Patches of the Sun’s surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can decay slowly or quickly, sometimes over days, weeks, or even months. Thanks to a new study about these long-lived ... Continue Reading »

The Daily Minor Planet citizen science project is expanding! In addition to data received nightly from the Catalina Sky Survey’s Mt. Lemmon telescope in Arizona, the project’s science team is now processing images from the Bok 2.3-meter telescope at Kitt ... Continue Reading »

NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical challenge for U.S. aviation: maintenance.  Challenges facing the commercial aviation industry include a shortage of qualified maintenance workers and increasing demands to keep complicated aircraft running for ... Continue Reading »

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, invites innovative companies, government agencies, and organizations to attend Partnership Days, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, April 15 and 16, at the center. The event offers a unique opportunity to explore collaboration ... Continue Reading »

NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challenges on behalf of NASA and other agencies. This three-phase ... Continue Reading »

Biofilms are communities of microorganisms that stick to one another and also adhere to a nearby surface. They are intricately associated with life on Earth, enabling functions essential to human and plant systems. Continue Reading »

NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challenges on behalf of NASA and other agencies. The Bureau ... Continue Reading »

Early morning sunlight illuminates the western wall of this unnamed crater, leaving deep shadows on the ground and in the interior. The image was taken on August 30, 2023, by LROC (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera). LROC is a system of ... Continue Reading »

Read this web article in English here. Unos ocho minutos después del despegue de Artemis II, la nave espacial Orion y su tripulación —los astronautas de la NASA Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover y Christina Koch, junto con el astronauta de la CSA ... Continue Reading »

About eight minutes after Artemis II lifts off, the Orion spacecraft and its crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will be in space. The approximately 10-day test ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket on Monday night  KSBY NewsSpaceX launches Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral on cloudy Saturday morning  Spaceflight NowTwo days, two coasts, two more SpaceX Starlink batches launched  SpaceRecap of the Pi Day SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral  Florida ... Continue Reading »

Our Sun may have migrated across the Milky Way billions of years ago  Earth.comWe are not alone: Our sun escaped together with stellar 'twins' from galaxy center  Phys.orgThe Sun's Great Escape  Universe TodayThe sun and thousands of its twins migrated across the Milky ... Continue Reading »

Humans are circling the moon again and Cleveland engineers are helping make it happen  Cleveland.comUnanimous vote in risk assessment clears way for 4 astronauts to launch on moon mission  CNNNASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Daily Agenda  NASA (.gov)How risky is the Artemis 2 ... Continue Reading »

Robert Goddard's rocket launch celebrated 100 years later  Worcester TelegramSpaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch  The New York TimesOpinion | A Centenary for Rocket Science  WSJHow Robert Goddard’s Self-Reliance Crashed His Rocket Dreams  IEEE SpectrumAIAA Releases Special Collection Celebrating 100 ... Continue Reading »

Mysterious 'Shiny' Geometric Object Spotted On Mars, Harvard Astronomer Asks NASA To Investigate  NDTVView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

NASA spacecraft makes an uncontrolled plunge back to Earth  CNNIncoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite crashes back to Earth over eastern Pacific Ocean  SpaceNasa spacecraft weighing 1,300lb re-enters Earth's atmosphere  BBCGive Me Space  National ReviewThe Final Journey of Van Allen Probe A  Universe Today Continue Reading »

NASA's DART Mission Also Changed Didymos' Orbit Around Sun  Universe TodayNASA's asteroid deflection test for planetary defence even more successful than we thought  CBCHow NASA shifted an asteroid’s orbit  The WeekNASA’s Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission Sped Up Space Rock’s Orbit Around the Sun - ... Continue Reading »

The Mass of 3I/ATLAS is About a Billion Metric Tons, at Least a Hundred Thousand Times That of…  Avi Loeb – MediumInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is 'bursting with methanol,' new study finds  SpaceInterstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Has Another Surprise: It’s Full of Alcohol  WIREDA Direct ... Continue Reading »

