WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic said May 14 it remains on track, technically and financially, to start commercial flights of its next-generation suborbital spaceplane before the end of the year. In
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic said May 14 it remains on track, technically and financially, to start commercial flights of its next-generation suborbital spaceplane before the end of the year. In
Stars within 10 parsecs (about 33 light-years). This map is based on data from the GAIA space observatory and uses other references in the scientific literature. Star systems whose primary
Maps can show more than just where things are—they can also show how things change. New maps of artificial light reveal a planet that has been reshaping its nights through
Researchers have developed a mathematical method that enables more precise calculations of the most economical travel routes between the orbits of celestial bodies. To demonstrate this method, they calculated a
HELSINKI — Chinese satellite maker MinoSpace has seen its initial public offering application accepted, seeking $736 million for constellation and product expansion plans. MinoSpace’s initial public offering application to Shanghai’s
This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, gives us a glimpse of Ecuador’s capital, Quito, sprawling for 40 km along this high-altitude valley in the Andes. Zoom in or
Dark matter makes up roughly 85 percent of all the matter in the universe. We have never directly detected a single particle of it. But a new method developed by
Artemis II has barely left the headlines. On April 1st 2026, four astronauts climbed aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, rode the most powerful rocket ever to carry humans beyond low Earth
Right now, as you read this, Earth is drifting through a cloud of debris from an ancient stellar explosion. Stardust, real stardust, is raining down on us so thinly scattered
Baily’s beads are beads of sunlight caused when sunlight shines between mountains and other features on the moon. These Baily’s beads are from the February 16, 1991, annular solar eclipse.






