Watch Chinese astronauts enjoy ‘1st ever space BBQ’ from Tiangong’s brand-new oven (video)
China’s Shenzhou 20 and 21 astronauts enjoyed freshly cooked BBQ aboard the Tiangong space station recently, thanks to a new microgravity oven.
Analysts say experience, not funding, is hindering European smallsat launchers
London — Warsaw Increasing tensions with Russia have prompted defense spending boosts throughout Europe that will benefit fledgling smallsat launcher companies across the continent. But Europe is still years away…
Are the cosmic voids truly empty?
If we take out all the matter, neutrinos, dark matter, cosmic rays, and radiation from the deepest parts of the voids the only thing left is empty space.
The Early Universe Helps Black Holes Grow Big, But Not In The Long Run
Cosmic inflation helps black holes grow quickly, but it can’t explain how supermassive black holes grew to billions of solar masses in less than 500 million years.
Should We Build An Optical Interferometer On The Moon?
A new report outlines the benefits and obstacles to a lunar telescope. It comes from the Keck Institute for Space Studies, and presents an idea for a lunar optical interferometer.…
Lawmakers warn UK must act now to get space ambitions back on track
The United Kingdom must move swiftly to turn ambition into action after falling short of a vision outlined three years ago to become a major global space power, a cross-party…
Trying To Find Baby Planets Swaddled In Dust
With unprecedented detail, a team of astronomers led by MPE have imaged the youngest disks around new-born stars. Astronomers used to think that planet formation followed star formation. But these…
A Red Dwarf Star with a Brown Dwarf Companion is Changing our Perception of How Stars and Planets Form
An international team of astronomers using the combined powers of space-based and ground-based observatories, including the W.M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have discovered a brown…
Latin America’s Space Momentum Takes Center Stage at LATSAT 2025
A Region in Motion The global space sector is evolving faster than ever, with new technologies, shifting geopolitics, and fresh investment cycles redefining what “doing space” means. Amid this transformation,…
Latvia will become 60th nation to sign Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration
The list of nations signing the Artemis Accords is growing, continuing NASA’s efforts to establish internationally cooperative space exploration.