Space & Astronomy
Journey through the cosmos with the latest news on planetary science, astrophysics, and space exploration missions.
Webb Telescope Studies Star Clusters, Unveiling Rapid Stellar Birth
On May 6, 2026, the James Webb Space Telescope unveiled a near-infrared image of Messier 51's spiral arm.
NASA seeks partners for Artemis, nuclear propulsion, and aeronautics stories
NASA is asking filmmakers, poets, and documentarians to tell the stories of its Artemis Moon missions and nuclear propulsion efforts.
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.
Avatar: Fire and Ash Hits Disney+ June 24
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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.
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
SpaceX Launches More Starlink Satellites, Expands Global Internet
Booster B1088, having completed its 17th successful flight, landed on a drone ship in the Pacific.
This Week In Space podcast: Science meets commerce
On Episode 216 of 'This Week In Space', physicist Dr.
CoRoT-2b's westward hotspot challenges exoplanet models
Thermal phase observations of the scorching hot Jupiter CoRoT-2b, conducted with the Spitzer Space Telescope's IRAC instrument, revealed a significant westward hotspot offset of 23 4 degrees in 2026 (
Botswana becomes 68th nation to sign NASA's Artemis Accords
Just last year, Botswana launched its first satellite, BOTSAT-1.
NASA Uses Artemis II Orion Data to Refine Moon to Mars Strategy
Four astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, embarked on a 10-day voyage around the Moon aboard Orion, marking the first crewed deep-space mission of its kind.
NASA to detail Moon Base plans, discusses lunar challenges
Just 51 minutes into its flight, the Orion spacecraft, carrying four NASA astronauts on a journey around the Moon, experienced a communications issue.
NASA Accelerates Lunar Base Program With New Artemis Mission Plans
NASA has moved its Artemis IV mission forward to 2028, aiming to establish a permanent lunar base by 2032.
NASA TESS mission discovers two new super-puff planets
Two newly discovered planets, TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, are larger than Jupiter yet so light they have densities comparable to cotton candy, according to NASA's TESS mission .
Lake Naivasha's rising waters flood homes, displace thousands
Dickson Ngome's farm, leased in 2008, lay over 2 kilometers from Lake Naivasha's shore.
NASA Launches Student Experiments on Sounding Rocket
For the first time, NASA is launching a single sounding rocket carrying experiments from nearly 250 participants across 38 university and community college teams.
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.
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.