Webb Telescope Resolves Cosmic Identity Crisis Between Planets and Stars
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Webb Telescope Resolves Cosmic Identity Crisis Between Planets and Stars

Where do massive planets end and stars begin? It may come down to how they formed.

Source: Gizmodo.com

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
No Signs of Atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 b or c

Waiting to learn what next generation telescopes will reveal is tantalizing in the extreme. In terms of space-based instruments, we’re getting close t...

Source: Centauri-dreams.org

Artemis 2's heat shield seems to have aced its trial by fire
Artemis Missions 1 week ago
Artemis 2's heat shield seems to have aced its trial by fire

The heat shield on Artemis 2's Orion capsule appears to have held up incredibly well during its scorching downward trip through Earth's atmo...

Source: Space.com

Hubble Space Telescope spots a mesmerizing spiral galaxy | Space photo of the day for April 17, 2026
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Hubble Space Telescope spots a mesmerizing spiral galaxy | Space photo of the day for April 17, 2026

Hubble images never fail to amaze.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 week ago
D2D services are at risk of becoming too complicated and siloed

At the recent Mobile World Conference 2026 in Barcelona, the strong presence of Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite services and the avalanche of press r...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Maps Interstellar Ice in Milky Way

An observation made by NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) shows the chemica...

Source: NASA

Russia plans to put nuclear weapons in orbit for 'space Pearl Harbor'...
Artemis Program 1 week ago
Russia plans to put nuclear weapons in orbit for 'space Pearl Harbor'...

General Stephen Whiting, the head of US Space Command, says the Kremlin could cause mayhem by interfering with civilian aircraft and satellites

Source: Thetimes.com

Viral X Post: Elon Musk Calls Starship Super Heavy Booster Most Powerful Moving Object in Human History
Space Technology 1 week ago
Viral X Post: Elon Musk Calls Starship Super Heavy Booster Most Powerful Moving Object in Human History

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A viral X post by Elon Musk showcasing SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy Booster being transported across the Texas landscape ...

Source: Ibtimes.com.au

How far from humanity were the astronauts of Artemis II? The answer will surprise you
Artemis Missions 1 week ago
How far from humanity were the astronauts of Artemis II? The answer will surprise you

Artemis II’s crew went farther from humanity than anyone has been before. Here’s how one scientist determined whom, specifically, they were farthest f...

Source: Scientific American

Blue Origin's third New Glenn launch faces key reuse test in rivalry with SpaceX
Space Technology 1 week ago
Blue Origin's third New Glenn launch faces key reuse test in rivalry with SpaceX

April 16 : Blue Origin is set to launch its third New Glenn mission on Friday, carrying AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 satellite to low-Earth orbit...

Source: CNA

Space Exploration 1 week ago
To Survive Deep Space, Astronauts May Owe a Debt to Microscopic Worms

Living long-term on the Moon means surviving the devastating toll that deep space takes on a human body. Astronauts in low gravity environments suffer...

Source: Universe Today

Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS made a startling transformation as it passed the sun
3I/ATLAS Discovery 1 week ago
Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS made a startling transformation as it passed the sun

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS changed significantly as it flew by the sun last fall, astronomers have discovered.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Missions 1 week ago
NASA’s Photography Trainers Say Artemis II Astronauts Exceeded Their Expectations - PetaPixel

NASA’s Photography Trainers Say Artemis II Astronauts Exceeded Their ExpectationsPetaPixel Artemis II astronauts made most of professional photography...

Source: Slashdot.org

Reusable Launch Vehicles Market Projected to Surpass USD 28.25 Billion by 2035 – SNS Insider
Artemis Program 1 week ago
Reusable Launch Vehicles Market Projected to Surpass USD 28.25 Billion by 2035 – SNS Insider

Surging satellite deployments, commercial space ventures, and rapid technological innovation accelerate global adoption of reusable launch systems. Su...

Source: GlobeNewswire

Did Artemis II mission planning begin with Biden? We explored its roots
Artemis Missions 1 week ago
Did Artemis II mission planning begin with Biden? We explored its roots

The Artemis II mission fulfilled the original objective planned during Trump's first term and has origins in prior administrations.

Source: Snopes.com

Artemis Program 1 week ago
Watch This Dark Volcanic Ash Creep Across the Red Planet

Mars is well known as a static, frozen desert. We tend to think of the only thing changing on the surface of the Red Planet is due to the occasional d...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 17 – 26

The waxing Moon this week visits Venus, the Pleiades, and the Jupiter-Pollux-Castor triangle, then it occults Regulus in a bright sky. The post This W...

Source: Sky & Telescope

This giant telescope could discover habitable exoplanets and secrets of our universe — if it gets its funding
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
This giant telescope could discover habitable exoplanets and secrets of our universe — if it gets its funding

Things are gearing up in the development of the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile, as its developers enter the final design phase before the project g...

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 1 week ago
Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous tests in orbit 

China has conducted rendezvous and proximity operations tests involving a prototype cargo spacecraft and a satellite in a step towards low-cost orbita...

Source: SpaceNews

Relic Black Holes From Before the Big Bang May Still Shape Galaxies Today
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Relic Black Holes From Before the Big Bang May Still Shape Galaxies Today

London, UK (SPX) Apr 16, 2026 Black holes that formed before the Big Bang could still exist today as ancient relics, potentially helping to explain ...

Source: Spacewar.com