SpaceX will try for 1st Starship tower catch ‘in a few months,’ Elon Musk says
We’ll have to wait a bit longer for a highly anticipated Starship milestone, it appears. On Aug. 4, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said the company aimed to attempt…
SmallSat 2026
Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News In Memoriam Announcements Archives SmallSat 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth…
Microbes from Earth may survive on the moon, scientists find
Microbes from Earth might survive the harsh surface of the moon, albeit in a state of suspended animation, a new study finds. Previous research suggested the surface of the moon…
Mars’s Funky Moon Deimos was Shaped by an Impact
Mars’ moon Deimos has a large crater on its southern pole. It’s also covered by a layer of regolith so deep it buries many other, smaller craters. New research shows…
‘Wet Hot American Summer’: The raunchy 2000s comedy that was actually about a space station falling to Earth
LOS ANGELES – On a Saturday evening in Los Angeles, I found myself watching acclaimed actor Elizabeth Banks sing Tom Petty songs along with her fellow actors while writer/director David…
A weather satellite 22,000 miles above Earth saved my 2026 total solar eclipse cruise on the Mediterranean Sea
When the 11,000-ton cruise ship Le Boréal set sail from Nice, France, on Thursday, Aug. 6, its 205 passengers and 136 crew members began a voyage whose success would depend…
What’s next for ISR in space
In this episode, SpaceNews correspondent Debra Werner leads a panel of experts to discuss the role of ISR in space and what comes next. This session was recorded in May…
How Gas Filaments and Interfilaments Feed Star Formation in Monoceros R2
Researchers studied gas flows in the Monoceros R2 star forming region to understand how gas is channeled into star forming hubs. By tracing the flow of carbon monoxide, they found…
Catching An ‘Almost Total’ Lunar Eclipse on August 28th
So, did you miss the August 12th total solar eclipse? Like lots of humanity, we sat out the celestial drama of this month’s solar eclipse, both total and partial. But…
Artemis Mission Patches
NASA/Clayton Rougelot A jacket decorated with Artemis I and II mission patches, along with other NASA patches hangs on the back of a chair on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, inside…