NASA is seeking information from U.S. and international companies about Earth proximity relay communication and navigation capabilities as the agency aims to use private industry satellite communications services for emerging agency science missions. “As part of NASA’s Communications Services Project, ... Continue Reading »

Heading into a recent staff meeting for Johnson Space Center’s Business Development & Technology Integration Office, Jason Foster anticipated a typical agenda of team updates and discussion. He did not expect an announcement that he had been named a 2025 ... Continue Reading »

Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 As we near the end of our Altadena drill campaign, Curiosity continued her exploration of the Martian bedrock ... Continue Reading »

NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD) teamed up June 11 and 12 to simulate emergency procedures they would use to rescue the Artemis II crew in the event of a launch emergency. The simulations, which took place off the ... Continue Reading »

Attendees line up to enter the theater for a screening of the new NASA+ documentary “Cosmic Dawn: The Untold Story of the James Webb Space Telescope,” Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at the Greenbelt Cinema in Greenbelt, Maryland. Following the screening, ... Continue Reading »

This serene spiral galaxy hides a cataclysmic past. The galaxy IC 758, shown in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, is situated 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Hubble captured this image in 2023. IC 758 appears ... Continue Reading »

Art inspired by the NuSTAR Mission. A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads NuSTAR Coloring Page – Spacecraft (PNG) Jun 12, 2025 PNG (187.75 KB) NuSTAR Coloring Page – Spacecraft (PDF) Jun 12, 2025 PDF (485.00 KB) Art inspired ... Continue Reading »

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters are the largest, most powerful solid propellant boosters to ever fly. Standing 17 stories tall and burning approximately six tons of propellant every second, each booster generates 3.6 million pounds of a ... Continue Reading »

Pismis 24, the star cluster seen here in an image released on Dec. 11, 2006, lies within the much larger emission nebula called NGC 6357, located about 8,000 light-years from Earth. The brightest object in the picture was once thought ... Continue Reading »

With hurricane season underway, NASA is gearing up to produce cutting-edge research to bolster the nation’s readiness and response to severe weather. Continue Reading »

NASA’s Webb finds cold giant planet caught in cosmic tug of war: Here’s why it intrigues scientists  The Economic TimesFrigid Exoplanet in Strange Orbit Imaged by NASA’s Webb  NASA Science (.gov)JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, ... Continue Reading »

Is the ISS Falling Apart? NASA Delays Launch Due to Mysterious Air Leak  The Daily GalaxyNASA sets new potential launch date for Ax-4 mission to ISS  SpaceNewsNASA evaluating data indicating air leaks aboard space station have been sealed off  CBS NewsThe International Space ... Continue Reading »

Confirmed by NASA - James Webb telescope discovers unknown galaxies that drove the renewal of the universe  El Adelantado de SegoviaThousands of galaxies captured in a single Webb Telescope image  Earth.comNASA’s Webb ‘UNCOVERs’ Galaxy Population Driving Cosmic Renovation  NASA Science (.gov)Webb Sees the ... Continue Reading »

Astronomers Just Took the First-Ever Picture of the Bottom of the Sun  futurism.comSolar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles  European Space AgencySolar Orbiter spacecraft snaps first images of Sun's south pole  BBCBottom of the sun becomes visible to humans for the ... Continue Reading »

NASA Considers Launching Astronaut Mission Next Week After Delay  Bloomberg.comNASA, Partners Review Axiom Mission 4 Launch Opportunities  NASA (.gov)Launch of Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to space rescheduled for June 19  NEWS ON AIRNDTV Exclusive: Close Call For Musk's SpaceX Rocket: ... Continue Reading »

Semi-heavy water ice detected around young sunlike star for first time  Phys.org Continue Reading »

A 3-tonne , $1.5 billion satellite to watch Earth’s every move is set to launch this week  The ConversationNASA Teams Up With India to Launch First-of-Its-Kind $1.5 Billion Satellite  ScienceAlertNASA-ISRO Earth-Observing Satellite Arrives at Indian Launch Site  NASA Science (.gov)NASA-ISRO's Earth-monitoring satellite to ... Continue Reading »

