Space Exploration 1 week ago
NASA Announces Winners of 2026 University Innovation Competition 

NASA announced the Massachusetts Institute of Technology project, Exploration-Class Lunar Integrated Power SystEm, as the first place winner for the 2...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
NASA’s X-59 Aircraft Flies Supersonic for First Time

NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft marked a major milestone Friday, June 5, when it flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, setting the...

Source: NASA

The icy surface of Europa is constantly crystallising and reforming in different places at different rates and the James Webb Space Telescope has only just caught it happening
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
The icy surface of Europa is constantly crystallising and reforming in different places at different rates and the James Webb Space Telescope has only just caught it happening

Jupiter’s moon Europa has long been one of the most compelling objects in the solar system — not for what can be seen on its surface, but for what sci...

Source: Space Daily

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
The Cosmic Web Like You've Never Seen it Before

Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside have produced the most de...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Proposed U.S. Grant Funding Rules Spark Worry, Backlash in Astronomy

The Office of Management and Budget envisions diminishing peer review and international collaborations. The post Proposed U.S. Grant Funding Rules Spa...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Artemis Program 1 week ago
Leaf Space partners with D-Orbit and EnduroSat to test connectivity service

MILAN – Italian ground segment operator Leaf Space unveiled a new space connectivity service May 27. The technology, named TreeNet, aims to make space...

Source: SpaceNews

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Planetary Nebula with Cosmic Buckyballs

Explanation: What is happening inside this unusual nebula? Planetary nebula Tc 1, captured here in exquisite detail by the James Webb Space Telescope,...

Source: Freerepublic.com

NASA Officially Ends the MAVEN Mission Months After Losing Contact With the Mars Orbiter
Space Technology 1 week ago
NASA Officially Ends the MAVEN Mission Months After Losing Contact With the Mars Orbiter

The agency last heard from the spacecraft on December 6. Recovered fragmentary data suggest that MAVEN was spinning unexpectedly, hinting at a change ...

Source: Smithsonian.com

If 3I/ATLAS isn’t an alien probe, why is it silent on radio signals but rich in methane from another star system?
3I/ATLAS Discovery 1 week ago
If 3I/ATLAS isn’t an alien probe, why is it silent on radio signals but rich in methane from another star system?

If 3I/ATLAS isn’t an alien probe, its discovery may be even more important. Scientists detected no radio signals from the interstellar comet despite a...

Source: The Times of India

Space Technology 1 week ago
After 11 years at Mars, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper - Ars Technica

After 11 years at Mars, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisperArs Technica NASA declares end of mission for long-lasting Mars orbiterCBS...

Source: Slashdot.org

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
What Happens to a Star That Captures A Primordial Black Hole?

Stephen Hawking predicted that stars can capture primordial black holes (PBH). The PBH find their way to the stellar core, creating a Hawking star. Th...

Source: Universe Today

Space Technology 1 week ago
Astronauts briefly shelter in Dragon during ISS leak repair

NASA instructed astronauts on the International Space Station to briefly shelter in a Dragon spacecraft June 5 as cosmonauts attempted to repair an ai...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
NASA Concludes Antenna Mishap Investigation, Releases Report

NASA has completed the investigation into the damage sustained last year at its 70-meter radio-frequency antenna, known as the Deep Space Station 14 (...

Source: NASA

Astronauts on International Space Station take shelter in SpaceX Dragon as cosmonauts try to fix air leak
Space Technology 1 week ago
Astronauts on International Space Station take shelter in SpaceX Dragon as cosmonauts try to fix air leak

ISS astronauts briefly sheltered aboard an attached SpaceX Dragon capsule today (June 5) while cosmonauts tried to fix a persistent leak on the Russia...

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
NASA crew briefly shelters inside Dragon capsule as Russia addresses new space station leaks

The precautions were announced the same day as NASA said Roscosmos cosmonauts are set to perform “a more extensive repair operation”, but without prov...

Source: Spaceflight Now

Artemis Program 1 week ago
Next Ariane 6 launch to carry 36 Amazon Leo satellites using upgraded boosters

Amazon will fly its largest number of broadband satellites to date later this month on the first Ariane 6 launch to use upgraded boosters. The post Ne...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
First Steps: America’s Grueling Second Spacewalk

One year after Gemini IV astronaut Edward H. White completed NASA’s first spacewalk the agency prepared for a demanding second excursion. Originally s...

Source: NASA

SpaceX seeks a record $75 bn in stock market debut
Space Exploration 1 week ago
SpaceX seeks a record $75 bn in stock market debut

SpaceX plans a massive $75 billion share sale, valuing the company at $1.8 trillion. This move aims to fund ambitious projects like space-based data c...

Source: The Times of India

Did we just see a primordial black hole at the Milky Way’s edge?
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Did we just see a primordial black hole at the Milky Way’s edge?

A blip of light in the outer reaches of the Milky Way might be a bizarre black hole born at the beginning of time itself—and the long-sought solution ...

Source: Scientific American

It is impossible to burp in space, because in microgravity the human stomach cannot separate gas from the liquid and partially digested food it sits inside, and any attempt to burp expels a mixture of all three directly into the astronaut’s mouth.
Artemis Program 1 week ago
It is impossible to burp in space, because in microgravity the human stomach cannot separate gas from the liquid and partially digested food it sits inside, and any attempt to burp expels a mixture of all three directly into the astronaut’s mouth.

The mechanism behind a burp on Earth is something most humans do not stop to think about. Food and drink enter the stomach. The act of swallowing brin...

Source: Space Daily