NASA still assessing Starliner-1 flight opportunities
A NASA official says that work with Boeing on the company’s CST-100 Starliner vehicle is making “good progress” but declined to offer a date when the spacecraft could fly again.…
Rules of the road needed for orbital data center constellations
As companies develop large constellations of orbital data center satellites, experts say now is the time to start thinking about some critical space safety topics and rules of the road.…
What Killed Galaxies in the Early Universe?
Galaxies in the infancy of the Universe are the building blocks of more modern galaxies. They began as small “shreds” of material that coalesced over time to form larger ones.…
The US government wants to bypass environmental laws for commercial launches and spacecraft reentries
A new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposal says the agency wants to speed up commercial space licensing for rocket launches and spacecraft re-entries by removing “unnecessary” environmental regulations. The proposed…
Students Take on Airborne Field Research with NASA
3 min read Students Take on Airborne Field Research with NASA The gusty wind didn’t make it easy to hold tight to a balloon so large. The balloon, a scientific…
Primordial Black Holes Can Trigger Type Ia Supernovae, and Astronomers Should be Able to Find Them
Primordial black holes (PBH) remain hypothetical, but that isn’t stopping astrophysicists from figuring out how they could interact with other stellar objects. New research shows how PBHs, formed in the…
Radio Array Detects Polarized Light From a GRB
On March 10, 2026, the Fermi telescope gamma-ray burst team reported the detection of a long-duration gamma ray burst that occurred when a star exploded inside a dense, highly magnetized…
K2 Space raises $500 million for commercial, defense satellite expansion
The Series D more than doubles the satellite manufacturer’s valuation in seven months and will fund a production ramp to as many as 100 large spacecraft a year The post…
Roman Space Telescope on track for late August launch
NASA’s next flagship space telescope is set to launch in late August, nine months ahead of schedule. The post Roman Space Telescope on track for late August launch appeared first…
Jim Bridenstine on his new role at Quantum Space
In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who is now the CEO of Quantum Space. Bridenstine talks about the strategic shift to proliferation in low…