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Don't wait for the full moon: Here's when the moon looks best through a telescope
Long before the full moon rises, shifting sunlight transforms the lunar surface into one of the sky's best telescope targets.
Source: Space.com
Starship V3 from space: Satellite snaps amazing photo of SpaceX megarocket on the pad
A sharp-eyed satellite captured an amazing photo of SpaceX's first Starship V3 megarocket on the pad Thursday (May 21), just before it was suppos...
Source: Space.com
Webb Studies Star Clusters
This near-infrared image released on May 6, 2026, shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51). M51 is one of four nearby galaxies ob...
Source: NASA
NASA Sets Coverage for Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station
NASA will provide live coverage on Wednesday, May 27, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spa...
Source: NASA
Supermassive Black Holes Can Render Exoplanets Uninhabitable at Great Distances
Life on Earth relies on energy from astrophysical sources. But what if the astrophysical source isn't a star, but a supermassive black hole and i...
Source: Universe Today
Shakeup at JPL? Control over iconic NASA center could change for 1st time in nearly 100 years
This is part of an even-larger "restructuring" at NASA.
Source: Space.com
NASA unveils sweeping reorganization
NASA announced one of its biggest reorganizations in recent memory May 22, combining mission directorates and reshuffling personnel. The post NASA unv...
Source: SpaceNews
NASA Announces Realignment to Accelerate Mission Delivery
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated May 22, 2026 to include a retirement. NASA announced Friday an agencywide realignment to increase mission foc...
Source: NASA
NASA to Compete Contract for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management
NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFR...
Source: NASA
Keeping NASA Flying: Ground Crews Ensure Aircraft Readiness
From high‑speed research flights to high‑altitude science campaigns, NASA depends on aircraft that perform at their best and the ground crews who keep...
Source: NASA
NASA is updating its Artemis moon base plan. You can find out how on May 26.
NASA will give an update on Tuesday afternoon (May 26) about its plans to build a moon base, and you can watch it live.
Source: Space.com
Leveraging AUKUS and southern geography: building Australia’s dual-use space infrastructure for strategic resilience
The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 1 in Western Australia is already delivering early tracking data for AUKUS partners, with full op...
Source: SpaceNews
Hubble Captures Galaxy Cluster
Look closely at this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and you’ll see galaxies of various shapes and sizes clustered together toward the center...
Source: NASA
New Material Could Help NASA Melt Moon Rocks, Harness Lunar Resources
A material recently discovered and tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland could help astronauts pack lighter for future missions to the M...
Source: NASA
This cryptocurrency billionaire will fly SpaceX's 1st private Starship to Mars, but when?
SpaceX says it will launch a private flyby mission to Mars that will be led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, but when it will fly is unclear.
Source: Space.com
Rocket Lab launches ninth Synspective satellite
Rocket Lab launched another radar imaging satellite for Synspective as the company plans to sell up to $3 billion in stock to fund future initiatives....
Source: SpaceNews
This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 22 – 31
Venus and Jupiter — the Evening Star and the False Evening Star — draw closer together in the western twilight and point down to Mercury. The waxing M...
Source: Sky & Telescope
Rocket Lab wins first GEO satellite production contract from U.S. Space Force
The $90 million contract is to build build and operate two satellites carrying optical payloads The post Rocket Lab wins first GEO satellite productio...
Source: SpaceNews
Instant View: SpaceX files long awaited IPO, creating a fresh AI play
Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX filed on Wednesday for its widely awaited initial public offering, which stands to raise the most e...
Source: Yahoo Entertainment
Tornado Draws a Jagged Line in Mississippi
The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left a visible path of damaged vegetation.
Source: NASA