JWST peers through dusty curtain to catch young star making baby planets
Observations of HOPS-315 align with theories of how our own solar system began to take shape
Science16 Jul 2025 | 5
Space
Starlink says SpaceX targeting 2026 for launch of Starship-ready terabit satellites
Network update reports median 25 ms latency – in the US – as capacity rockets upwards
Networks16 Jul 2025 | 37
Apollo-Soyuz at 50: The Cold War space hug that nearly ended in gasping horror
First US-Soviet joint mission showed détente in action, but astronauts had a close call on return home
Science14 Jul 2025 | 20
Please don't cut funds for space traffic control, industry begs Congress
TraCSS is like an FAA for space, and it's slated for the chopping block
Public Sector10 Jul 2025 | 7
ESA backs five rockets in Launcher Challenge – only some have exploded
Comment Oodles of euros on offer for not accidentally blowing up stuff
Science09 Jul 2025 | 13
Mars was once a desert with intermittent oases, Curiosity data suggests
New modeling of carbon cycle shows unsteady but habitable history before liquid water disappeared
Science04 Jul 2025 | 42
MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable' after losing contact with Earth
Methane monitoring satellite managed just over a year in orbit before its sudden demise
Science02 Jul 2025 | 27
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill bankrolls $85M Space Shuttle shuffle
NASA science might be cut, but cash can be found to move a 'space vehicle' from museum to museum
Science02 Jul 2025 | 98
NASA tests shrinking metals to help it find more exoplanets
Mysterious ‘Alloy 30’ gets smaller when heated, which could help stabilize super-sensitive space telescopes
Science02 Jul 2025 | 28
Northrop Grumman shows SpaceX doesn't have a monopoly on explosions
video NASA's future Artemis booster sputters during test
Science30 Jun 2025 | 11
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter learns new trick at the age of 19: ‘very large rolls’
Now play dead, like a lot of NASA science programs if the White House gets its way
Science27 Jun 2025 | 15
There's no international protocol on what to do if an asteroid strikes Earth
Or so hear members of Parliament in the UK
Science27 Jun 2025 | 99
NICER science not so nice as ISS telescope pauses operations
Cosmic research on hold while engineers investigate a problematic motor
Science26 Jun 2025 | 2
Don't look up: NASA is struggling to execute its planetary defense plan
Audit finds budget uncertainties and tiny staff make it hard to mount a fight against killer space rocks
Science25 Jun 2025 | 28
World's largest camera shows galaxy in 3,200 megapixel glory as Rubin telescope goes online
20TB of galactic shots a day, backed by Microsofties
Science24 Jun 2025 | 26
ESA's XMM-Newton finds huge filament of missing matter
Veteran X-ray telescope discovery shows that... phew, current model of the cosmos still works
Science19 Jun 2025 | 20
Space manufacturing company Varda gets clearance to launch more uncrewed capsules
UPDATED Startup has already shown how to make drugs in space
Science19 Jun 2025 | 2
Brit space sector struggles to compete with £90K graduate banking salaries
UK needs skills task force to get slice of $1.8 trillion pie, Lords told
Science18 Jun 2025 | 116
Japan set to join the re-usable rocket club after Honda sticks a landing
France announced its own effort to build re-usable engines on the same day
Science18 Jun 2025 | 31
Falcon 9 leaks keep Axiom private astronaut mission on the ground
Weather and propulsion system problems conspire to keep astronauts away from the ISS
Science12 Jun 2025 | 3
1.5 TB of James Webb Space Telescope data just hit the internet
Online catalog gives open science access to data from early universe
Science09 Jun 2025 | 15
China's asteroid-and-comet hunter probe unfurls a 'solar wing'
Asia in brief Plus: Hitachi turns graybeards into AI agents, Tiananmen anniversary censorship, AWS in Taiwan, and more!
Science09 Jun 2025 | 4
Japan's latest Moon landing written off as a failure after ispace probe goes dark
UPDATED Rangefinder broke during descent so lander didn't slow down
Science05 Jun 2025 | 51
60 years ago the US took its first walk in space with Gemini 4
Four years later, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon
Science04 Jun 2025 | 14
NASA boss-to-be gets spaced as proposed budget cuts detailed
White House withdraws Isaacman pick amid potential $6B funding drop
Science02 Jun 2025 | 28
Odd homage to '2001: A Space Odyssey' sees 'Blue Danube' waltz beamed at Voyager 1
Birthdays for ESA (50) and Johann Strauss (200) marked with music of the spheres
Science02 Jun 2025 | 73
Astroboffins analyzed old data and found a candidate dwarf planet in the Oort cloud
Thank whoever decided to make the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey public for this discovery
Science30 May 2025 | 23
China to visit Earth’s ‘quasi-moon’ and bring a chunk of it back home
Tianwen 2 probe launched Thursday and will also get up close with a comet
Science29 May 2025 | 14
SpaceX resets 'Days Since Last Starship Explosion' counter to zero, again
Musk’s rocket co fails to deploy any dummy satellites either
Science28 May 2025 | 79
Space Force tech mission threatened by staff and funding black hole
Budget slashing has 'outsized impact' on us, says commander who fears branch not ready for orbital war
Public Sector22 May 2025 | 17
China finds a previously unknown microbe on its space station
Don’t panic! It's related to an earthly bug, eats gelatin, not astronauts, and may have adapted to life in space
Science22 May 2025 | 17
NASA was eyeing ISS crew cutbacks before Trump's budget landed
Will the US President take credit for that one as well?
