Something Just Passed Between Us and a Distant Star.
In December 2019, astronomers detected a one hour brightening of a star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a classic gravitational microlensing event. These occur when a compact object bends a…
When Spacetime Crystallises, a Black Hole is Born
Physicists have thought for decades that microscopic black holes can theoretically emerge not from exploding stars but from delicate “critical states” in which space and time organise themselves into a…
House Armed Services draft bill eliminates SDA, Space RCO as separate entities
HASC 2027 NDAA supports realignment of the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office under a portfolio-based acquisition structure The post House Armed Services draft bill eliminates SDA,…
NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Alabama Forestry Commission wildland firefighter Jason Berry teaches NASA Wildland Fires Technology Program Manager Teresa Kauffman how to drive…
Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
The Weirdness of Early Universe SMBHs Gets Even Weirder
The JWST has shown us some strange things about supermassive black holes (SMBH) in the early Universe. Many of them are far more massive than we think they should be.…
Released: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft
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La NASA ofrece información actualizada sobre rovers, módulos de alunizaje y misiones de Base Lunar
De izquierda a derecha, se observan los modelos del módulo de aterrizaje lunar Mark 1 de Blue Origin, el rover lunar tripulado de Astrolab, el rover Lunar Outpost Pegasus y…
Girl Scouts Event Brings Space Science to the Next Generation
An example of the Ancient & Modern Sun Watching patch can be seen at the top right corner of this Girl Scout’s vest Credit: NASA/Nicholeen Viall-Kepko In early May 2026,…
China shakes up its space programs to land astronauts on the moon by 2030: ‘We will spare no effort’
China is melding its robotic Chang’e lunar probe activities with the country’s human spaceflight program in an effort to land astronauts on the moon by 2030.