The Opportunity rover’s famous last words — “my battery is low and it’s getting dark” — were never actually sent from Mars. The real story of where that sentence came from is stranger, and somehow sadder
NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
The Opportunity rover’s famous last words — “my battery is low and it’s getting dark” — were never actually sent from Mars. The real story of where that sentence came from is stranger, and somehow sadder

If you spend any time online, you’ve almost certainly encountered the story. When NASA’s Opportunity rover died on Mars, the tale goes, its final tran...

Source: Space Daily

Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts take 5-hour spacewalk outside the ISS today
Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts take 5-hour spacewalk outside the ISS today

Cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (May 27), and you can watch t...

Source: Space.com

Crypto Founder Takes Seat On SpaceX Journey To Mars
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
Crypto Founder Takes Seat On SpaceX Journey To Mars

Wang Chun has a specific worry about Mars. Not whether humans can survive the journey, but whether anyone will bother to try. The founder of crypto mi...

Source: Bitcoinist

Space Technology 3 weeks ago
SpaceX launches rocket from Cape Canaveral on Memorial Day morning. See photos - Yahoo

SpaceX launches rocket from Cape Canaveral on Memorial Day morning. See photosYahoo SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Memorial DaySpaceflight ...

Source: Slashdot.org

Why Indian investors are looking at space economy ETFs ahead of SpaceX IPO: Subho Moulik of Appreciate decodes
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
Why Indian investors are looking at space economy ETFs ahead of SpaceX IPO: Subho Moulik of Appreciate decodes

Indian investors are eyeing the global space economy ahead of the SpaceX IPO. With no pure-play listed space companies in India, global ETFs offer a r...

Source: The Times of India

Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
Astronomers Observe the Most Chemically Primitive Galaxy in the Early Universe

An international team led by Associate Professor Kimihiko Nakajima of Kanazawa University has captured a rare look at the early universe. Using the Ja...

Source: Universe Today

Space Technology 3 weeks ago
Following Starship V3 debut, SpaceX prepares for follow up

Starship Version 3 flew for the first time this week in a mission of several… The post Following Starship V3 debut, SpaceX prepares for foll...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA outlines nearly $1 billion investment into initial Moon Base missions

NASA’s vision for a sprawling Moon Base will cover “hundreds of square miles” to cover the multitudes of various sites that the agency wants to explor...

Source: Spaceflight Now

Artemis moon base will cover 'hundreds of square miles' with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says
Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
Artemis moon base will cover 'hundreds of square miles' with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says

NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility's perimeter. The agency just award...

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA selects four companies for initial moon base awards

NASA announced May 26 the first contracts associated with its plans to develop a lunar base, picking four companies to develop and deliver landers and...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 3 weeks ago
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York

Students in New York will hear from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir as she answers their prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (ST...

Source: NASA

Artemis Missions 3 weeks ago
NASA to Announce Artemis III Crew, Provide Mission Progress Update

NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11 a.m....

Source: NASA

The Space Nerd Club discusses new findings from the James Webb telescope
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
The Space Nerd Club discusses new findings from the James Webb telescope

New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope include cloudy weather on an exoplanet, and clues to the origins of one of Neptune's moons.

Source: NPR

Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
The Definitive Census of Multiple Star Systems Within 10 Parsecs

Our Sun is a loner. It lacks a stellar companion hurtling through interstellar space with it. But we’ve known for a long time that’s actually relative...

Source: Universe Today

Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
Three Stars, One Extraordinary System and a Drama Still to Come

Astronomers have discovered a remarkable triple star system in which two Sun like stars orbit each other every 4.75 days, while a giant star, ten time...

Source: Universe Today

Space Technology 3 weeks ago
The Sun Just Did Something Nobody Expected and it Kept Going For 19 Days

In August 2025, a NASA spacecraft detected a solar radio burst that refused to stop lasting 19 days, nearly four times longer than any previously reco...

Source: Universe Today

Space Technology 3 weeks ago
When the Sun Tries to Explode and Fails

Scientists have captured one of the most detailed observations ever of a failed solar eruption, a powerful blast from the Sun that built into what sho...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
Where Are All the Intermediate Mass Black Holes? Microlensing Fast Radio Bursts Might Reveal Them

In the heirarchy of black holes, intermediate mass black holes (IMBH) lie in between stellar mass black holes and supermassive black holes. But the pr...

Source: Universe Today

Satellites imaged an underwater volcano erupting — but scientists have no idea what's actually happening on the seafloor
Artemis Program 3 weeks ago
Satellites imaged an underwater volcano erupting — but scientists have no idea what's actually happening on the seafloor

Satellites captured footage of an underwater volcano eruption in a part of the sea that remains largely a mystery.

Source: Space.com

Moon Science 3 weeks ago
NASA Provides Update on Moon Base Rovers, Landers, Missions

During a Moon Base event Tuesday at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, the agency announced new contracts for lunar rovers for crew to drive and uncre...

Source: NASA