ZWO Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope review
Smart telescopes like the Seestar S30 Pro have changed astrophotography and, arguably, urban astronomy. The Seestar S30 Pro takes that concept further than most. Small enough to fit inside a…
How the American Public Really Feels About the Booming Space Economy in 2026
In democracies, opinion polls are one of the most common ways to measure public and therefore political support for an issue. Because space exploration is still closely tied to the…
Are We Missing Alien Lighthouses?
Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence has so far meant primarily focusing on one particular type of signal – and that signal has normally been based on what our own current cutting…
We boldly chat with ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ showrunners about space dinosaurs and Lovecraftian horrors for season 4 (interview)
Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman are the primary ringleaders behind “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds“, and they’re about to unleash the next cluster of 10 Season 4 episodes for…
Juno Measures the Heat Below Io’s Restless Surface
Juno’s Microwave Radiometer (MWR) was built peer deep down into Jupiter’s massive atmosphere. But during the spacecraft’s extended mission, it’s been studying the Galilean moons. During two flybys of volcanic…
NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon
On July 3, one of NASA’s two Mars-destined ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft captured photos of Earth and the Moon in visible and thermal infrared light.…
New Crew Members Welcomed to International Space Station
NASA/Chris Williams From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a July 18, 2026, photo while holding a…
NASA Announces New Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at Moon
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) An artist’s rendering of NASA’s CAPSTONE 02 spacecraft in lunar orbit. The mission features two identical small spacecraft that…
What lurks beneath the volcanoes of Jupiter’s moon Io? NASA’s Juno probe just took a peek
Scientists have measured temperatures beneath the surface of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, offering the first-ever glimpse of the hidden heat driving the most volcanically active world in the solar system.…
NASA to Support Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Testing, Advance Artemis
An image shows the B-1 and B-2 test stands at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on July 7, 2026. The test stand features dual, vertical firing…