WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced April 20 it has formally terminated the Next Generation Operational Control System, or OCX, ending a 15-year effort to modernize the ground system that operates
NASA engineers have shut down another instrument on Voyager 1 to preserve the power of the most distant spacecraft ever sent into space. The Low-energy Charged Particles experiment (LECP) was
In the vast expanse of science fiction literature, few works have achieved the monumental status of Frank Herbert’s Dune saga. The collection encapsulating the first three novels—DUNE, DUNE MESSIAH, and
A huge geological structure on Mars resembling a bathtub ring may be evidence of an ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet’s surface, a new study finds.
It turns out that living in space can have a lasting impact on how your brain works, researchers have found. In space, astronauts have to learn to live without gravity
Final planet mass vs pebble flux across the snowline at time of insertion. Plots A and B are coloured by the planet’s initial and final semi-major axes respectively. Plot
The Lyrid meteor shower is back, and knowing where to look can make all the difference when it comes to spotting these fast, bright shooting stars! The Lyrids appear to
Engineers love a good practical challenge, especially when it comes to spaceflight. But there’s one particular challenge facing the crewed missions of the near future that scares mission planners above
Here’s another record that Artemis 2 broke. For a few moments on April 6, the four Artemis 2 moon astronauts and the three crewmates aboard China’s Tiangong space station were
I Want to Believe – When We Meet the Aliens – YouTube Watch On On Episode 206 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by
Look to the western sky about 30-90 minutes after sunset on April 19 for a fleeting but incredible sight, as the razor-thin crescent moon shines above the Pleiades open star
At long last, SpaceX has a Mars launch firmly on the books. Company founder and CEO Elon Musk has had the Red Planet in his sights for decades. Indeed, the
Jeff Bezos’ space company is about to take a giant leap toward reusable orbital rockets. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is poised to lift off for the third time ever
File: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the Starlink 17-31 mission on March 13, 2026. Image: SpaceX Update:
We have the crowd. We have the star. Now it’s time to put them together. Here’s exactly what happens — and why — when a charged particle outruns the local
