A surprise rocket launch in Israel caused “brief panic” in some parts of the country, according to local news reports. Israel launched the Ofek 19 spy satellite atop a Shavit
A surprise rocket launch in Israel caused “brief panic” in some parts of the country, according to local news reports. Israel launched the Ofek 19 spy satellite atop a Shavit
China offered a glimpse of its growing military might in a parade in Beijing on Wednesday (Sept. 3), showing off new hypersonic and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICMBs) and drone systems.
The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the sun has a disproportionately large metallic core—accounting for about 70% of its mass—and a relatively small rocky
President Donald Trump just announced that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama. In an Oval Office press conference on Tuesday (Sept. 2), Trump stated that
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that a seemingly ordinary white dwarf star is actually the result of a dramatic stellar merger. This result, detailed in a new
Advancing Single-Photon Sensing Image Sensors to Enable the Search for Life Beyond Earth A NASA-sponsored team is advancing single-photon sensing Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) detector technology that will enable future NASA
WASHINGTON — NASA has named Amit Kshatriya as its new associate administrator in a move meant to emphasize the role of exploration at the agency. NASA announced Sept. 3 that
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted the termination procedure for the Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” (PLANET-C) starting at 9:00 AM on September 18, 2025 (JST), thereby ending the probe’s
Scientists have developed a better model to understand “steam worlds,” which are planets smaller than Neptune and larger than Earth that are too hot to have liquid water at their
August is a time of cosmic wonder as the Perseid meteor shower graces our skies, filling them with streaks of light that ignite the imagination. This annual event, peaking around




