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Submit ArticleLandSpace becomes first commercial Chinese company to land an orbital-class booster
The August 19 landing of its ZhuQue-3 rocket marked the first landing of a Chinese-made rocket using landing legs as well.
Source: Spaceflight Now
Elon Musk’s $900 billion SpaceX stake is built on more than rockets
Only a handful of companies can make millions of people stop in their tracks and look up to the sky. A Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) rocket la...
Source: Biztoc.com
The Fastest Star in the Milky Way Will Test Relativity
Astronomers have discovered another S star, the population of stars that orbits the Milky Way's SMBH. This one is the fastest of them all, and al...
Source: Universe Today
Dark matter could magnify the jets of a ravenously feeding supermassive black hole
A jet erupting from a distant supermassive black hole-powered blazar is being gravitationally lensed by an unseen clump of dark matter, and that could...
Source: Space.com
Katalyst Space and NASA abandon plans for Swift reboost
Katalyst Space and NASA have called off plans to use the company’s Link spacecraft to raise the orbit of the agency’s Swift gamma-ray observatory, cit...
Source: SpaceNews
Human-Related Microbes May Survive Moon’s South Pole, NASA Finds
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Some of Earth’s microbes likely to hitch a ride to space with human explorers could survive in the shaded nooks and...
Source: NASA
NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission
Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture or bo...
Source: NASA
NASA TechLeap Prize: Orbital Clarity Challenge
The Orbital Clarity Challenge — the sixth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a collaborative effort between NASA’s Heliophysics Division,...
Source: NASA
Prediction: SpaceX Stock Will Be Worth This Much in 1 Year
Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) went public on June 12. In the days that followed, the stock quickly rallied to a peak ...
Source: Biztoc.com
For Once, Elon Musk Underestimates SpaceX: A Recovery Team Has Saved Starship's Upper Stage From Sinking
Recovering the spacecraft, which splashed down into the Indian Ocean more than three weeks ago, was 'not looking good right now,' Musk poste...
Source: PCMag.com
Thinking About Buying SpaceX? These 2 Stocks Should Be Better Bets
Key Points - SpaceX seems promising, but the stock looks too expensive at current levels. - Intuitive Surgical has lagged broader equities this year,...
Source: Biztoc.com
Are Mega-Constellations Sleepwalking Low Earth Orbit into Runaway Chaos?
It seems the overwhelming majority of the time when we write about satellite megaconstellations, it’s as a warning. That’s not because they aren’t use...
Source: Universe Today
Mysterious Russian 'space activity' causes US Air Force flight to Antarctica to turn around: report
A mysterious incident over the South Pacific forced a U.S. Air Force aircraft to turn around on Aug. 18, due to a possible space debris hazard.
Source: Space.com
A SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon this month — and a NASA spacecraft has spotted its lunar grave (photos)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the crater gouged out on the moon by a SpaceX rocket on Aug. 5, finding it to be about 60 feet (1...
Source: Space.com
Ancient Milky Way Merger
This artist’s concept, released on Aug. 17, 2026, depicts a collision between our Milky Way galaxy and a dwarf galaxy known as LKH that happ...
Source: NASA
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Earth's Organisms Developed Via Evolution. Some Theorists Wonder: What if the Entire Cosmos Did, Too?
The idea that universes evolve like organisms sat on the fringes of theoretical physics for decades. Then, a Substack post and a 2022 find by the Jame...
Source: Smithsonian.com
Whoa! The JWST's Ancient Galaxies Are Much More Massive Than Thought
When the JWST peered into the ancient Universe, it found surprisingly massive galaxies. These galaxies were so massive they challenged our understandi...
Source: Universe Today
Racing to Build a Radio Telescope on the Moon
Remember the “Wow!” signal? That high energy radio signature happened in 1977, when the Earth was much “quieter” in the radio band. If it were to happ...
Source: Universe Today
Next Up! A Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse on Aug. 27–28
A near-total lunar eclipse wraps up August's trifecta of two major eclipses and the Perseids. The post Next Up! A Deep Partial Lunar Eclipse on A...
Source: Sky & Telescope
On this day in space! Aug. 19, 1997: 1st Filipino satellite launches into orbit
On Aug. 19, 1997, the Philippines launched its own satellite for the first time.
Source: Space.com