How do supermassive black holes grow? AI finds 7 spacetime-warping 'quasars' that could help solve the mystery
Astronomy Research 1 month ago
How do supermassive black holes grow? AI finds 7 spacetime-warping 'quasars' that could help solve the mystery

Astronomers found seven rare quasar gravitational lens candidates using AI, providing a powerful new tool for studying black hole and galaxy evolution...

Source: Space.com

SpaceX's Starship seen in space by next-gen Starlink satellite (video)
Space Technology 1 month ago
SpaceX's Starship seen in space by next-gen Starlink satellite (video)

We just got an amazing new view of SpaceX's Starship vehicle in space, thanks to one of the company's Starlink V3 broadband satellites.

Source: Space.com

Comet & Asteroid News 1 month ago
What’s Up: August 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

A solar eclipse, the Perseids, bright Venus after sunset, and a deep partial lunar eclipse highlight August’s skywatching. Skywatching Highlights Tran...

Source: NASA

Blue Origin Blew Up Its Launch Pad, So NASA Will Invite Its Rockets Over For Testing
NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Blue Origin Blew Up Its Launch Pad, So NASA Will Invite Its Rockets Over For Testing

If America is to continue its role as a leader outside our home, it will need to find whole-of-society methods to navigate setbacks. This is a good st...

Source: Jalopnik

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Starbase Pad 1 Retrofits Progress as Block 3 Flights Start

While SpaceX has now flown two flights out of the newly designed Pad 2, crews… The post Starbase Pad 1 Retrofits Progress as Block 3 Flights...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

Space Exploration 1 month ago
Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion

Converting an engineering model of a Mars rover into an actual lunar rover could cost NASA more than $1 billion, an estimate strongly rejected by the ...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley

On Friday, July 31, 2026, NASA leadership and Virginia government officials opened NASA’s first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years,...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
NASA to Host Florida Event Celebrating American Air, Space Leadership

NASA will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 14, live from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and media and digital crea...

Source: NASA

Spacewalk Preps, Bioprinting, and Exercise Research Top Station Schedule
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Spacewalk Preps, Bioprinting, and Exercise Research Top Station Schedule

Expedition 75 is gearing up for a busy August with three spacewalks planned at the International Space Station. The orbital residents are also printin...

Source: NASA

Space Technology 1 month ago
Blastoff! SpaceX launches secret US spy satellites, nails landing in Florida [8:59]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the NROL-95 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Sp...

Source: Freerepublic.com

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Astronomers Measure the Long Reach of a Quasar

There are a number of things in the Universe that could wipe out life as we know it, but — for now, and for Earth — a blast from o...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Astronomers Spot Weird, Three-Lobed Asteroid with a Moon

Asteroid 44 Nysa has the weirdest shape yet seen for an asteroid, and that’s saying something. The post Astronomers Spot Weird, Three-Lobed Asteroid w...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Artemis Missions 1 month ago
NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests for Starship Rocket 

NASA and its industry partners are preparing for next year’s Artemis III demonstration mission by completing new wind tunnel tests on SpaceX’s Super H...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
TB 26-04 Webbings for Use in Elevated Oxygen Environments

Flammability test results for commercial-off-the-shelf webbings that meet NASA flammability requirements are reported for use in elevated oxygen envir...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia

NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its partners to te...

Source: NASA

Artemis Pictures Promotes Four to Executive Roles (EXCLUSIVE)
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Artemis Pictures Promotes Four to Executive Roles (EXCLUSIVE)

Artemis Pictures, the production and finance company founded by “Dead Man’s Wire” and “Fairyland” producer Siena Oberman, has promoted Ashley TY Chao,...

Source: Variety

What a $1,000 Investment in SpaceX at IPO Would Be Worth Today and What Comes Next
Space Technology 1 month ago
What a $1,000 Investment in SpaceX at IPO Would Be Worth Today and What Comes Next

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), better known as SpaceX, priced shares for $135 in its June 2026 initial public offering (IPO). The stoc...

Source: Biztoc.com

Artemis Program 1 month ago
What happens to a moon when its planet is stolen?

The galaxy is littered with rogue planets, worlds flung out of the systems that built them, drifting between the stars with no sun to call their own. ...

Source: Universe Today

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
NASA Wants to Toss 10,000 Tiny Probes Directly Into Saturn's Rings

Cassini, NASA’s last major mission to Saturn, famously plunged to its fiery death in the gas giant’s atmosphere at the end of its mission. It had capt...

Source: Universe Today

Artemis moonsuits take a dive | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2026
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Artemis moonsuits take a dive | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2026

NASA is using its Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory to develop the training programs it will use to prepare its astronauts to explore the lunar surface.

Source: Space.com