Space News
NASA, SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of Crew-11 astronaut mission to ISS
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 00:18
NASA and SpaceX are targeting July 31 for the launch of the four-astronaut Crew-11 mission, which will fly a mix of rookies and spaceflight veterans to the ISS.
US Space Force practices 'orbital warfare' in largest-ever training event
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 14:00
The United States Space Force is undertaking its largest training exercise ever, in order to demonstrate that it is "prepared to fight and win in space."
The Milky Way could be teeming with more satellite galaxies than previously thought
Phys.org - 11 Jul 2025 01:00
The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, according to new research. Cosmologists at Durham University used a new technique combining the highe...
Act fast to get the best cameras for less -- Amazon Prime Day ends tonight
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 23:30
The end of Prime Day is in sight -- savings won't last for long on these top Canon and Sony cameras.
'Darkness is coming.' 'Foundation' Season 3 arrives today on Apple TV+
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 23:00
The Mule makes a murderous entrance in today's premiere episode, 'A Song For the End of Everything'.
Want a last minute steal? Save $200 on this pro-level Sony A7R IV mirrorless camera as Walmart takes on Amazon
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 23:00
Prime Day is brilliant, but the best savings aren't always at Amazon. Walmart has beaten the online giant's price for this Sony A7R IV camera, by over $200, but it could be ending soon!
Keeping wastewater flowing into tomorrow's coffee | On the ISS this week July 7 - 11, 2025
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 22:00
The Expedition 73 and Axiom Mission 4 crews spent their second of two weeks together conducting science aboard the International Space Station.
Funding Astrobiology Challenges Can Bring Us Closer To Understanding the Origins of Life
Universe Today - 11 Jul 2025 21:43
Astrobiology can be split into two very distinct fields. There's the field that astronomers are likely more familiar with, involving large telescopes, exoplanets, and spectroscopic signals that are pored over to debate w...
Ancient Rivers in Noachis Terra Reveal Mars' Long-Lived Wet Past
Universe Today - 11 Jul 2025 21:43
In the last couple of decades, evidence has accumulated showing that ancient Mars was a warm planet with abundant water flowing across its surface. The more scientists study the planet, the more evidence they find. New r...
Advances in NASA Imaging Changed How World Sees Mars
NASA Breaking news - 11 Jul 2025 21:41
Sixty years ago, NASA's Mariner 4 captured groundbreaking views of the Red Planet, leading to a steady stream of advances in the cameras used to study other worlds. In 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 mission brought Mars into Ame...
NASA Astronaut Shannon Walker Retires
NASA Breaking news - 11 Jul 2025 21:31
NASA astronaut Shannon Walker retired July 10, concluding a career that spanned 38 years, including 30 years of federal service and more than 21 years as an astronaut. During two spaceflights, she spent 330 days in orbit...
Prime Day is over but savings are still active -- invest in some new optics for the return of Saturn to late-night skies
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 21:00
Prime Day finished on July 11 and there are still some late savings on telescopes and binoculars, but they won't last forever.
Sunspot crackling with magnetic 'bombs' is now turning toward Earth (photo)
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 21:00
Astrophotographer Philippe Tosi captured explosive Ellerman bombs on the sun's surface as an active sunspot turned toward Earth.
The Fortress of Solitude: Every live-action incarnation of Superman's iconic ice hideout
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 20:00
As the newest Superman film hits theaters, we cast our X-ray vision back on every live-action incarnation of the Fortress of Solitude, from its 1978 debut to its 2025 return.
Don't miss the last full 'Manhattanhenge' sunset of 2025 light up NYC today
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 19:47
"July Manhattanhenge is what I call the goodbye to the grid."
Putting the X-59 to the Test
NASA Breaking news - 11 Jul 2025 19:45
Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible ...
These Amazon Prime Day deals must end tonight -- don't miss out on big savings across skywatching optics
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 19:38
It's the last day of Amazon Prime Day and some of these deals are ending tonight. Grab some new optics in time to see Saturn's rings!
Last chance budget-friendly Prime Day star projector deal -- now under $14
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 18:44
We tested the YGiTK Northern Galaxy Lights Projector and loved its multifunctionality and near-silent operation -- today's your last chance to save 26%.
Billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman donating $15 million for Space Camp programs
SPACE.com - 11 Jul 2025 18:31
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire private astronaut who until recently was on track to lead NASA, is donating $15 million to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for its Space Camp programs.
NASA to Provide Coverage of Axiom Mission 4 Departure from Station
NASA Breaking news - 11 Jul 2025 17:47
NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut mission from the International Space Station. The four-member astronaut crew is scheduled to undock from the space-f...
3I/ATLAS: Scientific paper details what's known about the third-ever interstellar object
Phys.org - 11 Jul 2025 17:23
When the news started to sp
Europe's first deep-space optical communication link
Phys.org - 11 Jul 2025 17:00
The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully established a transmission-reception optical link with NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment onboard its Psyche mission, located 265 million kilometers aw...