A mysterious cosmic hum may come from 13-billion-year-old dark stars
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
A mysterious cosmic hum may come from 13-billion-year-old dark stars

Today’s mysterious gravitational-wave background may preserve clues about how the Universe’s first supermassive black holes formed. Descendants of hyp...

Source: Science Daily

The biggest unproven technology standing between Starship and Mars is not the rocket or the distance—it is large-scale orbital refuelling. Spacecraft have transferred conventional propellants in orbit since 1978, but no one has docked two giant spacecraft
Space Technology 1 week ago
The biggest unproven technology standing between Starship and Mars is not the rocket or the distance—it is large-scale orbital refuelling. Spacecraft have transferred conventional propellants in orbit since 1978, but no one has docked two giant spacecraft

Starship has moved multiple tonnes of oxygen between its own tanks, but its Moon and Mars architecture still depends on an unattempted vehicle-to-vehi...

Source: Space Daily

Artemis II astronauts are set to receive America's highest spaceflight honour on August 28
Artemis Missions 1 week ago
Artemis II astronauts are set to receive America's highest spaceflight honour on August 28

US News: The four astronauts who flew NASA's Artemis II mission around the Moon are set to receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, one of...

Source: The Times of India

NASA sent Pseudomonas aeruginosa on shuttle Atlantis to space, where it formed denser biofilms with an unusual “column-and-canopy” structure
NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
NASA sent Pseudomonas aeruginosa on shuttle Atlantis to space, where it formed denser biofilms with an unusual “column-and-canopy” structure

In groundbreaking space experiments, bacteria grown in synthetic urine were sent aboard the Atlantis space shuttle on two occasions. These microbes ex...

Source: The Times of India

NASA's new Roman Space Telescope set to launch this Sunday will help scientists study dark matter and dark energy across billions of galaxies, unraveling the deepest mysteries of the universe
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
NASA's new Roman Space Telescope set to launch this Sunday will help scientists study dark matter and dark energy across billions of galaxies, unraveling the deepest mysteries of the universe

NASA Roman Space Telescope launch: NASA's Roman Space Telescope launchNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch on August 30...

Source: The Times of India

Artemis Program 1 week ago
APOD: 2026 August 28 – The Sky Turns Above Paranal

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 28 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Pict...

Source: NASA

Wave goodbye to Russia's space program
Artemis Program 1 week ago
Wave goodbye to Russia's space program

By J.R. DunnRecent cruise missile strikes by Ukraine have evidently crippled Russia’s space program.

Source: Americanthinker.com

India’s space economy may grow 5x to $45 billion by 2030. Who is leading the boom?
Artemis Program 1 week ago
India’s space economy may grow 5x to $45 billion by 2030. Who is leading the boom?

India’s private space sector is shifting from prototypes to commercial operations, with the government targeting a fivefold expansion of the space eco...

Source: The Times of India

Trump Snapped Up SpaceX Shares 11 Days After $1.77 Trillion IPO: Here's What Else He Purchased
Space Technology 1 week ago
Trump Snapped Up SpaceX Shares 11 Days After $1.77 Trillion IPO: Here's What Else He Purchased

President Donald Trump bought up to $50,000 in Space Exploration Technologies Corp shares shortly after the Elon Musk-led company’s record IPO. Trump ...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

NASA has awarded Helicity Space an early-stage grant to test the feasibility of the Helicity Drive, a proposed fusion-propulsion system whose developers say could carry a crew to Mars and back in under four months. That entire theoretical round trip would
Space Exploration 1 week ago
NASA has awarded Helicity Space an early-stage grant to test the feasibility of the Helicity Drive, a proposed fusion-propulsion system whose developers say could carry a crew to Mars and back in under four months. That entire theoretical round trip would

NASA funded a Phase I feasibility study of Helicity Space's pulsed fusion concept, not a flight engine or approved four-month crewed Mars mission...

Source: Space Daily

Space Technology 1 week ago
Astronaut Microbes Might Survive at Moon's Pole, NASA Warns

One of the primary objectives of space exploration that often gets overlooked is the intense effort that goes into ensuring Earth microbes don’t conta...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Some Comets are Naked, and One Just Got Caught Photo-Bombing

Japanese researchers got lucky when a comet they wanted to study was found photo-bombing archival images from Japan's Subaru Telescope. The Subar...

Source: Universe Today

Artemis Program 1 week ago
Why Astronauts' Lower Eyelids "Let Go" in Space

A new study identifies possible mechanisms behind changes in astronauts' lower eyelids, a symptom associated with long periods in space that can ...

Source: Universe Today

James Webb Space Telescope observes 72 stars and finds planet formation is a race against time
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
James Webb Space Telescope observes 72 stars and finds planet formation is a race against time

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have studied 72 young sun-like stars to discover that forming planets is a real race against time.

Source: Space.com

SpaceX unveils $100B Louisiana launch site expected to create thousands of jobs
Space Technology 1 week ago
SpaceX unveils $100B Louisiana launch site expected to create thousands of jobs

SpaceX announced Tuesday it plans to build its largest rocket launch site in southern Louisiana, investing $100 billion in a complex that could ultima...

Source: Biztoc.com

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Theory-Defying Exoplanet Atmospheres Force a Rethink of Theories

The discovery of lava worlds with atmospheres is challenging our theories of how atmospheres escape, and calling into question the idea of the cosmic ...

Source: Universe Today

After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?

A private spacecraft failed to rescue NASA's Swift space telescope, meaning the big observatory will come crashing back to Earth in the near futu...

Source: Space.com

Astronaut Jonny Kim leaves NASA, will return to active military duty
NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
Astronaut Jonny Kim leaves NASA, will return to active military duty

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is leaving the space agency to continue his military career. Kim, who's also a medical doctor, completed one spaceflight...

Source: Space.com

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the launch, brush up on some ke...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames

New civil servants and guests pose for a group photo with NASA and center leadership in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 80-by-120-...

Source: NASA