A Beautiful Death: How a Dying Star Created the Crystal Ball Nebula
Planetary nebula are created when a dying star sheds it outer layers. The gas is lit up by the star and all the gorgeous, changing detail is exposed. NGC 1514,…
‘For All Mankind’s’ Ruby Cruz and Ines Asserson on wearing those ‘clunky’ cool spacesuits and training with a Green Beret (interview)
“The spacesuits are like real spacesuits! They’re so complicated and much heavier than you’d ever expect.”
Starship V3 from space: Satellite snaps amazing photo of SpaceX megarocket on the pad
A sharp-eyed satellite captured an amazing photo of SpaceX’s first Starship V3 megarocket on the pad Thursday (May 21), just before it was supposed to lift off.
Webb Studies Star Clusters
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Pedrini, A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the FEAST JWST team This near-infrared image released on May 6, 2026, shows a section of one of the…
Don’t wait for the full moon: Here’s when the moon looks best through a telescope
Long before the full moon rises, shifting sunlight transforms the lunar surface into one of the sky’s best telescope targets.
NASA unveils sweeping reorganization
NASA announced one of its biggest reorganizations in recent memory May 22, combining mission directorates and reshuffling personnel. The post NASA unveils sweeping reorganization appeared first on SpaceNews.
Keeping NASA Flying: Ground Crews Ensure Aircraft Readiness
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA crew chief Walt Kondracki checks an F-15 aircraft Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center…
Supermassive Black Holes Can Render Exoplanets Uninhabitable at Great Distances
Life on Earth relies on energy from astrophysical sources. But what if the astrophysical source isn’t a star, but a supermassive black hole and its active galactic nuclei? Life needs…
NASA to Compete Contract for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Credit: NASA NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center…
Leveraging AUKUS and southern geography: building Australia’s dual-use space infrastructure for strategic resilience
The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 1 in Western Australia is already delivering early tracking data for AUKUS partners, with full operational capability targeted for 2027. This milestone…