China is advancing the development of the technology it needs to try to beat NASA back to the moon. The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) completed a pad abort
China is advancing the development of the technology it needs to try to beat NASA back to the moon. The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) completed a pad abort
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Peter Lowenstein in Mutare, Zimbabwe, caught the waning moon, Mars and a flock of whistling ducks at dawn on August 9, 2020. Thank you,
An international team of astronomers using the (https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/class/) (CLASS) (https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/11/telescopes-look-at-cosmic-dawn/) announced the first-ever detection of radiation from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) interacting
NASA’s oldest active astronaut has returned home to Houston after his latest stint in orbit. Don Pettit arrived in Space City on Sunday (April 20), which happened to be his
TOKYO — Varda Space Industries, a company developing spacecraft for microgravity life sciences and hypersonics research, has raised $187 million to expand the scope and cadence of its missions. To
NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission launches at 11:13 a.m. PDT (2:13 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at
The northern lights could put on a show tonight and through the weekend as ongoing geomagnetic storm conditions driven by turbulent space weather may push aurora farther south than usual.
WASHINGTON — A Vega C rocket successfully launched five imaging and Earth science spacecraft late July 25. To continue reading this article: Register now and get3 free articles every month.
Spectators were already out capturing the stunning aurora display when a blazing meteor sped past. What is it? At 5:57 a.m. local time skywatchers around Montréal, Canada and parts of
In 1912, astronomer Victor Hess discovered strange, high-energy particles called “cosmic rays.” Since then, researchers have hunted for their birthplaces. Today, we know about some of the cosmic ray “launch