Starcloud files plans for 88,000-satellite constellation  SpaceNews Continue Reading »

NASA Has No Plan to Rescue Lunar Astronauts in Case of Emergency  YahooView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

Hydrogen atmospheres could keep exomoons habitable for billions of years  The Brighter Side of NewsAlien Life Might Exist on the Starless Moons of Rogue Planets, Scientists Say  404 Media“The Cradle of Life Does Not Necessarily Require a Sun “: Scientists Identify Free-Floating ... Continue Reading »

CHEOPS discovery defies planetary formation rules  Phys.orgView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

OSTP taking on space policy coordination work in place of National Space Council  SpaceNews Continue Reading »

The spring equinox is coming. What exactly is it? Here's what to know  USA TodaySPRING 2026: The West Seattle way to welcome upcoming season change  West Seattle Blog...Spring equinox 2026: Here’s when the new season starts and winter ends  NJ.comVernal equinox 2026: When ... Continue Reading »

Florida without Kennedy Space Center? Director sounds alarm over relationship  Tampa Bay TimesKSC Director Warns Space Florida Rift Threatens Space Coast  Hoodline Continue Reading »

NASA launches twin spacecraft to solve the mystery of Mars’ lost atmosphere  ScienceDailyCould humans survive on Mars? Nasa has clues  The News InternationalLower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and ... Continue Reading »

Curiosity Cracked Open a Rock on Mars And Revealed a Huge Surprise  ScienceAlert Continue Reading »

Scientists discover hidden water beneath Mars that could have supported life  ScienceDailyLife on Mars: Scientists discover hidden water beneath planet that may have supported life  The News International💧 Mars: live observation of water loss  Techno-Science.netThe Ongoing Search for Water on Mars  vocal.mediaThe Ocean That ... Continue Reading »

Astrophotographer spends nearly 70 hours capturing a delicate blue nebula in Orion (photo)  Space Continue Reading »

Deep underground, a telescope may soon detect ghosts of stars that died before Earth existed  Space Continue Reading »

An orbital data center startup is seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission for a constellation of as many as 88,000 satellites. The post Starcloud files plans for 88,000-satellite constellation appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

In the absence of the National Space Council, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has taken on a lead role in coordinating national space policy. The post OSTP taking on space policy coordination work in place of ... Continue Reading »

Analysts are relying on tools that fuse satellite imagery, ship data and open-source reporting into real-time insight The post Strait of Hormuz crisis drives demand for commercial geospatial intelligence appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

The contract supports communications terminals used in the U.S. nuclear command-and-control architecture The post Raytheon contract for protected satellite communications terminals raised by $2 billion appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

SAN FRANCISCO – Northern California startup iMetalX Inc. emerged from stealth to announce a collaboration with Psionic, a Hampton, Virginia, company focused on autonomous navigation in GPS-denied environments. Pairing Psionic’s Space Navigation Dopper Lidar with iMetalX’s Asgard data and simulation ... Continue Reading »

Japanese satellite servicing company Astroscale has selected Isar Aerospace to launch a deorbiting mission developed by its British subsidiary. The post Astroscale selects Isar Aerospace to launch ELSA-M mission appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

A state-owned space contractor has unveiled a concept for an “economical lunar cargo transport” system as China prepares for construction of a lunar base. The post China is developing low-cost lunar cargo options for its expanding moon program appeared first on ... Continue Reading »

MILAN — The first field test of Leonardo’s Michelangelo “security dome” architecture will take place in Ukraine by the end of 2026, CEO Roberto Cingolani announced March 12. Michelangelo, first announced in November 2025, is Leonardo’s proposal for an integrated, ... Continue Reading »

Eutelsat has ended capacity leases on two Russian spacecraft after one failed in orbit and the other is set to relocate, escaping contracts hit by Western sanctions and the structural decline in TV broadcasts from GEO. The post Eutelsat exits two ... Continue Reading »

