Aaisha Ali: From Marine Biology to the Artemis Control Room
As humanity prepares to return to the lunar surface, Aaisha Ali is behind the scenes ensuring mission readiness for astronauts set to orbit the Moon during Artemis II. Ali is…
U.S. Air Force halts plan for rocket landing pads on remote Pacific atoll amid environmental backlash
The pads were intended to support the Air Force’s Rocket Cargo program The post U.S. Air Force halts plan for rocket landing pads on remote Pacific atoll amid environmental backlash…
Space auction: Sally Ride memorabilia collection sells for $145,000
A collection of more than 50 pieces of memorabilia previously owned by Sally Ride, the first American woman to reach space, sold at auction last week for more than $145,000.
Why does Mars look purple, yellow and orange in ESA’s stunning new satellite image?
Surprising colors and stunning features are captured in a new image of Mars’ surface.
US military cuts climate scientists off from vital satellite sea-ice data
In the latest attack on science by the Trump administration, researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center will no longer receive data from a fleet of military satellites.
Reviving SETI with High-Energy Astronomy
What new methods can be developed in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)? This is what a recent white paper submitted to the 2025 NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration…
How To Use Fusion To Get To Proxima Centauri’s Potentially Habitable Exoplanet
Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet that could be in the habitable zone of its star. Therefore, it has garnered a lot of attention, including several missions designed…
ISS astronaut captures a rare phenomenon from orbit — a giant ‘sprite’ above a thunderstorm
Sprites have been known to form above intense thunderstorms.
Space Force scraps satellite procurement, shifts to more flexible strategy
The canceled program, known as Protected Tactical Satellite Communication-Resilient (PTS-R), was launched in 2020 to build anti-jam communications satellites The post Space Force scraps satellite procurement, shifts to more flexible…
Webb Refines the Bullet Cluster’s Mass
One of the most iconic cosmic scenes in the Universe lies nearly 3.8 billion light-years away from us in the direction of the constellation Carina. This is where two massive…