How Do Close Binary Stars Form?
Our Sun is a bit of an outlier in the general stellar population. We typically think of stars as being solitary wanderers throughout the galaxy. But roughly half of Sun-like…
Odyssey Team Celebrates on a Global Map of Mars
1 Min Read Odyssey Team Celebrates on a Global Map of Mars PIA26722 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Odyssey Team Celebrates on a… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content…
What’s Up: May 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Skywatching Skywatching Home What’s Up Meteor Showers Eclipses Daily Moon Guide More Tips & Guides Skywatching FAQ Night Sky Network Shooting stars before dawn, a brilliant meetup between the Moon…
Meet the legendary heroes and villains of ‘Masters of the Universe’ (video)
‘When we started visualizing this world, we wanted to do right by the fans’
Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage on the Move
NASA/Glenn Benson Teams move the core stage, or largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for NASA’s Artemis III mission into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s…
NASA Welcomes Morocco as 64th Artemis Accords Signatory
Credit: NASA The Kingdom of Morocco signed the Artemis Accords on April 29th during a ceremony in the country’s capital, Rabat, becoming the latest nation to commit to the responsible…
A New Way to Plan Trajectories to Asteroids
There are tens of thousands of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that represent some of the most easily accessible resources in the solar system. If we can get to them at least.…
Flexible 3D-Printable Shielding for Extreme Environments
You’re based at Artemis Station on the lunar south pole, and you’re monitoring your 12 autonomous rovers that are exploring the surrounding terrain for signs of water ice or other…
Canadian Space Agency cancels Spire satellite contract
The Canadian Space Agency has canceled a contract it awarded last year to Spire Global to construct a fleet of wildfire-monitoring smallsats. The post Canadian Space Agency cancels Spire satellite…
ISS module cracking still unresolved despite stopping air leaks
While leaks in a Russian section of the International Space Station have stopped, engineers still don’t understand how the cracks formed. The post ISS module cracking still unresolved despite stopping…