Space News
5 forecasts early climate models got right - the evidence is all around you
SPACE.com - 17 Sep 2025 15:00
Climate models are complex, just like the world they mirror.
'The sun is slowly waking up': Scientists say a rise in solar storms awaits us
SPACE.com - 17 Sep 2025 13:00
The turning point seems to have been after 2008, which had the lowest amount of solar activity on record.
Space Force chief: Current satellite tracking too slow for modern threats
Space News - 17 Sep 2025 23:10
Speaking at the AMOS Conference, Saltzman calls for industry partnerships to accelerate capabilities in space domain awareness The post Space Force chief: Current satellite tracking too slow for modern threats appeared f...
Microbial Life Colonizes Post-Impact Craters And Thrives For Millions Of Years
Universe Today - 17 Sep 2025 21:48
Researchers have dated the appearance of microbial life in a 78 million year old impact crater. Life colonized the fractured hydrothermal system the impact created, and thrived for millions of years. It could do the same...
Will We Ever Make it to Mars?
Universe Today - 17 Sep 2025 21:48
You know, if you take away the lack of air and water, the weaker Sun, the lower gravity, and the toxic soil, Mars isnt all that bad of a place to live.
Saturn 'On Razor's Edge' at Opposition for 2025
Universe Today - 17 Sep 2025 21:48
It seems like most of the planets have fled the evening scene. But thats about to change this week. Saturn reaches opposition on Sunday, September 21st, passing closest to the Earth at just over 8.5 Astronomical Units (A...
Webb Spots a Massive Stellar Jet in the Outer Milky Way
Universe Today - 17 Sep 2025 21:48
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged an extremely large and symmetric protostellar jet at the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. From tip to tip, this protostellar jet is 8 light-years across, about doub...
Artemis 2 astronauts will double as human science experiments on their trip around the moon
SPACE.com - 17 Sep 2025 21:00
Artemis 2 astronauts will be the subjects of nearly as many experiments as they'll be performing during their trip around the moon.
NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Ready to Fly Crew
NASA Breaking news - 17 Sep 2025 20:37
NASAs Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket poised to send four astronauts from Earth on a journey around the Moon next year may appear identical to the Artemis I SLS rocket. On closer inspection, though, engineers...
Are interstellar invaders like comet 3I/ATLAS seeding the universe with exoplanets?
SPACE.com - 17 Sep 2025 20:00
Alien objects may be seeding the universe. Here's what that means.
Space Force accelerates reorganization of acquisition units
Space News - 17 Sep 2025 19:27
Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, head of the Space Systems Command, said the restructuring - centered on System Deltas that pair acquisition officers with operational commanders - is progressing at a fast pace. The post Space Fo...
Bad news for astronauts? Human stem cells age more rapidly in space, study suggests
SPACE.com - 17 Sep 2025 19:00
A new study suggests that a group of cells, key for the health of blood and the immune system, are vulnerable to aging-like processes after spending time on the ISS.
Apple TV+'s sci-fi saga 'Foundation' is getting a Season 4: 'We look forward to continuing the epic'
SPACE.com - 17 Sep 2025 18:00
"It's been fantastic to watch 'Foundation' become such a global phenomenon, with fans tuning in from every corner of the world."
NASA Rideshares Integrated Ahead of Launch
NASA Breaking news - 17 Sep 2025 17:28
Technicians completed integrating NASAs Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) satellite to an Evolved Expendable Lau...
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low
NASA Breaking news - 17 Sep 2025 17:02
With the end of summer approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic shrank to its annual minimum on Sept. 10, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The total sea ice ...
Don't miss the beautiful summer Milky Way next week as the new moon goes dark on Sept. 21
SPACE.com - 17 Sep 2025 17:00
The moon is near new phase this week, and clearer skies and cooler overnight temperatures means that this is also an optimum week to check out the beautiful summer Milky Way.
XRISM uncovers a mystery in the cosmic winds of change
ESA - 17 Sep 2025 17:00
The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) has revealed an unexpected difference between the powerful winds launching from a disc around a neutron star and those from material circling supermassive black holes. T...
NASA's tally of planets outside our solar system reaches 6,000
Phys.org - 17 Sep 2025 16:57
The official number of exoplanets-planets outside our solar system-tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, so no single planet i...
Some small asteroids can abruptly explode
Phys.org - 17 Sep 2025 16:44
Some asteroids are more dangerous than others, according to a report published in Nature Astronomy by an international team of researchers, led by astrophysicist Auriane Egal of the Montreal Planetarium in Canada. The te...
Watch an asteroid the size of the Washington Monument zoom past Earth live on Sept. 18 (video)
SPACE.com - 17 Sep 2025 16:15
Watch live as a potentially hazardous asteroid makes a close flyby of Earth on Sept. 18.
Breathtaking timelapse photos capture September's blood moon total lunar eclipse over Egypt's White Desert
SPACE.com - 17 Sep 2025 16:13
See breathtaking images of September's blood moon total lunar eclipse from Egypt.
Small GEO strategies diverge around vertical integration
Space News - 17 Sep 2025 15:41
The fledgling small geostationary satellite manufacturing market is splitting across a spectrum of vertical integration strategies as companies weigh sovereignty, speed and scale in reshaping space-based communications. ...