Artemis Missions 5 months ago
NASA Reveals New Details About Artemis 3—and It’s a Bit Weird - Gizmodo

NASA Reveals New Details About Artemis 3—and It’s a Bit WeirdGizmodo SLS to launch without upper stage for Artemis 3SpaceNews NASA Outlines Preliminar...

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NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
NASA Captures Volatile Changes in Earth's Artificial Light

A study of NASA's Black Marble data reveals a pattern of regional volatility in nighttime illumination across the planet.

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 5 months ago
How Did This Peculiar Planet Pair Form?

A planetary odd couple — a mini-Neptune and a hot Jupiter — probably formed much farther away from their star before migrating closer in. The post Ho...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Space Technology 5 months ago
Live Coverage: SpaceX makes another attempt to launch space station cargo mission

Liftoff of the resupply mission, atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. ...

Source: Spaceflight Now

NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
Joint ESA-China SMILE mission set for launch to study Earth’s magnetic shield

A pioneering joint ESA-China science mission to study Earth’s magnetosphere is set to launch May 19, after a decade of preparations.

Source: SpaceNews

NASA’s seven-letter framework for navigating loneliness and isolation
NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
NASA’s seven-letter framework for navigating loneliness and isolation

Loneliness has, in the last decade, moved from a private discomfort to a public health concern. The American Psychological Association’s 2025 Stress i...

Source: Space Daily

NASA’s Psyche mission is snapping photos of Mars on its way to an asteroid
Comet & Asteroid News 5 months ago
NASA’s Psyche mission is snapping photos of Mars on its way to an asteroid

The Psyche spacecraft is bound for a metal-rich asteroid that it will examine up close starting in 2029. But first, it needs to swing past the Red Pla...

Source: Scientific American

NASA Reveals New Details About Artemis 3—and It’s a Bit Weird
Artemis Missions 5 months ago
NASA Reveals New Details About Artemis 3—and It’s a Bit Weird

The agency still has big decisions to make, but the preliminary mission plans include some interesting choices.

Source: Gizmodo.com

Artemis Missions 5 months ago
Artemis 3 astronaut test flight will be 'one of the most highly complex missions NASA has undertaken.' These new details reveal why. - Space

Artemis 3 astronaut test flight will be 'one of the most highly complex missions NASA has undertaken.' These new details reveal why.Space SL...

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Space Leaders Worldwide May Fight SpaceX Lofting 1 Million Satellites
Space Technology 5 months ago
Space Leaders Worldwide May Fight SpaceX Lofting 1 Million Satellites

While Elon Musk stunned the world with plans to launch a million satellites into orbit, the heads of space agencies planet-wide are certain to oppose ...

Source: Forbes

NASA plans to launch nuclear-powered Mars mission by end of 2028
Space Exploration 5 months ago
NASA plans to launch nuclear-powered Mars mission by end of 2028

An ambitious new mission to the red Planet could demonstrate, for the first time, nuclear electric propulsion in action. The idea of a nuclear-powered...

Source: Unexplained-mysteries.com

Artemis II crew gets hero's welcome at Canadian Space Agency in Quebec
Artemis Missions 5 months ago
Artemis II crew gets hero's welcome at Canadian Space Agency in Quebec

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and the rest of the Artemis II crew have received a hero's welcome at Canadian Space Agency headquarters after t...

Source: CBC News

Is it time to expand our thinking about dark matter? A new study says yes
Artemis Program 5 months ago
Is it time to expand our thinking about dark matter? A new study says yes

Yale astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan and her team stress-tested the standard model of cold dark matter and came away with some intriguing new&...

Source: Yale.edu

Comet & Asteroid News 5 months ago
Is Earth’s Constant Companion a Stray Asteroid or a Chunk of the Moon?

Earth has a group of cosmic stalkers. Known as “co-orbitals”, these small bits of rock have a 1:1 mean motion resonance with Earth. Basically, they ta...

Source: Universe Today

I thought my backyard had too much light pollution for astrophotography. This telescope proved me wrong
Astronomy Research 5 months ago
I thought my backyard had too much light pollution for astrophotography. This telescope proved me wrong

Surrounded by streetlights and terraced houses, I never expected to capture detailed deep-space images from my backyard until I tried the Vaonis Vespe...

Source: Space.com

Mars orbiter captures striking images of 'chaos and craters' carved by ancient floods
NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
Mars orbiter captures striking images of 'chaos and craters' carved by ancient floods

ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured dramatic new views of a rugged Martian landscape shaped by catastrophic floods billions of years ago.

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 5 months ago
Flight 12 readies for the debut SpaceX’s next Ship evolution

Starship’s second stage has evolved through numerous iterations since the early test flights of SN8… The post Flight 12 readies for the debu...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

James Webb Space Telescope maps our universe's largest structure in unprecedented detail
Astronomy Research 5 months ago
James Webb Space Telescope maps our universe's largest structure in unprecedented detail

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have mapped the "cosmic web" of galaxies, the largest structure in the universe, with unpr...

Source: Space.com

Auroras over Australia look like sci-fi from space | Space photo of the day for May 15, 2026
Artemis Program 5 months ago
Auroras over Australia look like sci-fi from space | Space photo of the day for May 15, 2026

An astronaut aboard the ISS captured the brilliant green and pink glow.

Source: Space.com

Space Exploration 5 months ago
Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock

After NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a sample from this rock on April 25, 2026, it withdrew its robotic arm and pulled the entire rock off the su...

Source: NASA