Space & Astronomy
Journey through the cosmos with the latest news on planetary science, astrophysics, and space exploration missions.
Hubble captures stunning new image of distant galaxy cluster
Less than 600 million years after the Big Bang, a supermassive black hole already blazed into existence.
NASA Realignment Aims to Accelerate Mission Delivery
NASA is reducing its six existing mission directorates to four, a move that dramatically reshapes how the agency will pursue its ambitious space goals.
NASA Opens Competition for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management Contract
After 66 years of sole management by Caltech, NASA is opening up the $30 billion contract for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to competitive bids.
NASA Names Eight Teams Finalists in Blue Skies Competition
A South Dakota State University team’s 'Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone' project secured first place in NASA's 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, showcasing practical, earth-bound i
NASA supports student lunar robotics for future missions
University of Virginia students built an 80-pound robot to excavate lunar regolith, a critical task for future moon base construction.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft successfully flies by Mars
On May 15, the NASA Psyche spacecraft executed a flawless Mars flyby, a precise gravitational assist that, despite its success, still leaves the mission five years from its ultimate destination: a met
NASA Psyche images 30-mile Mars craters & 30-mile wind streaks
On May 15, 2026, NASA's Psyche spacecraft, still years from its primary asteroid target, captured detailed images of Mars, revealing wind streaks and craters.
Psyche spacecraft captures stunning Mars South Pole images
On May 15, 2026, the Psyche spacecraft, midway through its 2.
Santa Rosa Island wildfire scorches 30% of island, California's largest this year.
Over 30% of Santa Rosa Island, a vital part of Channel Islands National Park, has been scorched by California's largest wildfire of the year.
NASA Psyche Mission images Huygens Crater on Mars
On May 15, 2026, NASA's Psyche mission, merely passing Mars, captured an enhanced-color view of the 470-kilometer-wide Huygens crater, revealing details beyond human sight.
NASA Mars helicopter rotor spins faster than sound in tests
During recent tests, NASA's next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades reached Mach 1.
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Apollo UFO Images: Public for Decades, Not Newly Revealed
Every single Apollo image highlighted in the Pentagon's recent 'declassified' UFO drop has been publicly available for half a century, according to astrophysicist Grant Tremblay.
NASA Confirms Over 6,000 Exoplanets; Hubble's Contributions
In 2008, the Hubble Space Telescope detected methane, an organic molecule, in the atmosphere of the Jupiter-sized exoplanet HD 189733b.
New Lunar Building Code Aims for Moon Base Safety
On Earth, structures are engineered to flex and deform during seismic events, a design intended to absorb energy and prevent collapse.
New Harvester for Plant Medicine in Space
In a breakthrough for space travel, engineers can now harvest life-saving medicines from plants in microgravity in under two hours, without ever harming the plant.
Space Exploration: Recent Discoveries and Commercial Trends
In the last five years, private companies have launched more payloads into orbit annually than all national space agencies combined, a reorientation of cosmic access detailed in the SpaceX Annual Repo
Study details Titan resources, compares them to Moon and Mars
A new NASA-supported study reveals Saturn's moon Titan, long considered an astrobiological curiosity, holds more readily usable resources for human settlement than the Moon or Mars.
Scientists Map Galaxy's Spin; Gravitational Waves to Deepen View
Our galaxy's rotation curve now extends to an unprecedented 200 kiloparsecs, mapping its intricate dynamics far beyond the solar system.
Webb Telescope Spots Little Red Dots That Appear to Be Black Holes
Peering back 1.8 billion years after the Big Bang, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a seemingly innocuous 'little red dot' as a candidate for a 'black hole star', according to Universe Toda
Astrophotographer Captures 30-Day Venus Jupiter Conjunction Collage
Over 30 days, astrophotographer Soumyadeep Mukherjee captured Venus and Jupiter appearing to dance closer in the night sky.
Theory: Exoplanets Could Form Near Supermassive Black Holes
Millions of Jupiter-mass planets, dubbed 'dust giants' and 'lava balls,' could emerge tens of parsecs from supermassive black holes, according to Space .
NASA robotic tech demo develops gamma-ray detectors
NASA's 2019 Government Invention of the Year, the Miniaturized High-Speed Modulated X-ray Source (MXS), set the stage for AstroPix, a new gamma-ray detector intended for future robotic space missions.
Artemis Elkin Norena Manages SLS Launch Readiness at NASA
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Elkin Norena has personally overseen launch preparations for over a dozen Space Shuttle missions, a profound legacy he now extends to the ambitious Artemis program, aim
NASA award boosts space tech research, forging new frontiers
NASA has just opened a new funding window specifically designed to empower minority universities, aiming to accelerate space technology development for missions to the Moon and Mars.
NASA and NOAA hold joint session on environmental satellites
At the 2027 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, NASA and NOAA will convene a joint session titled 'Advancing Weather and Environmental Science Through NASA and NOAA Commercial Satellite Da
NASA awards California construction services contract to small businesses
NASA has committed $450 million to expand its California infrastructure, but instead of a single giant firm, it is channeling these funds through multiple small businesses.
Space telescope satellite generates overwhelming data streams
Every day in 2026, the newly launched SPHEREx telescope downlinks 20 gigabytes of science data, a torrent of information equivalent to hundreds of thousands of digital photos, all captured from galaxi
NASA Science Explores 2026 FIFA World Cup Connections
In 2019, researchers used the International Space Station's microgravity environment to precisely study how a soccer ball's internal mass affects its motion, directly influencing the high-tech balls u
Top Spanish Beaches for 2026 Solar Eclipse Viewing
Barcelona, a major Spanish city, will only experience a 99% partial eclipse during the 2026 total solar event, missing the full spectacle.