Finding Gold In A Stellar Explosion
NASA telescopes have detected what could be the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected. A merging pair of neutron stars generated when they merged and exploded as a kilonova. It…
Watch Northrop Grumman’s 1st ‘Cygnus XL’ cargo spacecraft leave the space station on March 12
Northrop Grumman’s first “Cygnus XL” cargo ship will depart the International Space Station Thursday morning (March 12), and you can watch the action live.
Missile strike hits SES teleport in Israel
Satellite operator SES said a missile “targeted and struck” its teleport facility in Israel March 9 as tensions spill across the region amid ongoing Israeli and U.S. military operations against…
Could NASA use expandable habitats for its Artemis moon bases? These two companies are betting millions
Voyager Technologies is backing lunar habitat developer Max Space with a new multi-million-dollar investment aimed at accelerating development of expandable modules for future missions to the moon.
Why Are Interstellar Comets So Weird? Part 2: Why Comets Are Like Cats
Once you start listing the properties of 3I/ATLAS, it becomes clear pretty quickly that this thing is distinctly different from any other comet we’ve ever seen. Here’s just a small…
About University Innovation Project (UI)
NASA’s University Innovation (UI) project funds university-led innovation to address the agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate’s system-level challenges via independent, NASA-alternate-path, multi-disciplinary awards. Strategic Goals The UI portfolio’s strategic goals…
‘In the old days, we were staring at a f ***ing green screen with tape marks on it’: We talk to ‘Star Trek’ legend Jonathan Frakes about directing ‘Starfleet Academy’ season 1’s penultimate episode
‘The scope of ‘Starfleet Academy’ in terms of design, art direction, visual effects, practical effects, and graphics is massive.’
Telescopes Team Up for New View of Cat’s Eye Nebula
ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESA Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA/Q1-2025, J.-C. Cuillandre & E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay), Z. Tsvetanov This March 3, 2026, image combines views from ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid and NASA’s…
Looking for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries with a Flash of Starlight
Supermassive black hole binaries can be difficult to detect in many galaxies, but a new approach could find them by looking for the regular flashes of starlight caused by the…
The perils of political impatience in the Artemis program
Recent engineering setbacks, specifically regarding helium system issues associated with the improper flow of helium into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s upper stage, and persistent hydrogen leaks, have forced…