AI Spots Hidden Solar Storm Signs 9 Hours Early
When we think of weather forecasts, we instinctively think of weather on Earth like rain or shine. However, we rarely consider weather forecasts from outside of the Earth, also called…
From spy satellite to space telescope: The unlikely origins of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
NASA took the guts out of old spy satellites to build the groundbreaking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – but how? And why? Years of hard work and anticipation are…
Scientists Melted A Diamond and Cracked a Secret of Ice Giants
Some of the strangest weather in the solar system doesn’t happen on Earth, or even Jupiter’s Great Red Spot – it happens in the interior of the Ice Giants like…
Building Foresight for Earth Science, featuring Lindsey Jacobson
NASA’s Earth-observing satellite missions track dozens of features of a changing planet — aerosols, sea levels, land cover, cloud cover — over years and decades. Sustaining that record for the…
Roman Space Telescope Travels to SpaceX Hangar
NASA/Sydney Rohde (Rocz) NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in its payload fairing, travels from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at…
Astronomers discover hot watery exoplanet destined to be swallowed by its star
Astronomers have discovered a new ocean world outside the solar system that orbits extremely close to its parent star. This means that the extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” is in hot…
A Greenland Glacier Loses Another Chunk of Ice
The ESA’s Sentinel satellites captured a 76 sq. km. chunk of ice breaking off from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier. They watched the cracks and deformations happen in real time leading up…
NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science
3 Min Read NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science NASA’s WB-57F aircraft prepares for takeoff from Ellington Field in Houston ahead of its mission to observe the…
A black star in a false Spanish twilight: Here’s the story of my 1st total solar eclipse
I had never seen a total solar eclipse. That’s a strange thing to admit for the skywatching writer at Space.com, but the truth is that the opportunity had simply never…
RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies introduces new spacecraft mission enabler
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (August 26, 2026) — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, part of RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) Raytheon business, has unveiled its latest spacecraft subsystem, the…