New Research Shows How Mercury’s Crust Formed by Extreme Volcanism
Researchers have figured out how to use lunar samples to determine the nature of volcanic activity on ancient Mercury. It’s all based on SiO2, or silicon dioxide. Its abundance in…
NASA’s Hubble Tracks New Decagon Encircling Saturn’s South Pole
Explore Hubble Science Hubble Space Telescope NASA’s Hubble Tracks New… Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the…
2 spacecraft headed to Mercury are about to begin their long-awaited arrival for Europe and Japan — watch it live on Sept. 3
The BepiColombo mission is finally getting ready to arrive at its exotic destination. BepiColombo launched in October 2018 and took a long, looping and highly circuitous route toward Mercury our…
Blue Origin wins $700 million contract to build NASA’s next Mars orbiter
Blue Origin will build NASA’s next Mars orbiter. The agency announced on Tuesday (Sept. 1) that it has selected Jeff Bezos‘ spaceflight company to develop the $700 million Mars Telecommunications…
Rising Over Louisiana
A partial lunar eclipse is visible over southern Louisiana on Aug. 28, 2026 NASA/Eric Bordelon On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon…
Simulations Show That Dark Matter Isn’t What Gives Stellar Streams Their Kinks
Astronomers study dark matter through simulations of stellar streams around the Milky Way. They found that kinks and clumps within these streams aren’t caused by dark matter clusters within the…
NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds
High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude “clouds” form from the vaporized dust of burnt-up meteors,…
Scientists Develop Test Setup For New Way To Survive Reentry
Spacecraft famously have small bits of them disintegrate on reentry. That’s by design, as it is one of the easiest solutions to absorbing the incredible amounts of energy they experience.…
SuperCDMS SNOLAB Starts Its Dark Matter Hunt
The search for dark matter has reached another milestone – in this case the start of science for one of the world’s newest detectors. The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search…
Agile Space Industries Celebrates Durango Headquarters Expansion with Ribbon Cutting
DURANGO, Colo. — Sept. 2, 2026 — Agile Space Industries celebrated the completion of a 20,500-square-foot expansion of its Durango headquarters with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 26, joined by…