Space

Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft will launch in November to the orbital laboratory on a SpaceX Falcon...

Follow usAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleNewsletterSubscribe to our newsletterAbandoned, possessed, or infested spaceships in sci-fi films, books, and video games are usually not a welcoming place to hang your helmet and kick back inside.Many are distinctly...

We all know that black holes can collide. It has happened since black holes began to form, early in cosmic time. The result is always a clash that gives off gravitational...

October was a month of discoveries and milestones. ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover team trained in Spain’s desert, preparing for Mars. Our Smile mission captured the full ring of northern lights around Earth, while Mars Express uncovered new clues about...

Although no ghouls, goblins, or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory still like to get in the Halloween spirit. Whether individually or as an entire crew, they dress up...

Science & Exploration 29/10/2026 496 views 5 likesThe NASA/ESA Hubble and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescopes recently stared at an eerie star-forming scene within the Carina Nebula, a massive gas and dust cloud located approximately 7500 light-years away from...

Follow usAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleNewsletterSubscribe to our newsletterThe U.S. Air Force is opening up about the SpaceX Starfall cargo capsule it flew on a recent rideshare mission to orbit — and showing off what the...

All stars die eventually, but they don't all die the same. A star's death is determined by its mass. Only the most massive stars die in supernovae explosions, and those calamitous...

Follow usAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleNewsletterSubscribe to our newsletterNASA is overhauling how it selects and develops science missions, with changes intended to reduce costs, streamline competition and get missions into space faster.The new approach, called Competition...

Applications 26/10/2026 694 views 32 likesWith its solar arrays integrated and key qualification reviews under way, Europe’s new ice-monitoring satellite, CRISTAL, is moving from assembly into the demanding testing phase that will demonstrate its readiness for the rigours of launch...