Comet & Asteroid News 3 months ago
What’s Up: July 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

A predawn Moon-and-planets meetup, a returning comet, a great chance to see the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings at a new angle. Skywatching Highlights T...

Source: NASA

Aerosols and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of a white dwarf planet
Astronomy Research 3 months ago
Aerosols and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of a white dwarf planet

Transmission spectroscopy of the planet WD 1856 b, orbiting a white dwarf, with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals the presence of hydrocarbons an...

Source: Nature.com

How Buying SpaceX Today Could 10X Your Investment
Space Technology 3 months ago
How Buying SpaceX Today Could 10X Your Investment

The many opinions on Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) include this one: Rockets, artificial intelligence, internet access, and orbital da...

Source: Biztoc.com

Artemis Program 3 months ago
Live coverage: ULA to launch final Atlas 5 rocket supporting Amazon Leo’s broadband internet satellite constellation

The Leo Atlas 8 mission is also the final flight of an Atlas 5 551 configuration. Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is schedul...

Source: Spaceflight Now

NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules

A new report links the long-running technical problems with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle to a combination of overconfidence, unr...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
NASA announces new lander contracts for Moon Base Phase One

In June 2026, NASA announced four new lunar landers as part of its Moon Base… The post NASA announces new lander contracts for Moon Base Pha...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Artemis Program 3 months ago
FCC to vote on satellite licensing overhaul July 22

The FCC is set to vote July 22 on an order to overhaul its satellite application process, creating a “licensing assembly line” to keep up with increas...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
NASA’s Chandra Examines Milky Way at Arms’ Length

A new result using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that the outer spiral arms in the Milky Way galaxy may reach wider than previously thought. ...

Source: NASA

Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) Chosen by NASA to Launch Sun, Earth Sciences Missions
NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) Chosen by NASA to Launch Sun, Earth Sciences Missions

Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ:RKLB) is among the 8 Aerospace and Defense Stocks with the Largest 5Y Share Price Returns, having surged nearly 800% du...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

Firefly Aerospace Awarded $144 Million NASA CLPS Contract for Accelerated Blue Ghost Lunar Mission
NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
Firefly Aerospace Awarded $144 Million NASA CLPS Contract for Accelerated Blue Ghost Lunar Mission

Mission accelerates Moon delivery timeline and enables repeatable lunar access with flight proven lunar lander Mission accelerates Moon delivery timel...

Source: GlobeNewswire

NASA makes moves to dodge costly delays on its path to build a $30 billion moon base
NASA & Space Agencies 3 months ago
NASA makes moves to dodge costly delays on its path to build a $30 billion moon base

Conceptualized just a few months ago, NASA’s moon base plans are rolling out in earnest as the space agency maps out plans to deliver assets to the lu...

Source: CNN

NASA announces Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Firefly to build lunar landers for a future moon base
Artemis Missions 3 months ago
NASA announces Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Firefly to build lunar landers for a future moon base

Three companies will receive a total of $600 million to executive four moon landings, laying the groundwork for a planned crewed outpost on the surfac...

Source: Scientific American

Astronomy Research 3 months ago
A Supermassive Black Hole Gets Blamed for Quenching Star Formation

Some of the most massive galaxies in the Universe appear to be missing a lot of stars. That seems unusual, since birthing stars is one of a galaxy...

Source: Universe Today

This weird 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet has a hotspot in the wrong place, and astronomers aren't sure how
Astronomy Research 3 months ago
This weird 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet has a hotspot in the wrong place, and astronomers aren't sure how

Astronomers have discovered a curious new exoplanet that challenges assumptions about hot Jupiters, some of the most extreme planets in the universe.

Source: Space.com

'Rocket's Red Glare': How NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission celebrated America's 250th birthday
Artemis Missions 3 months ago
'Rocket's Red Glare': How NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission celebrated America's 250th birthday

NASA joined in the semiquincentennial celebrations this year by painting "America 250" on the rocket that launched the Artemis 2 astronauts ...

Source: Space.com

Watch Atlas V rocket launch 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites early on July 2
Artemis Program 3 months ago
Watch Atlas V rocket launch 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites early on July 2

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch 29 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit from Florida early Thursday morning (July 2), and you c...

Source: Space.com

India, Russia renew focus on human space missions
Artemis Program 3 months ago
India, Russia renew focus on human space missions

India and Russia are deepening their space collaboration, with a significant push towards human spaceflight and cutting-edge launch systems. Discussio...

Source: The Times of India

NASA awards Astrobotic, Firefly, Intuitive Machines lunar lander contracts in moon base project
Artemis Program 3 months ago
NASA awards Astrobotic, Firefly, Intuitive Machines lunar lander contracts in moon base project

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman on Tuesday said three companies — Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines — were awarded contracts to s...

Source: Biztoc.com

The universe appears to be expanding faster than our current model predicts — and James Webb has now strengthened the case that the discrepancy is real, not just a flaw in Hubble’s measurements.
Astronomy Research 3 months ago
The universe appears to be expanding faster than our current model predicts — and James Webb has now strengthened the case that the discrepancy is real, not just a flaw in Hubble’s measurements.

The Hubble tension is not a disagreement about whether the universe is expanding. It is a disagreement about how fast it is expanding, depending on wh...

Source: Space Daily

The universe is less uniform than we thought – cosmology may need a radical rethink
Astronomy Research 3 months ago
The universe is less uniform than we thought – cosmology may need a radical rethink

New telescopes are challenging the idea that the cosmic web fades into a uniform, directionless distribution. It may be closer to a tangled yarn than ...

Source: The Conversation Africa