Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: 'We were not looking for the gap, but we found it'
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: 'We were not looking for the gap, but we found it'

Euclid space telescope observations of ancient globular cluster NGC 6397 reveal a subtle gap in brightness distribution of red dwarf stars.

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
NASA Hosts 2026 Review on Advanced Composite Manufacturing

NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project brought together its full team of Advanced Composites Consortium partners for...

Source: NASA

JWST found a fully formed galactic bar where theory said one couldn’t possibly exist yet — and it quietly rewrites how the universe’s earliest giants stopped making stars
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
JWST found a fully formed galactic bar where theory said one couldn’t possibly exist yet — and it quietly rewrites how the universe’s earliest giants stopped making stars

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a fully formed stellar bar inside a massive galaxy that existed when the universe was ba...

Source: Space Daily

NASA announces end of long-operating Mars probe's mission
Space Technology 1 week ago
NASA announces end of long-operating Mars probe's mission

WASHINGTON, May 29 : NASA announced on Tuesday the end of the mission of its MAVEN spacecraft, which spent more than 11 years orbiting Mars to study t...

Source: CNA

NASA gives up on lost Mars orbiter
NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
NASA gives up on lost Mars orbiter

NASA officials said the $582 million MAVEN orbiter could not be recovered after a problem on the far side of Mars late last year, and that its extraor...

Source: CBS News

SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)
Space Technology 1 week ago
SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)

More than 50 new Starlink satellites are now in orbit after launches from California and Florida.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Missions 1 week ago
NASA head urges new launcher for Blue Origin’s moon landers to meet Artemis mission deadlines

The change was confirmed by the agency a week after a New Glenn testing explosion destroyed the rocket and damaged Launch Complex 36.

Source: Spaceflight Now

NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll

Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far fro...

Source: NASA

Space Exploration 1 week ago
NASA's MAVEN Mars orbiter is officially dead after months of radio silence - Space

NASA's MAVEN Mars orbiter is officially dead after months of radio silenceSpace NASA Says Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission, Hosts Media Call TodayN...

Source: Slashdot.org

Following Monstrous New Glenn Explosion, Blue Origin Sets Ambitious Timeline for Next Launch
Artemis Program 1 week ago
Following Monstrous New Glenn Explosion, Blue Origin Sets Ambitious Timeline for Next Launch

After assessing the damage to the launchpad, company executives believe the rocket can resume flights by the end of the year.

Source: Gizmodo.com

Why Americans Land Spacecraft In The Ocean While The Russians Go For Solid Ground
Space Technology 1 week ago
Why Americans Land Spacecraft In The Ocean While The Russians Go For Solid Ground

As you may have heard, rocket science is complicated.

Source: Jalopnik

'Space smoothies' may help astronauts stomach long missions
Artemis Program 1 week ago
'Space smoothies' may help astronauts stomach long missions

Sure, space travel sounds exciting, but space travelers are still workers – workers who could ordinarily go to restaurants for lunch or go home for di...

Source: New Atlas

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
The Unexpected Brightness 'Gap' in an Ancient Globular Cluster

Scientists using the Euclid space telescope found a red-dwarf brightness “gap” in the population of a globular cluster—an ancient, crowded collection ...

Source: Universe Today

Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine'
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine'

A chemical engineer noticed that the spectra of the hazy atmosphere of mini-Neptune planets looked like the soot produced by combustion engines.

Source: Space.com

Comet & Asteroid News 1 week ago
AstroForge completes DeepSpace-2 spacecraft

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has completed assembly of its latest spacecraft for launch later this year, incorporating lessons from a failed mis...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Missions 1 week ago
Final Artemis III SLS Booster Segments En Route to NASA Kennedy

The final booster motor segments for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help propel Artemis III astronauts on their journey to space sh...

Source: NASA Artemis Blog

13 Movies We’re Excited to See at the 2026 Tribeca Festival
Artemis Program 1 week ago
13 Movies We’re Excited to See at the 2026 Tribeca Festival

Tribeca: From documentaries about the murder that inspired William Friedkin's "Cruising" and the Apollo 13 space mission to new Sophia ...

Source: IndieWire

NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after 6 months of silence
Space Technology 1 week ago
NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after 6 months of silence

The space agency confirmed that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations.

Source: New York Post

NASA declares Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence
Space Technology 1 week ago
NASA declares Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence

NASA's Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars has been declared lost. The mission ended after more than ten years of studying the red planet's atmos...

Source: The Times of India

From the Runway to Orbit: icMercury Expands Public Participation in Space Through Art, Culture, and Communications
Artemis Program 1 week ago
From the Runway to Orbit: icMercury Expands Public Participation in Space Through Art, Culture, and Communications

MIAMI, FL, June 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Interstellar Communication Holdings announced continued progress across its icMercury platform, highlight...

Source: GlobeNewswire