APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia
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Space Force awards K2 Space $22.9 million for laser communications demonstration
Two K2 satellites will host optical terminals intended to connect military systems in orbit The post Space Force awards K2 Space $22.9 million for laser communications demonstration appeared first on…
Move over He-Man, Mattel’s Major Matt Mason space toys could still be blasting off for Hollywood
As evidenced by Paramount’s live-action “Transformers” movies and the recent “Masters of the Universe” film released by Amazon MGM Studios, nostalgic toy lines can serve as fertile grounds for a…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 221 — Starship Can Float?
On Episode 221 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and guest host Rick Jenet of the National Space Society talk about SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13, which deployed new Starlink…
On this day in space! Aug. 1, 1968: NASA ends production of Saturn V moon rocket
On Aug. 1, 1968, NASA canceled the production of its Saturn V moon rocket. At the time, the giant rocket was the only launch vehicle to have ever carried astronauts…
Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have caused firestorms 17 times hotter than the thermal limit lethal to humans
Scientists once suspected that a brutal, years-long winter starved the dinosaurs following an asteroid impact 66 million years ago. New evidence suggests a more violent end: widespread firestorms that may…
China launches secretive TJS-27 pair, orbits next-gen Tianlian relay sat
HELSINKI — China sent a new pair of secretive satellites into a programmatically new orbit Wednesday, while also upgrading its on-orbit communications relay capabilities. A Long March 6A rocket lifted…
‘Flight of the Navigator’ at 40: the Disney space movie that messed with time dilation long before ‘Interstellar’
Despite Han Solo’s protestations to the contrary, travelling faster than light on screen is usually just as straightforward as dusting crops. So whether you’re in “Star Wars”, “Star Trek” or…
The Asteroid That May Be Three Worlds
We have been watching asteroid (44) Nysa for well over a century without ever really knowing what it looks like. Now the sharpest images ever taken of it, from two…
Smashed Ice Worlds Formed Neptune’s Inner Moons and Rings
The planet Neptune has 16 known moons, with its largest Moon, Triton, comprising more than 99.5 percent of the mass of all of them. Triton’s incredible size has led scientists…