mission This Week
Astronomy Research 2 months ago
Heads Up: NASA to Launch 'Daring' Telescope Rescue Mission This Week

An unprecedented mission.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscri...

Source: ScienceAlert

If You Invested $5,000 in SpaceX at Its Opening Price, Here Is What It Is Worth Today
Space Technology 2 months ago
If You Invested $5,000 in SpaceX at Its Opening Price, Here Is What It Is Worth Today

When Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) opened to the public on June 12, it started trading at $150 per share, closing the day at just unde...

Source: Biztoc.com

Space launch provider Rocket Lab to buy satellite operator Iridium for $8B
Artemis Program 2 months ago
Space launch provider Rocket Lab to buy satellite operator Iridium for $8B

Rocket Lab Corp. today announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications Inc., a major satellite operator, for $8 billion in cash and stock. The compa...

Source: SiliconANGLE News

SpaceX Will Join the Nasdaq-100 on July 7. Here's What a $10,000 Investment Could Be Worth in December, According to History
Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX Will Join the Nasdaq-100 on July 7. Here's What a $10,000 Investment Could Be Worth in December, According to History

Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX +7.18%) went public early this month with a record-setting debut. The company raised $85.7 billion in all and end...

Source: Biztoc.com

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Blue Origin outlines return to flight logistics for its New Glenn rockets

The explosion of a New Glenn rocket on May 28 is still under investigation. The company said it’s moving to a hybrid horizontal-vertical integration f...

Source: Spaceflight Now

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Astronauts ‘operate’ on space station’s broken robot arm

On May 27, flight controllers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston noticed one of the Canadian-built arm's seven joints was drawing more curren...

Source: Spaceflight Now

Space Exploration 2 months ago
NASA awards nearly $600 million in lunar lander missions

NASA selected three companies to fly four lunar lander missions worth nearly $600 million as part of its lunar base ambitions, as it weighs also launc...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 2 months ago
It's Finally Begun! The Vera Rubin Observatory Creating What Will Be the Greatest Movie Ever Made

The Vera Rubin Observatory's long-awaited Legacy Survey of Space and Time has begun. This decade-long movie of the cosmos will capture anything t...

Source: Universe Today

‘Just in time for Canada Day’: Spacewalking astronauts repair space station’s huge Canadarm2
Artemis Program 2 months ago
‘Just in time for Canada Day’: Spacewalking astronauts repair space station’s huge Canadarm2

Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams and Jessica Meir conducted a seven-hour spacewalk to replace a wrist joint on the International Space St...

Source: Space.com

Blue Origin starts rebuilding launch pad damaged by New Glenn rocket explosion — and it will look very different when it's done
Artemis Program 2 months ago
Blue Origin starts rebuilding launch pad damaged by New Glenn rocket explosion — and it will look very different when it's done

Blue Origin has started rebuilding the launch pad damaged by the explosion of its New Glenn rocket last month, but the company is working from a very ...

Source: Space.com

Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite from New Zealand tonight
Artemis Program 2 months ago
Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite from New Zealand tonight

Rocket Lab will launch its eighth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS tonight (June 30), and you can watch the action live.

Source: Space.com

'PROMISE' me the moon? NASA wants to send spare nuclear-powered Mars rover to the lunar surface
Artemis Missions 2 months ago
'PROMISE' me the moon? NASA wants to send spare nuclear-powered Mars rover to the lunar surface

NASA has announced new lunar landing contracts for its Artemis Moon Base program, as well as a potential new moon rover mission named PROMISE.

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
Launch Preview: Swift rescue mission, final Atlas satellite launch

Several orbital launches are scheduled worldwide this week. A mission to rescue the Swift observatory… The post Launch Preview: Swift rescue...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th

In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States, NASA has unveiled four cosmic images from its Chandra X-ray Observatory rendered in red, wh...

Source: NASA

Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable
NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable

Deep oceans of magma once sloshed about inside the crust of Mars, seismic measurements taken by NASA's InSight mission suggest.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Matthew Williams Joins the Commercial Space Federation as Senior Advisor, National Security

June 30, 2026 – Washington, D.C. — The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) announced today that Matthew Williams, a former Principal Deputy As...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 2 months ago
Space Force fields mobile satellite-jamming system 

The system known as Meadowlands is transitioning to operational use as the military places greater emphasis on electronic warfare The post Space Forc...

Source: SpaceNews