ESA’s Proba 3 is Unlocking Secrets of the Solar Wind
It has been a dream of astronomers and solar scientists for ages. A new mission gives solar researchers a powerful new tool in their arsenal: on-demand, total solar eclipses. Launched…
Europe’s powerful Ariane 6 rocket launching 32 Amazon internet satellites early April 30: Watch it live
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket will launch 32 of Amazon’s broadband-beaming satellites early Thursday morning (April 30), and you can watch it live.
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ season 4 gets release date and trailer packed with space cowboys, black holes, and a T-rex
“We really think it’s our best season yet.”
A Gently Glowing Galaxy
ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal…
Falcon 9 rocket stage projected to impact moon’s near side in August
A spent Falcon 9 stage used to launch a pair of commercial lunar landers is projected to impact the moon Aug. 5, according to astronomers. The post Falcon 9 rocket…
The Sun’s Impossible Floating Mountains
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research have produced the most detailed simulations ever of solar prominences. These vast clouds of cooler plasma suspended in the Sun’s…
Our Galaxy Has a Hot Side and Now We Know Why
Our Galaxy’s halo of hot gas is measurably warmer on one side than the other and a team of scientists have found the culprit. The gravitational pull of the Large…
Starbirth shuts down 40,000 light-years from the Milky Way’s core — and astronomers don’t know why
Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way’s spiral disk — and it’s not as far out from the center of our galaxy as you might…
NASA Connects Little Red Dots with Chandra, Webb
This image of a special object, dubbed the “X-ray dot,” represents a discovery from Chandra that could help explain the nature of a mysterious class of sources in the early…
Space Foundation Premieres National Space Day Video May 1
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — April 28, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, will premiere its National Space Day educational video…