August’s full ‘Sturgeon Moon’ rises this weekend, putting on a spectacular lunar light show as it leaps above the southeastern horizon at sunset on Aug. 9. A full moon occurs
August’s full ‘Sturgeon Moon’ rises this weekend, putting on a spectacular lunar light show as it leaps above the southeastern horizon at sunset on Aug. 9. A full moon occurs
Like James Bond and Han Solo, James Tiberius Kirk has always had main character energy. Nobody would have called it that back in the 1960s, of course, but the man
In June, more than 60 climate scientists warned that the remaining “carbon budget” to stay below a dire warming threshold will be exhausted in as little as three years at
Recently, SpaceX posted photos on X of its redesigned grid fin for its Super Heavy rocket booster. What is it? Grid fins are lattice-style control surfaces that help steer rockets
This image of frost on Mars has become iconic. Unfortunately, it is tiny, because it was obtained using Viking’s low resolution mode and there was no high resolution image taken
For about 15 years, a powerful radio telescope on planet Earth dutifully recorded data about a location in the cosmos billions of light-years away from us — and, at last,
NASA/Mike Fincke Eleven International Space Station crew members gather inside the space station’s Unity module for a portrait on Aug. 3, 2025. In the front row, from left are, Kimiya
Beyond the familiar planets lies a fascinating frontier filled with icy worlds, mysterious orbits, and cosmic curiosities. These are the dwarf planets—small but mighty members of our solar system that
TAMPA, Fla. — Portland, Oregon-based AscendArc has sold its first small geostationary communications satellite to KT Sat, South Korea’s flagship operator. The startup announced plans Sept. 4 to deliver the
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a portion of the Tarantula Nebula. ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures incredible details in the dusty clouds of




