Trump to withdraw Jared Isaacman’s nomination as NASA chief
The White House is pulling the nomination of Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, saying that the next agency chief should be “in complete alignment” with President Trump’s agenda.
White House to withdraw Isaacman nomination to lead NASA
The White House is withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be administrator of NASA, throwing an agency already reeling from proposed massive budget cuts into further disarray. The post…
SpaceX adds 27 Starlink satellites to constellation after successful launch from California (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with 27 Starlink internet broadband satellites from southern California on Saturday, May 31, 2025.
Blue Origin performs 12th crewed New Shepard suborbital flight
Blue Origin sent six people to space on a suborbital spaceflight May 31 that the company’s chief executive says is both a good business and a way to test technology.…
Aurora alert: Severe geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Alabama and northern California tonight
Attention aurora chasers! Powerful geomagnetic storm conditions could trigger northern lights at mid-latitudes tonight as a coronal mass ejection impact is imminent.
Blue Origin launches 1st New Zealander to reach space, 5 others on latest New Shepard suborbital flight (video)
Blue Origin completed its 12th human spaceflight today (May 31), flying six passengers on a 10-minute trip beyond the Karman Line and back.
Venus is at its farthest from the sun on June 1: Here’s how to see the bright ‘morning star’ this weekend
Venus will rise in the eastern sky in the pre-dawn hours of June 1 alongside Saturn and Neptune.
Advanced Orbital Constellations for Solar Storm Defense
Solar storms have the potential to cause catastrophic damage. One that occurred around the end of October 2003 (now called the 2003 Halloween Storm) caused an estimated $27B in damages.…
Advancing Deep Space Travel with Nuclear Propulsion
How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th…
Strange Object is Releasing Regular Blasts of Both X-Rays and Radio Waves
Just when astronomers think they’re starting to understand stellar activity, something strange grabs their attention. That’s the case with a newly discovered stellar object called ASKAP J1832-0911. It lies about…