Galaxy clusters are among the largest structures in our universe, consisting of hundreds or thousands of galaxies that have become gravitationally bound together over billions of years. Astrophysicists have long
Galaxy clusters are among the largest structures in our universe, consisting of hundreds or thousands of galaxies that have become gravitationally bound together over billions of years. Astrophysicists have long
This sparkling scene of star birth was captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is preparing for its final, scheduled launch of
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the vertical launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 12, 2025. The rocket will
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— At this year’s Space & Missile Defense Symposium, one topic loomed large but went unnamed: Golden Dome for America. The Trump administration’s estimated $175 billion missile defense initiative
Snapshots of a cross-sectional slice of a head-on collision between a non-rotating Venus and a 0.1 M⊕ impactor at 10 km s−1 . shown at multiple time steps. Initial energy
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are collaborating with researchers at UT San Antonio to study how space weathering can alter the lunar surface materials to help interpret regional and global
A “devil” comet’s water is strikingly similar to the water on Earth, researchers have discovered. The finding supports the idea that water was brought to our planet through comet impacts,
Model prediction on a test sequence from the semi-synthetic TW Hya dataset. The red circle indicates the true position of the injected planet in each frame. In the first frame,
The recent Viasat breach, attributed to the Chinese-affiliated “Salt Typhoon” campaign, reflects an ongoing and under-addressed risk in the United States space sector. As with the 2022 KA-SAT incident during






