Lightning on alien worlds may fail to spark life, simulations suggest
New research has found that lightning, while not very common, can occur on tidally locked exoplanets like our nearest neighbor, Proxima b.
Terraforming Mars Could Be Within Reach
Mars has fascinated us for centuries. Since the invention of the telescope, science fiction writers have mused over its habitability. Its location in the Solar System’s habitable zone suggests it…
China launches classified comms satellite, conducts commercial sea launch
China has continued an uptick in launch activity with a Long March 7A mission to geosynchronous orbit and sea launch of a Ceres-1 solid rocket. The post China launches classified…
Sunset on Mars
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Texas A&M/Cornell NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars 20 years ago. In this image, the…
A CubeSat Propulsion System to Visit Near Earth Objects
In recent years, humanity has visited several near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), including Ryugu (Hayabusa2) and Didymos (DART). However, we will need more frequent missions to start gathering more helpful information about…
NASA Sets Coverage for 32nd SpaceX Resupply Mission Departure
The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, on NASA’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services mission, is pictured docked to the space-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module on March 23, 2024.…
Powerful Mother’s Day geomagnetic storm created radio-disrupting bubbles in Earth’s upper atmosphere
Researchers have provided some new insights about the powerful geomagnetic storm that flared up last Mother’s Day, after a big solar storm hit Earth.
NASA’s X-59 jet takes ‘flight’ without leaving the ground | Space photo of the day for May 20, 2025
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen during its “aluminum bird” systems testing, verifying how its systems work together, respond to pilot inputs and handle injected failures.
NASA to Welcome Expedition 72 Astronauts Home at Space Center Houston
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit show off their ‘Proud to be American’ socks in a photo taken aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit:…
Unearthly Plumbing Required for Plant Watering in Space
4 min read Unearthly Plumbing Required for Plant Watering in Space NASA is demonstrating new microgravity fluids technologies to enable advanced “no-moving-parts” plant-watering methods aboard spacecraft. Boeing Astronauts Sunita Williams…