This Exoplanet Hid for 10 Years Before Astronomers Finally Found It
A team of astronomers have discovered a third planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The new planet, Beta Pictoris d, is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b — the…
NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This artist’s concept depicts a near-Earth asteroid with an elongated orbit. A few objects such as these can exhibit…
Astronomers discover 1st atmosphere around a rocky Earth-like planet in the habitable zone
This might be the closest we’ve gotten to finding a planet that could support life: Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting in the habitable zone…
SpaceX stacks massive Starship rocket ahead of today’s Flight 13 test launch (video)
Update for 7:10 p.m. ET on July 16: SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 test launch aborted at the last second on July 16: Read our abort story. Starship is about to…
An animated sci-fi rom-com wasn’t on our wish list, but we’ll be damned if ‘Not Alone’ doesn’t look sweet, stylish, and hilarious
After cracking into the animation world with family-friendly animated features from the “Despicable Me ” and “Minions” franchise, “The Lorax,” and the musical menagerie of “Sing,” Illumination is finally setting…
What’s It Like to Travel Near the Speed of Light? Part 2: The Warped View
Move fast enough and the entire universe compresses into a searing, blueshifted cone of light aimed at your face. How relativistic aberration and the Doppler effect warp your view of…
Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial path to deliver electrical power from orbit
DIU solicitation aims to move long-studied technology toward military use by fiscal 2030 The post Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial path to deliver electrical power from orbit appeared first on…
Building the infrastructure for a shifting space economy with Massi Ladovaz
In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with SpinLaunch CEO Massi Ladovaz. They discuss what attracted Ladovaz to reimagining how to launch spacecraft, the changing needs and challenges of building constellations…
Young Galaxy Cluster
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, S. Fujimoto NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes us 4.4 billion years in the past with this July 3, 2026, image of a young galaxy cluster,…
Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves East
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves East Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth…