Farah Al Fulfulee was just four years old when she started climbing onto the roof of her family’s house in Iraq to gaze at the stars. “It scared me how
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Star Wars redux: the false promise of space-based missile defense
Star Wars is back in vogue with President Trump’s executive order to establish the “Golden Dome” missile defense shield. It will feature an ambitious space-based boost-phase interceptor program in addition
China launches TJS-21 towards Molniya orbit, lofts trio of Shijian-30 spacecraft
HELSINKI — China conducted a pair of launches last week, adding new spacecraft to its opaque TJS and Shijian satellite series. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off at 11:01
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In this episode of Space Minds, Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust moderates a panel at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, the next installment of the Center’s Discovery
'An absolute behemoth' of a camera for astro — Nikon Z8 now the cheapest it's been since June 2025
Trumping many of our camera guides, such as the best cameras, best mirrorless cameras and best Nikon cameras, the Nikon Z8 is an outstanding camera for professionals and keen amateurs
The best image stabilized binocular you can buy is now $324 cheaper for Black Friday
Making it into our best binoculars and best binoculars for kids guides, the Canon 10x42L IS WP binoculars are a fantastic pair of binoculars, offering excellent optics, generous eye relief
Scientists want to search for life in this double star system devoid of giant exoplanets. Here's why
A nearby binary star system is bereft of giant planets, but scientists think it may still be a decent place to look for life. Binary star system Eta Cassiopeiae, located
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Amazingly, the samples of material from the moon retrieved by the Apollo missions are still providing new insights more than 50 years later, in this case how tiny glass beads
HELSINKI — China carried out a successful pad abort test early Tuesday for its next-generation crew spacecraft for moon and low Earth orbit missions. China conducted the zero-altitude, or pad
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | The bright star in the center of this montage of time-exposure photos is Polaris, the North Star. Perhaps you’ve heard it stays still in
SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites from California on Monday evening (June 16). A relatively new Falcon 9 rocket, making only its third flight, lifted off at 8:36 p.m. PDT local
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is preparing to launch its latest batch of 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low
2 min read Explore Our Dynamic Sun! from NASA’s Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific/Night Sky Network Have you ever wondered about what
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Federal Communications Commission is reshaping how it regulates space systems, with national security emerging as a central driver alongside commercial innovation, a top agency official said
NASA’s Worm logo is displayed in front of the agency’s headquarters in Washington. Credit: NASA Two NASA employees are being honored as part of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to
LUNAA Journeys (St. LUcia National Astronomy Association) is looking to address an all too common problem in the global astronomical community. Too often, participation in astronomy is seen as cost
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