NASA Selects Next Class of Space Health Postdoctoral Fellows
A view of NASA’s Orion spacecraft aboard the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on April 1 during the launch of the Artemis II test flight. Credit: NASA The NASA-funded Translational…
Watch Vega C rocket launch European-Chinese space weather satellite to orbit tonight
A Vega C rocket will launch the European-Chinese SMILE space weather mission to orbit tonight (May 18), and you can watch the action live.
Gazing Into the Past With TIME
How can astronomers observe ancient galaxies when they’re so challenging to resolve? By looking at a whole bunch of them at once in a single spectral line and seeing how…
Inside Golden Dome’s push to court commercial tech firms and investors
WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials overseeing Golden Dome are trying to convince commercial space founders, venture investors and software companies that missile defense can be built more like a modern technology…
Tomorrow.io adds $35 million to DeepSky funding round
TAMPA, Fla. — Weather intelligence provider Tomorrow.io has added $35 million to its latest funding round, bringing the total to $210 million to accelerate development of a next-generation constellation for…
House bill restores funding for TraCSS
WASHINGTON — A House appropriations bill would reverse plans by the administration to stop development of a civil space traffic management system.
Zenk Space raises $26 million, targets June debut launch
China’s Zenk Space has secured 180 million yuan ahead of the planned June debut of its Zhihang-1 kerolox rocket, the company’s first orbital launch attempt.
Watch NASA’s new Mars helicopter rotor break the speed of sound (video)
NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of helicopters that will fly through the thin atmosphere of the Red Planet.
What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 2: No Boundary, No Problem
Hawking faced a question with no answer hiding behind it. The best boundary condition for the universe, he decided, was that there was no boundary at all. To make that…
Venus and a slender crescent moon steal the show after sunset on May 18
Look west after sunset to catch Venus shining beside a delicate crescent moon in the twilight sky.