Ursa Major secures $32.9 million contract to supply engines for U.S. military hypersonic tests  SpaceNewsUS military-backed hypersonic vehicle to hit Mach 5+ in test with new rocket engine  Interesting EngineeringAnother One in the Books! Stratolaunch Awards Ursa Major a $32.9M Contract for ... Continue Reading »

NASA’s CODEX Captures Unique Views of Sun’s Outer Atmosphere  NASA Science (.gov)NASA’s PUNCH Releases Its First Images of Huge Eruptions from Sun  NASA Science (.gov)Watch a Massive Solar Storm Unfold in 3D – Captured by NASA’s PUNCH Mission  SciTechDailyWatch explosions from Sun in ... Continue Reading »

Astronomers Discover "New Kind Of Climate" On Pluto  NDTVJames Webb telescope discovers 'a new kind of climate' on Pluto, unlike anything else in our solar system  Live SciencePluto's hazy skies are making the dwarf planet even colder, James Webb Space Telescope finds  SpaceMystery ... Continue Reading »

China Blasts Laser 80,000 Miles to the Moon in Broad Daylight – A First in Space History!  Indian Defence Review Continue Reading »

Cosmic mystery, unknown phenomenon: this perfect floating circle in space is baffling scientists.  Stewartville Star Continue Reading »

James Webb Space Telescope Captures Odd Silicate Clouds and a Rare Moon-Forming Disk  The DebriefJames Webb Space Telescope sees 1st exoplanet raining sand alongside 'sandcastle' partner world  SpaceWebb telescope took a direct image of two exoplanets. See it now.  YahooWebb telescope spots infant ... Continue Reading »

ESA studying impacts of proposed NASA budget cuts  SpaceNewsThe administration’s anti-consensus Mars plan will fail  SpaceNewsTrump Plan to Kill Dozens of NASA Missions Threatens US Space Supremacy  Bloomberg.comASGSR: Defend NASA Biological and Physical Sciences Division Science Call to Action  astrobiology.comESA considering freezing or axing ... Continue Reading »

Second Project Kuiper launch set for Space Coast  WKMGMighty ULA Atlas V with 5 boosters to launch Amazon satellites Monday from Cape Canaveral  Florida TodayWhat is Project Kuiper? Everything to know about Bezos, Amazon satellite internet service  USA TodayWatch ULA launch Amazon's 2nd ... Continue Reading »

Catch Mars in the Sky: A Breathtaking Close Encounter with Regulus and the Moon  The Daily GalaxyHow to see Mars visit a bright star and the moon this June  SpaceThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 13 – 22  Sky & TelescopeJune 13-19, ... Continue Reading »

AI Reveals Milky Way’s Black Hole Spins Near Top Speed  ScienceDailyAI Uncovers Wild Spin of the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole  SciTechDailySelf-learning neural network cracks iconic black holes  Phys.orgAstronomers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Unlock the Secrets of Black Holes  WIREDConfirmed by scientists - ... Continue Reading »

Ground-based telescopes detect light from the Cosmic Dawn  Earth.comTelescopes in Chile Capture Images of the Earliest Galaxies in the Universe  Universe TodayAstronomers see the 1st stars dispel darkness 13 billion years ago at 'Cosmic Dawn'  Space'People thought this couldn't be done': Scientists observe ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX rocket launch in Florida on Friday the 13th: What time is liftoff from Cape Canaveral?  Florida Today500 Falcon missions! SpaceX sends 26 Starlink satellites to orbit on landmark launch  SpaceSpaceX sends up Space Coast's 50th launch of the year  Phys.orgSpaceX launches 23 ... Continue Reading »

Vantablack Paint Might Have A Legitimate Use Case In Space  JalopnikCoating satellites in ‘darkness’ could help reduce light pollution  YahooCoating satellites with super-dark Vantablack paint could help fight light pollution crisis  SpaceUltra-Black Paint May Solve Satellite Pollution Crisis  PetaPixelAstronomers Plan to Paint Satellites With ... Continue Reading »

