Small GEOs, big impact
Astranis CEO John Gedmark discusses the rising demand for small geostationary satellites as the company scales production and helps shape a new era of high-orbit connectivity. The post Small GEOs,…
Watch Blue Origin launch its 200th payload on 35th New Shepard spaceflight Aug. 23
Blue Origin is flying more than 40 science payloads on board its 35th New Shepard suborbital spaceflight, scheduled to launch on Saturday (Aug. 23) from West Texas.
Watch Hurricane Erin swirl menacingly in the Atlantic Ocean in NOAA satellite video
Satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration watched Hurricane Erin as it swirled off of the U.S. coast on Aug. 11, 2025.
Halley-Like Comets Could Have Seeded Earth With Water
Comets are like the archeological sites of the solar system. They formed early on, and their composition helps us understand what the area around the early Sun was like, potentially…
What is the Moon Made Of? (Hint: It’s Not Cheese)
A set of instruments shut off almost 50 years ago are still producing useful results. It’s the seismometers left by the Apollo missions to monitor moonquakes, which as the name…
A Bone Loss Experiment is Headed For the ISS
The 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission for NASA, scheduled to lift off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in late August, is heading to the International Space…
Stem Cells Preserved in Space Have Produced Healthy “Space Mice”
Using stem cells from mice, researchers from Kyoto University tested the potential damage spaceflight can have on spermatazoa stem cells and the resulting offspring. After six months aboard the ISS,…
One of the earliest galaxies in the universe was rich in oxygen. Could it mean life evolved earlier than we thought?
A galaxy in the early universe was rich with oxygen, astronomers have found. The discovery raises questions about how early life could have first appeared in the universe.
1st-of-its-kind quadruple star system could reveal secrets of ‘failed star’ brown dwarfs
A rare quadruple star system with two brown dwarfs orbiting two red dwarf stars could help shed light on how these “failed stars” change with age.
NASA Tests Tools to Assess Drone Safety Over Cities
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ResilienX employees Angelo Niforatos, left, and Ryan Pleskach, right, overview the NASA safety tools integrated into the company’s commercial…