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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The federal spending law passed in early July 2025, often

An executive order (EO) signed by President Trump on Thursday (Aug. 28) — just before millions of Americans began their Labor Day holiday weekend — removes NASA employees from federal

Don’t miss the half-lit disk of Earth’s natural satellite gracing the night sky this week as the moon hits its first quarter phase while clutched in the grasp of a

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites today (Aug. 30), sending 24 of them up from California’s central coast. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink craft lifted

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a strange disk of gas and dust around an infant star that could challenge current models of planet formation. The

Get ready to explore one of the most unusual planets in our solar system — Uranus, the tilted ice giant that spins on its side and keeps scientists guessing. Add

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — A new reusable rocket with jaws like a cosmic hippo, an innovative booster built by the company Rocket Lab, finally has its first launch pad on

The half-lit moon will appear to skip past the red star Antares in the constellation Scorpius on the nights surrounding its first quarter phase on Aug. 30-31 this week. On

Season 3 of Apple TV+’s ambitious adaptation of sci-fi master Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy” has passed the midway point of its 10-episode run and we’ve assessed the opinion that it’s

The seven astronauts and cosmonauts that comprise the second half of the International Space Station‘s Expedition 73 crew focused this week on a new shipment of supplies and conducting the