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Submit ArticleSophia selects Apex bus for on-orbit computing demonstration
SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space announced the selection June 22 of an Apex bus for its first orbital computing node. Pasadena, California-based Sophia pl...
Source: SpaceNews
NASA’s Webb Pinpoints Millions of Stars Within Cigar Galaxy
Located 12 million light-years away and undergoing rapid star formation, edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is a scientifically unique sight to be...
Source: NASA
Hubble Details Early Galaxy Transforming Neighborhood
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found something they never expected — ultraviolet light from a galaxy that existed just 1.4 billi...
Source: NASA
I Am Artemis: Jason Peterson
Jason Peterson’s responsibilities for NASA’s Artemis II mission went beyond his usual role as the range operations manager at NASA’s Stennis Space Cen...
Source: NASA
ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated June 23)
THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON JUNE 23, 2026 This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collabora...
Source: NASA
Hanging in the Balance
The Moon appears half-illuminated in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew on flight day 6. The terminator – the difference between light and dar...
Source: NASA
This is How NASA Flight Tests New Technology
Flight tests are a big part of how NASA turns breakthrough ideas into reality. From flying humans faster than the speed of sound to proving designs th...
Source: NASA
The Solar Gravitational Lens Could Map White Dwarfs and Black Holes
It feels like every few months we get to report on another academic paper coming out singing the praises of the Solar Gravitational SGL (SGL). Partly,...
Source: Universe Today
Searching for alien life: New model could help scientists home in on habitable exoplanets
A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow the search for potentially ...
Source: Space.com
Loft Orbital to test AI models on spacecraft for Earth observation
Loft Orbital is working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to test the use of artificial intelligence on spacecraft to improve Earth science monito...
Source: SpaceNews
This 'improbable' exoplanet system is so wonky because of a weird object within
"This discovery provides a crucial insight into how planets form even around massive, eccentric objects."
Source: Space.com
This beginner-friendly travel telescope is the reason I turned into a skywatcher
Now, for around $80, you can get the same telescope in the Amazon Prime Day sales and join me in looking up at the stars.
Source: Space.com
Happy Asteroid Day! Prize-Winning Plan Focuses on Space Infrastructure
A proposal to create a new network for monitoring cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure has won this year's Schweickart Prize, which recogni...
Source: Universe Today
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch reentry capsule demo mission called ‘Starfall’
The mission is the debut of a new reentry capsule developed by SpaceX that weighs about 2,100 kg (4,600 lbs). Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Sp...
Source: Spaceflight Now
NASA and Boeing still uncertain about when Starliner will return to flight
NASA’s safety advisers say that while the agency and Boeing make progress in addressing problems with the CST-100 Starliner, it could be up to a year ...
Source: SpaceNews
SpaceX launching its 1st 'Starfall' reentry capsule early on June 23: Watch it live
SpaceX is poised to launch its first-ever Starfall spacecraft, demonstrating the new vehicle's ability to operate in space and return safely bac...
Source: Space.com
SpaceX Shares Soared After Their First Day of Trading, Post-IPO. Will the Stock Keep Rising?
Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) has become one of the biggest post-IPO stories of 2026. The company priced its initial public offering a...
Source: Biztoc.com
In 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon in a metal canister inside his personal kit. When the seeds returned to Earth, many were germinated by the U.S. Forest Service and planted as “Moon Trees” — ordinary-
The story sounds like it should end with a twist. An astronaut carries tree seeds around the Moon, the seeds are planted back on Earth, and the trees ...
Source: Space Daily
5 Biggest Competitors Challenging SpaceX's Dominance of the Space Industry in 2026
SpaceX, despite its dominance, faces increasing competition from companies like Blue Origin and Rocket Lab, as the space launch market expands with ne...
Source: Ibtimes.com.au
A space telescope that has spent 22 years detecting the most powerful explosions in the universe is now falling toward Earth, and a startup in Arizona built its rescue craft in seven months flat — a schedule Science described as almost unheard of for a NA
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has spent more than two decades watching for gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe. It ...
Source: Space Daily