A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft supporting NASA’s SpaceX CRS-33 mission approaches the International Space Station on Aug. 25, 2025, for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s forward port. Credit:
HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch startup Nayuta Space has completed consecutive Pre-A financing rounds to support development of its unconventional Xuanniao-R rocket concept. Nayuta Space secured an undisclosed amount of
A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent years.
The orbital data center boom is promising opportunities well beyond the pioneers hoping to build colossal, AI-driven computing platforms in space. A mix of ventures developing novel space technologies are
In 2025, Space42’s systems helped save over 660 lives across 25 distress events, from earthquakes in Myanmar, Nepal, and Turkey to cyclones in Mozambique and floods in Nigeria. In each
Cryogenic engineer Adam Rice tests the Lunar Environment Structural Test Rig at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to simulate the thermal-vacuum conditions of the lunar night on Thursday, May 22, 2025. NASA/Jef
Astrogeology Status Report astro-ph.EP May 1, 2026 Filed under astro-ph.EP, astrochemistry, astrogeology, atmospheric escape, exoplanet, hydrogen-rich atmosphere, metallic core, molten iron, molten silicate, sub-Neptune, super-Earth LEFT – Mass versus radius
SAM is the most complex instrument ever sent on a planetary mission. Principal Investigator Paul Mahaffy leads the project from Goddard in collaboration with 51 co-investigators and 28 institutions including
Model prediction for the water budget of the 4 terrestrial planets : Mercury in grey, Venus in yellow, the Earth in blue and Mars in red. Upper Panel: Midplane temperature
Super-Earths and sub-Neptunes – Grok via Astrobiology.com Astronomers estimate there is at least one planet for every star in our galaxy. Called exoplanets, they orbit stars outside our solar system.
Conceptual model of cable bacteria in deep anoxic sediments. Diagram illustrating three possible scenarios for cable bacteria persistence and activity in deep anoxic sediments, where anaerobic nitrate production (e.g., via
A1. Final surface atmospheric pressure after 4 Gyr of volcanic degassing, shown as a function of mantle oxygen fugacity (fO2) and a. initial mantle CO2 content, b. initial mantle H2O
SpaceX is gearing up for the imminent launch of its Starship with Flight 12, potentially taking to the skies as early as May 12, based on recent notifications outlining a
The astronauts on Artemis II’s trip to the moon in April 2026 didn’t just have an amazing journey through space. They also saw something extraordinary. They were the first humans
There are tens of thousands of near-Earth objects (NEOs) that represent some of the most easily accessible resources in the solar system. Planning trajectories to rendezvous with these miniature worlds
Portrait of Janet Petro, center director for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA NASA announced Friday Janet Petro, center director for the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida,
