In this episode of Space Minds, former NASA commercial space division chief Phil McAlister sits down with host David Ariosto for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of
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How multi-agent AI can strengthen space missions against the unknown
Space missions are entering a new era defined by complexity: more sensors, more software-driven behavior, more tightly coupled subsystems and more interactions between spacecraft and orbital infrastructure. As these systems
Benchmark demonstrates high-throughput ASCENT thruster in hotfire testing at Edwards Air Force Base
SAN FRANCISCO – Benchmark Space Systems’ ASCENT-fueled Macaw thruster performed a 10-minute continuous burn, clearing the way for an on-orbit application of the propulsion technology, the company announced Dec. 10.
NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter
WASHINGTON — NASA has lost contact with a Mars orbiter that has circled the planet for more than a decade, collecting science data and serving as a key communications relay.
Overview Energy demonstrates technologies for space solar power
WASHINGTON — A space solar power startup has emerged from stealth after demonstrating a key technology for its plans to transmit power from space to the Earth. Overview Energy announced
Did a lost moon of Mars create tides in an ancient lake?
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the ancient lake in Gale crater on Mars and the river that flowed into it. Evidence from thinly layered sediments in Gale crater, studied
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In a hangar outside Zurich, a veteran of low Earth orbit lay under a kind of medical scanner no spacecraft was ever designed for. The patient was the European Retrievable
Scientists have inched a step closer to solving an enduring mystery in physics — why the universe contains any matter at all — thanks to a newly combined analysis from
WASHINGTON — Roscosmos has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to the next Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station for reasons neither it nor NASA will disclose. Roscosmos announced Dec.
Sgr A* marks the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The green outlines are locations of star clusters. S2 is one such star cluster. Meanwhile,
China’s lunar ambitions grab attention, but a quieter milestone that the country achieved earlier this year could have longer-term implications for how nations operate in orbit. In mid-2025, China pulled
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steven Bellavia captured Mercury’s sodium tail on the morning of December 3, 2025, from Surry, Virginia. Steven wrote: “A 24-million-km-long plume of gas is
Get ready stargazers, the final full moon of 2025 rises tonight! Here’s what to expect when the “Cold Supermoon” looms large over the eastern horizon at sunset on Dec. 4.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled! The space telescope is currently at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. It will now undergo testing before
In November 2025, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) conducted a series of observations of the comet 3I/ATLAS using five of its scientific instruments. This mission aimed
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