SpaceX stacks massive Starship rocket ahead of today’s Flight 13 test launch (video)
Update for 7:10 p.m. ET on July 16: SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 test launch aborted at the last second on July 16: Read our abort story. Starship is about to…
An animated sci-fi rom-com wasn’t on our wish list, but we’ll be damned if ‘Not Alone’ doesn’t look sweet, stylish, and hilarious
After cracking into the animation world with family-friendly animated features from the “Despicable Me ” and “Minions” franchise, “The Lorax,” and the musical menagerie of “Sing,” Illumination is finally setting…
What’s It Like to Travel Near the Speed of Light? Part 2: The Warped View
Move fast enough and the entire universe compresses into a searing, blueshifted cone of light aimed at your face. How relativistic aberration and the Doppler effect warp your view of…
Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial path to deliver electrical power from orbit
DIU solicitation aims to move long-studied technology toward military use by fiscal 2030 The post Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial path to deliver electrical power from orbit appeared first on…
Building the infrastructure for a shifting space economy with Massi Ladovaz
In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with SpinLaunch CEO Massi Ladovaz. They discuss what attracted Ladovaz to reimagining how to launch spacecraft, the changing needs and challenges of building constellations…
Young Galaxy Cluster
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, S. Fujimoto NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes us 4.4 billion years in the past with this July 3, 2026, image of a young galaxy cluster,…
Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves East
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves East Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth…
‘Full steam ahead’: NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027
NASA is picking up the pace on its Artemis III mission preparations, pressing forward on multiple fronts to assemble launch vehicle hardware and beginning routine simulations inside Artemis mission control.…
NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation
4 Min Read NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation An atmospheric probe model attached upside down to a quad rotor remotely piloted aircraft ascends with the Moon visible…
Watch Archimedes burn! Rocket Lab fires up engine for its powerful next-gen Neutron launcher (video)
Rocket Lab has completed a major qualification test for its formidable Archimedes engine, which will power the company’s next-gen Neutron launch vehicle. As Rocket Lab continues with regular launches of…