The Sun’s Impossible Floating Mountains
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research have produced the most detailed simulations ever of solar prominences. These vast clouds of cooler plasma suspended in the Sun’s…
Our Galaxy Has a Hot Side and Now We Know Why
Our Galaxy’s halo of hot gas is measurably warmer on one side than the other and a team of scientists have found the culprit. The gravitational pull of the Large…
Starbirth shuts down 40,000 light-years from the Milky Way’s core — and astronomers don’t know why
Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way’s spiral disk — and it’s not as far out from the center of our galaxy as you might…
NASA Connects Little Red Dots with Chandra, Webb
This image of a special object, dubbed the “X-ray dot,” represents a discovery from Chandra that could help explain the nature of a mysterious class of sources in the early…
Space Foundation Premieres National Space Day Video May 1
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — April 28, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, will premiere its National Space Day educational video…
Pentagon budget affirms Space Force role tracking moving targets from orbit
More than $8 billion is requested in 2027 to field space-based systems to track both ground and airborne targets The post Pentagon budget affirms Space Force role tracking moving targets…
There’s No Place Like NASA’s New X-59 Hangar Home
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic airplane sits parked in front of its new hangar home at the agency’s Armstrong Flight…
NASA chief Jared Isaacman says he’s fighting for Pluto: ‘I am very much in the camp of ‘make Pluto a planet again’
Should Pluto be a bona fide planet again? NASA is working to “revisit the discussion” on Pluto’s planethood status, according to agency chief Jared Isaacman.
These astronauts are trying to uphold the US Constitution: ‘We need to make sure that people are using facts and evidence’
When we build things on wonder, it naturally opens the mind.
Artemis 3 SLS rocket’s core stage arrives in Florida for 2027 launch (photo)
The core stage for NASA’s Artemis 3 rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday (April 27), completing a barge journey of 900 miles (1,450 kilometers).