Science21 May 2025 | 3
UK 'extremely dependent' on US for space security
After 60 years+ cooperation on space and military ops, worrying 'rhetoric' from Team Trump has Brits examining options
Security21 May 2025 | 108
Aussie rocket foiled by premature fairing pop
Updated A fair dinkum disaster
Science19 May 2025 | 27
China launches an AI cloud into orbit. 12 sats for now, 2,800 in coming years
Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more
AI + ML19 May 2025 | 14
NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix
Failure could've triggered a small explosion
Science15 May 2025 | 80
Intuitive Machines blames dim lighting and dodgy data for second lunar faceplant
Touchdown with no topple? Company aims for third time lucky
Science14 May 2025 | 23
After more than half a century, the voyage of Kosmos 482 is over
The Soviet Union aimed for Venus, but hit the Indian Ocean instead
Science13 May 2025 | 25
VIPER rover banished to storage as moonshot plan sputters
NASA cancels solicitation to get a partner to launch, land, and operate the bot for free
Science09 May 2025 | 12
NASA JPL boss bails for 'personal reasons' as budget cuts bite
Updated Laurie Leshin to leave in June
Science08 May 2025 | 16
Soviet probe from 1972 set to return to Earth ... in May 2025
Not, it's not the plot of a sci-fi disaster movie
Science03 May 2025 | 108
Trump wants to fire quarter of NASA budget into black hole – and not in a good way
Proposed cuts would mean: No Lunar Gateway, Artemis hardware to retire, ISS toast in 2030
Science02 May 2025 | 121
Satellite slinger AST reckons newer birds won't outshine stars in night sky
As astronomers gripe about sats screwing observations
Science28 Apr 2025 | 8
Hubble Space Telescope is still producing science at 35
Remember when NASA was laser focused on that?
Science25 Apr 2025 | 33
Europe fires up beefier booster for Ariane 6 and Vega-C
Successful qualification run for P160C solid-fuel motor in South American spaceport
Science25 Apr 2025 | 5
Commercial space station outfit plans two Orbital Data Center nodes by the end of 2025
Yep. It's Axiom's datacenters in SPAAAAACE
Systems09 Apr 2025 | 13
Boffins turn Moon dirt into glass for solar panels, eye future lunar base power
Lugging a solar furnace to melt it could slash the need to launch bulky power gear from Earth
Science08 Apr 2025 | 32
Isar’s first orbital rocket crashes into sea – CEO calls it a 'great success'
Comment What counts as failure in New Space?
Science01 Apr 2025 | 44
European Gaia mapping satellite is retired but proves very tough to kill
I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that
Science31 Mar 2025 | 27
50 years ago the last Saturn rocket rolled out of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building
Half a century later, there's a Moon rocket behind those same doors
Science26 Mar 2025 | 40
Jeff Bezos can now taunt Elon Musk: I'm building a moon rover for NASA, when can Tesla do that?
Firefly Aerospace choses Amazon boss's Honeybee Robotics to supply vehicle for 2028 mission
Science26 Mar 2025 | 50
Boeing's Starliner future uncertain as NASA weighs next steps
Comment Fix testing to stretch into the summer. When will aerospace giant decide enough is enough?
Science20 Mar 2025 | 71
US Space Force warns Chinese satellites are 'dogfighting' in space
Begun, preparation for orbital wars has
Science20 Mar 2025 | 50
Los Alamos boffins whip up a speedometer for satellites
First license plates, now a way to calculate pace in orbit. Speeding tickets next?
Science17 Mar 2025 | 23
Bubble trouble in hydraulics blamed for NASA and SpaceX Crew-10 scrub
Trapped gas isn't just a party foul – it's a launch-stopper
Science14 Mar 2025 | 20
Saturn runs rings around Jupiter
Ratification of 128 additional moons puts the smaller gas giant way ahead on satellite count
Science14 Mar 2025 | 18
Starliner astronauts' stay drags on as Crew-10 launch scrubs
Updated Hydraulic problems stop the countdown clock at T-44 minutes
Science13 Mar 2025 | 35
Is NASA's science budget heading for a black hole?
COMMENT Dare mighty things ... as long as we can afford it
Science11 Mar 2025 | 111
Earth's atmosphere is shrinking and thinning, which is bad news for Starlink and other LEO Sats
The thermosphere usually drags space junk to its doom. As it thins, ruined orbits are a possibility
Science11 Mar 2025 | 72
SpaceX's 'Days Since Starship Exploded' counter made it to 48. It's back to zero again now
'Energetic event' did for Flight 8 after a few minutes. Super Heavy Booster recovered again, so there's that
Science07 Mar 2025 | 111
UK must give more to ESA to get benefits of space industry boom, says Brian Cox
Physicist and media darling argues partnership with NASA too prone to political whim
Science06 Mar 2025 | 85
Satnav systems built for Earth used by Blue Ghost lander as it approached the Moon
No, your car can't navigate in space. But perhaps colonies can find their way without dedicated lunar GPS
Science06 Mar 2025 | 39
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