Nuking An Asteroid on Short Notice Could Save Us
Readers of a certain age will remember a golden area of asteroid films, capstoned by two with very different endings. Deep Impact engrained the devastating consequences of letting a large…
ULA names Peller as new CEO
United Launch Alliance has named Mark Peller, a longtime manager and executive at the company, as its new chief executive. The post ULA names Peller as new CEO appeared first…
Colorful Collage of Tarantula Nebula
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Ohio State Univ./J. Rodriguez et al; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA’s Hubble Space…
The 1st ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ season 2 trailer finally gives us a release date (video)
After a solid but often unfocused debut in 2023, Ahsoka season 2 has finally kicked off its marketing campaign with a stellar first trailer that promises higher stakes and a…
L3Harris names space sector leader Sam Mehta CEO after Kubasik steps down
Christopher Kubasik exits after board investigation into unspecified conduct The post L3Harris names space sector leader Sam Mehta CEO after Kubasik steps down appeared first on SpaceNews.
The 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026) is the One Space Event You Cannot Miss
For more than 75 years, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) has been the annual moment when the global space community comes together – not online, not in separate regional events,…
Satellite operators emphasize launch deals in a constrained market
Amid a constrained launch market, satellite operators are emphasizing to investors and customers that they have lined up launch capacity, even if it is uncertain when it will be available.…
How to watch ‘Lanterns’ — HBO’s gritty new Green Lantern show
In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night… Come on, you know the rest! DC Comics’ Green Lantern Corps. spans the infinite boundaries of the cosmos with its legion of 7,204 intergalactic…
NASA funds spherical ‘Aerobots’ that could explore the caves of Saturn’s moon Titan
Spherical “Aerobots” may one day swarm the caves of Titan — a moon of Saturn that NASA says is one of the most Earthlike in our solar system. Titan is…
On this day in space! Aug. 16, 1963: Wingless M2-F1 completes 1st glide flight
On Aug. 16, 1963, NASA’s M2-F1 aircraft prototype made its first glide flight. This wingless aircraft kind of looked like a flying bathtub. NASA made it to test a new…