With the Vespera III and Vespera Pro 2, telescope-maker Vaonis unveils its sharpest optics yet
They boast a new optical design for sharper images and host a bunch of upgraded features to make stargazing a breeze. The Vaonis Vespera III and Vespera Pro 2 are…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 210 — ESCAPADES at Mars
On Episode 210 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Robert Lillis of the Mars ESCAPADE mission.
Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398 million satellite contract
The company will build a communications satellite to test protected communications technologies for contested environments
What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 1: A Wave Function for the Universe
The equations of general relativity give up at the singularity. Decades before Stephen Hawking dared to guess what came before, John Wheeler and Bryce DeWitt built the strange mathematical machinery…
New moon of May 2026 brings stunning views of the Milky Way, Venus and Mars
See dazzling planets, the Milky Way and a trio of celestial animals brightening the spring sky around May’s new moon.
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is flying to a metal asteroid. So, why did it just visit Mars?
NASA’s Psyche flyby of Mars highlights how gravity assists help spacecraft gain speed, conserve fuel and travel across the solar system.
SpaceX launches CRS-34 cargo mission to ISS
A Falcon 9 launched a Dragon cargo spacecraft May 15 carrying nearly 3,000 kilograms of cargo to the International Space Station.
NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon cargo spacecraft atop, launched Friday, May 15, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credit:…
Starlink Mobile challengers back proposed telco-led D2D joint venture
A planned direct-to-device joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon has divided operators behind the satellites needed to connect ordinary smartphones from space.
A New Theory of Dark Matter Could Solve Three Cosmic Mysteries
A study led by UC Riverside physicist Hai-Bo Yu suggests that a new type of dark matter could explain three astrophysical puzzles across vastly different environments.