Watch Rocket Lab launch private Japanese Earth-observing satellite early on May 22
Rocket Lab will launch an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective early Friday morning (May 22), and you can watch the action live.
We talk to ‘For All Mankind’ star Mireille Enos about crafting Happy Valley’s tough Martian cop
“She doesn’t want a promotion or any attention. She’s just trying to stay under the radar.”
NASA’s AWE Completes Mission to Study Earth’s Effect on Space Weather
4 Min Read NASA’s AWE Completes Mission to Study Earth’s Effect on Space Weather A long-exposure photo taken from the International Space Station shows airglow as bands of green and…
Epic ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ merch has landed. ‘This is the way’ to Grogu Crocs, Lego & more
With Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu launching into theaters this weekend, we’ve searched the galaxy for the best Mando and Grogu merchandise
NASA Wins Four Telly Awards for Artemis Moon Coverage, More
NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,…
This exoplanet weather forecast by the James Webb Space Telescope calls for sandy skies and a clear (alien) sunset
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed a cloudy morning dissipating to leave a clear sky by dusk on a distant hot Jupiter.
The Magnetar at the Heart of a Superluminous Supernova
Superluminous supernovae are the royalty in the supernova world. They’re up to 100 times brighter than a standard supernova, and astrophysicists want to know why. New research shows that magnetars…
Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 2: The Astronomer’s Headache
Dust scatters light, absorbs light, re-emits light, and ruins everything. It’s why our maps of the Milky Way were wrong before 1930, and it’s why one of the biggest cosmological…
Study Shows How Sunspot Activity Speeds Up Reentries
It’s getting crowded up there. Over the past few years, the advent of SpaceX’s Starlink and other players in the mega-satellite constellation game are adding an exponential load of satellites…
Starship underpins SpaceX’s growth ambitions
As SpaceX prepares for its next Starship test flight, the company’s prospectus underlines how critical that vehicle is to its ambitions. The post Starship underpins SpaceX’s growth ambitions appeared first…