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

Artemis Program 1 week ago
NASA Invites Media to Turkey Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony

Turkey will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 71st country...

Source: NASA

JWST detected the signature of water while the rocky exoplanet GJ 486 b crossed its star, raising hopes of a steam-rich atmosphere just 26 light-years away. But cool patches on the star can imitate exactly the same signal—and follow-up observations now su
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
JWST detected the signature of water while the rocky exoplanet GJ 486 b crossed its star, raising hopes of a steam-rich atmosphere just 26 light-years away. But cool patches on the star can imitate exactly the same signal—and follow-up observations now su

NIRSpec found a water-shaped transit signal at GJ 486 b, but two MIRI eclipses measured a nearly bare-rock dayside, making cool stellar patches the st...

Source: Space Daily

SpaceX to build $100B Starbase in Louisiana
Space Technology 1 week ago
SpaceX to build $100B Starbase in Louisiana

WASHINGTON, D.C. ─ SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday to build its largest rocket launch complex yet in southern Louisiana, a $100 billion effort to tra...

Source: The Manila Times

Space Technology 1 week ago
SpaceX Starship 40: The Process of Loading a Rocket at Sea [12:40]

In this video, we dive into the complex maritime operation of loading SpaceX's Starship 40 onto the heavy-lift vessel MV Forte for its journey ho...

Source: Freerepublic.com

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Astronomy Picture of the Day - JWST Images The Lion's Head Nebula

Explanation: Are we looking at the future of our Sun? The James Webb Space Telescope captured today’s composite image of the Lion’s Head Nebula (NGC 2...

Source: Freerepublic.com

In 2013, balloons were launched by NASA near the North and South poles to study X-rays in Earth’s atmosphere
Moon Science 1 week ago
In 2013, balloons were launched by NASA near the North and South poles to study X-rays in Earth’s atmosphere

In 2013, balloons were launched by NASA near the North and South poles to study X-rays in Earth’s atmosphere as part of the Balloon Array for Radiatio...

Source: The Times of India

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Hubble Solves a Mystery About the Milky Way's Early Years

New data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way galaxy in the earliest phases...

Source: Universe Today

Starship is coming home! SpaceX loads floating spacecraft onto huge ship in the Indian Ocean (photos)
Space Technology 1 week ago
Starship is coming home! SpaceX loads floating spacecraft onto huge ship in the Indian Ocean (photos)

SpaceX has loaded Flight 13's Starship upper stage onto a ship in the Indian Ocean, more than a month after the vehicle splashed down. It is now ...

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 week ago
The electronics ‘under the hood’ of space networking

In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Jeff Janicik, founder and chairman of Innoflight. They discuss Golden Dome, Artemis and wo...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Missions 1 week ago
NASA Starts Artemis III Engine Install; Boosters, Crew Training Advance

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida began the installation of the four RS-25 engines in the core stage of the agency’s SLS (Space La...

Source: NASA Artemis Blog

This Hedge Fund Has Billions Invested in SpaceX
Space Technology 1 week ago
This Hedge Fund Has Billions Invested in SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) was an exciting IPO, with a large rise on day one followed by a few days of strong gains before selling ...

Source: Biztoc.com

Artemis Program 1 week ago
Planets Hurry To Form Before the Protoplanetary Disk Dissipates

Planets form in protoplanetary disks, reservoirs of gas and dust around young stars. But young stars are a little hyperactive, and they emit powerful ...

Source: Universe Today

On this day in space! Aug. 27, 1962: NASA launches Mariner 2 to Venus for ambitious flyby
Space Technology 1 week ago
On this day in space! Aug. 27, 1962: NASA launches Mariner 2 to Venus for ambitious flyby

On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched Mariner 2, the world's first spacecraft to successfully visit another planet: Venus.

Source: Space.com

Glowing galaxy with anomalous extra arms | Space photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2026
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Glowing galaxy with anomalous extra arms | Space photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2026

A trio of NASA space telescopes teamed up to capture a gorgeous new look at the glowing spiral galaxy NGC 4258 and its two anomalous extra arms.

Source: Space.com

Trump tried to scrap NASA's Roman Space Telescope last year. Now it's ready to launch
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Trump tried to scrap NASA's Roman Space Telescope last year. Now it's ready to launch

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch, but the observatory almost had a very different fate. President Trump's leaked ...

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 1 week ago
NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Departs Agency to Continue Military Service

After nearly a decade of service to NASA, including an eight-month science expedition aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jonny Kim’s la...

Source: NASA News

In 1975, NASA carried killifish into orbit; the weightless fish began swimming in loops, yet their embryos developed without detectable abnormalities
NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
In 1975, NASA carried killifish into orbit; the weightless fish began swimming in loops, yet their embryos developed without detectable abnormalities

A 1975 NASA mission studied killifish to understand weightlessness effects on the human body. Juvenile fish swam in loops upon reaching orbit, showing...

Source: The Times of India

Watch powerful Ariane 6 rocket launch European weather satellite to orbit today
Artemis Program 1 week ago
Watch powerful Ariane 6 rocket launch European weather satellite to orbit today

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket will launch the MTG-I2 weather satellite to orbit today (Aug. 27), and you can watch the action live.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 week ago
A Changing World for Emperor Penguins

Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea ice disruptions in the past...

Source: NASA