SpaceX will launch Northrop Grumman’s new “Cygnus XL” cargo ship on its debut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) this evening (Sept. 14), and you can watch the action
SpaceX will launch Northrop Grumman’s new “Cygnus XL” cargo ship on its debut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) this evening (Sept. 14), and you can watch the action
NASA’s Perseverance Rover captured this image of a strange rock on Aug. 5, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU) NASA’s Perseverance rover has stumbled across a curious, volcano-shaped rock on the surface
When I aimed my Vaonis Vespera Pro smart telescope at the Eastern Veil Nebula, the last thing I expected was to be greeted by an eerie figure resembling a Xenomorph
The interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is continuing to surprise scientists, this time by brightening at an unexpectedly rapid pace as it made its closest approach to the sun. Experts studying
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is moving ahead with plans to tap commercial geostationary small-satellite constellations to bolster military communications, issuing a revised request for information on Sept. 15
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
Swimming sperm whales. Credit Patrick Dykstra Say you want to listen in on a group of super-intelligent aliens whose language you don’t understand, and whose spaceship only flies by Earth
Circumstellar discs are believed to be key components in planetary formation. However, we have very little actual evidence of planets growing in the “rings” that surround young stars. So planet
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is kicking off the 2026 Student Launch challenge, looking for new student teams to design, build, and launch high-powered
An international team of astronomers led by Matus Rybak (Leiden University, Netherlands) has proven, thanks to accidental double zoom, that millimetre radiation is generated close to the core of a






