Ultra-Black Coating Could Mitigate Light Pollution Caused by Satellites
Astrophysicists working tirelessly to tackle the growing impact of satellite constellations have pioneered a new ultra-black coating as one possible way to mitigate the problem.
Principal Investigator and Quality Assessment Reports Evaluate Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar Data
Two new reports from NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program evaluate data from the Umbra X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite constellation for the NASA Earth science research and…
‘Reckless’ space-based data centers lack environmental review, drawing criticism
Environmental and scientific organizations are banding together to demand federal environmental reviews of space-based data center projects, which plan to put more than a million new satellites in Earth orbit…
‘Silo’ season 3 showrunner Graham Yost explains the time jumps and turning half of the show into a political thriller (interview)
Apple TV’s riveting sci-fi series, “Silo,” is stretching its narrative legs for its third and penultimate season. Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) deals with amnesia after her fiery return to Silo 18,…
Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals — the first ever seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive…
NASA Scientists Take to Air and Space to Study Arctic Sea Ice
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) These four views were captured from a World War II-era aircraft in April 2026, when scientists used instruments aboard…
Could Permanent Magnets Protect Astronauts from Solar Storms?
Shielding astronauts from the killer radiation they face is a central challenge facing any designer of a deep-space crewed mission. Even relatively low levels of exposure for long periods of…
Xona unveils program to verify Pulsar-compatible devices
SAN FRANCISCO – Xona, the Silicon Valley startup establishing Pulsar, a precision positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) constellation, announced a high-profile roster of partners developing compatible equipment. Xona unveiled the…
NASA Is Calling on Industry to Build Its Lunar Infrastructure
NASA is serious about going back to the Moon. Ongoing missions like the recently completed Artemis II trip around the Moon are just one such sign. But perhaps more importantly,…
A “Smart Ruler” Could Help Swarms of Space Telescopes Image Exoplanets
We’ve talked plenty of times here about the infeasibility of launching a mirror big enough to directly image exoplanets using current rocket fairings – at least as long as we’re…