Kazakhstan is approaching a moment of strategic truth. It can either become Eurasia’s indispensable broker of space, AI and advanced technology solutions or risk being used as a pawn in a geopolitical power competition it does not control. To be ... Continue Reading »

SpaceNews caught up with Rebecca Evernden, the recently appointed Director of the new UK Space Agency, at Space Comm Expo in London. This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. SpaceNews: Which do you see as strategic areas for ... Continue Reading »

China resumed orbital launch activity Thursday with a pair of missions lifting off from Hainan and Xichang spaceports, launching satellite internet and technology test satellites. The post China ends month-long launch hiatus with separate Guowang and Shiyan-30 satellite missions appeared first ... Continue Reading »

The Senate Commerce Committee voted March 12 to send the nomination of Matt Anderson as NASA deputy administrator to the full Senate. The post Senate committee advances NASA deputy administrator nominee appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

NASA is pushing ahead with an Artemis 2 launch as soon as April 1 after completing repairs to a helium line that required rolling the rocket back from the pad. The post NASA working toward April 1 launch of Artemis 2 ... Continue Reading »

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission is entering flight hardware development, targeting a late 2028 launch to seek out biosignatures on the Red Planet. The post China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission moves into spacecraft construction phase appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

New facility to support electronics and software development for missile defense and space programs The post Voyager opens defense and space tech hub in Long Beach appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

A Vienna-based startup has raised $4 million to scale a software platform that generates synthetic satellite data for training AI models to detect environmental and operational risks. The post Another Earth raises $4 million to boost AI training with synthetic satellite ... Continue Reading »

In this episode of the SpaceNews Space Minds podcast, host David Ariosto talks with Jonathan Cirtain, CEO and President of Axiom Space. They discuss the challenges — and wonders — […] The post The new wave of industry coming for the ... Continue Reading »

Hyten has called for greater use of commercial technology and faster acquisition cycles The post Astranis taps retired Gen. John Hyten to lead advisory board  appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

The Denver-based satellite manufacturer says the acquisition supports its strategy of building an ‘integrated space ecosystem’ The post York Space acquires satellite propulsion manufacturer Orbion Space appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

SAN FRANCISCO – Mantis Space, a New Mexico startup planning a constellation to supply solar power to spacecraft, emerged from stealth March 12 with $10 million in seed funding. “We are building a constellation of satellites that deliver power directly ... Continue Reading »

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket successfully returned to flight March 11, launching a technology demonstration mission more than 10 months after the rocket’s previous launch failed. The post Firefly Alpha returns to flight appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Paris, February 2026 — Novaspace’s Capacity Pricing Trends, 8th Edition finds the satellite connectivity market has entered a Post‑Capacity Era, where bandwidth is no longer the basis of differentiation. Starlink’s vertical integration and cost […] The post The Post-Capacity Era of Satellite Connectivity appeared first ... Continue Reading »

Enpulsion, an Austrian company that produces satellite electric propulsion systems, has raised its first significant outside funding to increase production and potentially acquire other companies. The post Enpulsion raises $26 million appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

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It seems improbable that a satellite designed to monitor polar ice sheets and floating sea ice could accurately measure a disturbance in Earth’s magnetic field. But that is just what ESA’s CryoSat mission did earlier this year. Continue Reading »

Week in images: 09-13 March 2026 Discover our week through the lens Continue Reading »

Image: This image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission shows us the maritime traffic passing through the Øresund Strait in 2025. Continue Reading »

Video: 00:02:00 [EN] “Believe in your dreams, believe in yourself, and believe in that little nothing, that εpsilon, that can change everything…”ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, currently on board the International Space Station for the εpsilon mission, shared an inspiring message on Sunday ... Continue Reading »

The Smile spacecraft has arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. During the coming weeks, the spacecraft will go through final preparations for its launch on a Vega-C rocket between 8 April and 7 May. Continue Reading »

