Astronomy Research 3 months ago
JWST Could Spot Volcanic "Exo-Ios" Around Super-Jupiters

Jupiter’s moon, Io, is the most volcanically active planetary body in the solar system, boasting hundreds of active volcanoes spewing molten lava into...

Source: Universe Today

SpaceX Is $15 Away From A ‘Worthless’ AI Business Says Morgan Stanley
Space Technology 3 months ago
SpaceX Is $15 Away From A ‘Worthless’ AI Business Says Morgan Stanley

The share price for SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.) on the IPO day’s closing was $160.95. On June 16, a few days after the IPO, the pric...

Source: Biztoc.com

SpaceX just about nails Starship test flight 13
Space Technology 3 months ago
SpaceX just about nails Starship test flight 13

Super Heavy booster had a super heavy landing, but other reusability tech did the trick

Source: Theregister.com

Artemis Program 3 months ago
Chang'e-6 Samples Provide an Ancient Record of the Moon's Far Side.

The samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission from the far side of the Moon reveal that the two hemispheres have had rather different experiences...

Source: Universe Today

Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket's epic Flight 13 test launch (video)
Space Technology 3 months ago
Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket's epic Flight 13 test launch (video)

The 13th test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket went pretty well —and provided some amazing visuals, too. See the highlights here.

Source: Space.com

The software that landed men on the Moon was not loaded onto the Apollo Guidance Computer so much as woven into it, with women at a Raytheon plant threading wire through or around thousands of tiny magnetic rings by hand, one pass for a one and one miss f
Artemis Program 3 months ago
The software that landed men on the Moon was not loaded onto the Apollo Guidance Computer so much as woven into it, with women at a Raytheon plant threading wire through or around thousands of tiny magnetic rings by hand, one pass for a one and one miss f

The Apollo Guidance Computer's most critical code wasn't programmed—it was hand-woven by women threading copper wire through thousands of ma...

Source: Space Daily

Astronomy Research 3 months ago
Little Red Dots Could Be Ancient Globular Clusters, Each Dominated by a Super-Massive Star

Little Red Dots are one of the mysteries uncovered by the JWST. Astronomers have been trying to figure out what they are, and have come up with multip...

Source: Universe Today

Rocket Lab to start launching missile-defense missions from Alaska under $266 million Space Force deal
Artemis Program 3 months ago
Rocket Lab to start launching missile-defense missions from Alaska under $266 million Space Force deal

Rocket Lab just inked a $266 million deal with the U.S. Space Force to launch up to 18 suborbital missile-defense missions, most of them from Alaska&#...

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
Launch Preview: Falcon 9 and Chang Zheng rockets set to launch this week

Five orbital launches are scheduled worldwide for this week. In China, a Chang Zheng 6A… The post Launch Preview: Falcon 9 and Chang Zheng r...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Space Technology 3 months ago
Upper C-band auction offers another lift for GEO industry

Satellite operators have welcomed the prospect of reaping more than $6 billion for quickly clearing upper C-band spectrum the FCC aims to auction next...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA Replaces ULA's Vulcan Centaur With SpaceX Falcon Heavy For Solar Storm Research
NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
NASA Replaces ULA's Vulcan Centaur With SpaceX Falcon Heavy For Solar Storm Research

There's been a change to NASA's launch of six satellites for solar storms research. Space.com reports that those satellites "were origi...

Source: Slashdot.org

Artemis Program 3 months ago
Sphinx Defense wins $287 million contract for strategic satellite communications software

Award covers mission planning software for ESS next-generation strategic communications satellites The post Sphinx Defense wins $287 million contract ...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse

Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse — darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the Sun’s ethereal outer atmosphere, th...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams to Discuss Space Station Mission

NASA astronaut Chris Williams will recap his recent eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 2:45 p.m. E...

Source: NASA

Astronomy Research 3 months ago
How NASA Plans to Build the Habitable Worlds Observatory

We’ve been covering the journey of the Habitable Worlds Observatory for some time now. Over the past few years, it's gone from a proposal to a re...

Source: Universe Today

On this day in space! July 27, 1962:  The 1st zero-g cosmonaut training flight takes off on a Soviet jetliner
Artemis Program 3 months ago
On this day in space! July 27, 1962: The 1st zero-g cosmonaut training flight takes off on a Soviet jetliner

On July 27, 1962, two Russian cosmonauts boarded a Soviet airliner and experienced weightlessness without going to space. Here's why it mattered...

Source: Space.com

Astronomy Research 3 months ago
NASA’s Swift Sees ‘Wandering’ Mega Black Hole Shredding Star

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy. These ph...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026, photo taken shortly after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey ...

Source: NASA

It was built for 30 days. It survived 1,004: How a 4-pound helicopter became one of NASA's greatest success stories
Space Exploration 3 months ago
It was built for 30 days. It survived 1,004: How a 4-pound helicopter became one of NASA's greatest success stories

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its historic mission after 72 flights. The pioneering aircraft achieved the first powered, controlled...

Source: The Times of India

Curiosity Mars rover inspects cracked wheel | Space photo of the day for July 24, 2026
Space Exploration 3 months ago
Curiosity Mars rover inspects cracked wheel | Space photo of the day for July 24, 2026

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has experienced some serious wear and tear during its nearly 14 years on the Red Planet, as seen in new images of its...

Source: Space.com