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Today, the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission unveils its first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere – the solar corona. The mission’s two satellites, able to fly as a single spacecraft thanks to a suite of onboard positioning technologies, have ... Continue Reading »

Week in images: 09-13 June 2025 Discover our week through the lens Continue Reading »

Image: Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this image over part of eastern Borneo, a tropical island in Southeast Asia. Continue Reading »

Video: 01:15:00 Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun (CH) brief journalists on the key decisions made during the ESA Council meeting held at ESA Headquarters in Paris ... Continue Reading »

Join the European Space Agency at the new Paris Space Hub during this year’s International Paris Air Show. Continue Reading »

Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to image the Sun’s poles from outside the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter’s unique viewing angle will change our understanding of the Sun’s ... Continue Reading »

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The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently ... Continue Reading »

Dark matter "lampshades" could slip between Earth and distant stars, causing ... Continue Reading »

The view of our home galaxy lit up the night sky ... Continue Reading »

Rapid bursts of energy that last milliseconds but emit as much ... Continue Reading »

Amazon's Kuiper 2 mission is set to lift off on a ... Continue Reading »

We love the design of the Juzihao Star Projector, but despite ... Continue Reading »

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest ... Continue Reading »

The film shows never-before-seen footage taken by the JWST film crew ... Continue Reading »

"It's like looking for candlelight in close vicinity to a flashlight ... Continue Reading »

It might come from a long time ago, but Cosmic Encounter ... Continue Reading »

11 bit studios' sci-fi adventure makes you team leader and asks ... Continue Reading »

On Episode 165 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and ... Continue Reading »

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has revealed the six people who will ... Continue Reading »

Celebrities William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson lead the “Universe is ... Continue Reading »

With this week's expected arrival of a visiting crew delayed, science ... Continue Reading »

The James Webb Space Telescope has notched another milestone, capturing a ... Continue Reading »

The coverage offered by the Fliti Galaxy Projector is incredible, but ... Continue Reading »

The lagoon nebulas were observed under the near-pristine dark skies of ... Continue Reading »

During the latter part of June, Mars will put on a ... Continue Reading »

Space visionaries, scientists, entrepreneurs and students from around the world ... Continue Reading »

Director James Gunn goes for the gusto when his superhero sensation ... Continue Reading »

Less than a day after its last batch reached low Earth ... Continue Reading »

Disney Plus is 60% off ahead of Father's Day, which means ... Continue Reading »

A new probe in development known as GIRO represents a low-cost ... Continue Reading »

At the Kennedy Space Center, a new robot shovels up manufactured ... Continue Reading »

Auroras may be seen from Alaska to Wyoming as Earth is ... Continue Reading »

The space environment is not kind to human bodies. The final ... Continue Reading »

Ancient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX sent 26 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California Thursday ... Continue Reading »

Astronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process ... Continue Reading »

Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to ... Continue Reading »

One of the coolest designs of any star projector we've seen, ... Continue Reading »

The time-lapse footage was captured by NASA astronaut Jonny Kim. ... Continue Reading »

The Unistellar eQuinox 2 is our telescope experts' pick as the ... Continue Reading »

Big franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'The Fantastic Four' are joined ... Continue Reading »

At least three ESA space missions are under threat as a ... Continue Reading »

The launch of Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission has been ... Continue Reading »

This novel idea could become an important piece of a ... Continue Reading »

This Unistellar eVscope 2 is one of the best smart telescopes ... Continue Reading »

Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies this weekend as ... Continue Reading »

One region of the continent saw a 22% decline in emperor ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX's private Dragon spacecraft was treated to a stunning view in ... Continue Reading »

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"There's no way for us to operate such a complex facility." ... Continue Reading »

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the smallest ... Continue Reading »

"These first images are astonishing, but the best is still yet ... Continue Reading »

A researcher throws cold water on a recent effort that purported ... Continue Reading »

Grab a Lego set worthy of the Lisan al Gaib with ... Continue Reading »

NASA employees have until July 25 to decide if they'll stay ... Continue Reading »

Scientists find surprising evidence that space dust is shaping the surfaces ... Continue Reading »