Using Bent Light to Map Complex Planetary Architectures
With new technologies comes new discoveries. Or so Spider Man’s Uncle Ben might have said if he was an astronomer. Or a scientist more generally – but in astronomy that…
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James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st ‘runaway’ supermassive black hole rocketing through ‘Cosmic Owl’ galaxies at 2.2 million mph: ‘It boggles the mind!’
“The forces that are needed to dislodge such a massive black hole from its home are enormous.”
Things to come: Important bellwethers for space exploration in 2026
NASA is at an inflection point. 2026 will now begin with a newly-confirmed Jared Isaacman as a NASA Administrator with the White House directive to beat China back to the…
Senate confirms Isaacman as NASA administrator
The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator Dec. 17, concluding arguably the most unusual effort to select a leader in the space agency’s history. The post Senate confirms Isaacman…
10 years into the Disney ‘Star Wars’ era: Grading the ups and downs of a galaxy far, far away
Ten years on from ‘The Force Awakens’, we look back at what’s gone right and what’s gone wrong.
US Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as new NASA administrator
More than a year after his initial nomination, the U.S. Senate has voted to confirm billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator.
Watch Blue Origin launch 1st wheelchair user to space on Dec. 18
Aerospace engineer Michi Benthaus will become the first wheelchair user ever to reach space on Thursday (Dec. 18), and you can watch her historic launch atop a Blue Origin rocket…
Watch Rocket Lab launch 4 experimental ‘DiskSats’ for the US military tonight
Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch four “DiskSats” for the U.S. Space Force at midnight on Thursday (Dec. 18), and you can watch the action live.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Ready to Roll for Miles in Years Ahead
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this view of a location nicknamed “Mont Musard” on Sept. 8, 2025. Made up of three images, the panorama also captures another region, “Lac de…