At approximately 18:55 CET (17:55 UTC) on Sunday 8 March 2026, a very bright fireball moving from the southwest to the northeast was observed by many people in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Continue Reading »

At ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), teams work around the clock to fly spacecraft across the Solar System and monitor Earth from orbit. Among them are women leading spacecraft operations, managing teams and helping shape the culture of ESA’s ... Continue Reading »

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With the help of an extremely powerful telescope deep underground in ... Continue Reading »

Astrophotographer Emil Andronic captured a gorgeous blue reflection nebula glowing inside ... Continue Reading »

As binary neutron stars spiral around each other to merge, their ... Continue Reading »

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets carrying Starlink satellites were launched from ... Continue Reading »

On Episode 201 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and ... Continue Reading »

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Red Dwarf's scouse technician Dave Lister was the last human alive, ... Continue Reading »

So, why is it that Orion is not always visible in ... Continue Reading »

Spring skies reveal some of the best galaxies visible to backyard ... Continue Reading »

Arizona's Meteor Crater remains 'the perfect natural laboratory' for studying what ... Continue Reading »

Astronomers have tracked a powerful blast of radiation back to its ... Continue Reading »

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Russia plans to launch the Venera-D mission to Venus in 2036, ... Continue Reading »

Steven Spielberg returns to sci-fi with a somber UFO invasion flick ... Continue Reading »

Saharan dust and atmospheric filtering combined to give the moon a ... Continue Reading »

Here are some of the best model rocket kits for those ... Continue Reading »

Artemis 2's launch may have been pushed back but you build ... Continue Reading »

A new NASA satellite image has captured a rare view of ... Continue Reading »

Dragonfly will explore the giant Saturn moon Titan by air, helping ... Continue Reading »

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Maine tonight and tomorrow ... Continue Reading »

NASA's Artemis 2 mission, which will launch astronauts to the moon ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX's plan to launch one million orbiting data centers to space ... Continue Reading »

Adult Swim's wild animated sensation is back for more sci-fi insanity ... Continue Reading »

NASA has completed the Artemis 2 flight readiness review and plans ... Continue Reading »

Astronomers have witnessed evidence of an extremely violent collision between planets, ... Continue Reading »

The 9023-piece Lego Star Wars UCS Death Star is a galaxy-shattering ... Continue Reading »

'Starfleet Academy''s principal mixes new ideas with inspiration from her famous ... Continue Reading »

A photo captures Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL freighter being jettisoned away ... Continue Reading »

NASA is canceling the AXIS X-ray space telescope mission concept, saying ... Continue Reading »

Here's how to clean your camera sensor to get a crisp ... Continue Reading »

The Yachance Night Light star projector is a geared firmly towards ... Continue Reading »

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one ... Continue Reading »

The impetus for establishing a "Lunar Surface Moon Base" is that ... Continue Reading »

Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic ... Continue Reading »

The DJI Mini 5 Pro is the best sub-250g drone ever ... Continue Reading »

NASA will give an update about its Artemis 2 moon launch ... Continue Reading »

Our sun and a host of "solar twins" may have migrated ... Continue Reading »

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launched for the seventh time ever today ... Continue Reading »

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior ... Continue Reading »

Northrop Grumman's first "Cygnus XL" cargo ship departed the International Space ... Continue Reading »

Voyager Technologies is backing lunar habitat developer Max Space with a ... Continue Reading »

'The scope of 'Starfleet Academy' in terms of design, art direction, ... Continue Reading »

Our how-to for observing a meteorite through a microscope. ... Continue Reading »

A new image captured by the Very Large Telescope reveals stars ... Continue Reading »

Autobots, roll out – out of the way, that is, because ... Continue Reading »

New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging ... Continue Reading »

Ready to launch your support? Check out this stellar collection of ... Continue Reading »

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is unusually rich in alcohol — a ... Continue Reading »

Never-before-seen temperature and ion density measurements reveal that the effect of ... Continue Reading »

'I just wanted to make a film that was completely non-stop ... Continue Reading »