NASA delays first Artemis moonshot with astronauts due to extreme cold at launch site
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has delayed astronauts’ upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected…
The “Special Regions” on Mars Where It Is Totally Forbidden to Explore, for a Haunting Reason
Even as momentum builds toward sending humans to Mars in the next decade, several regions on the Red…
EU Awards Three Contracts for Mobile Responsive Launch System Studies
Credit: CNES / Oeil du Chat / European Spaceflight The European Commission has commissioned three parallel studies to…
Airbus defence chief: Europe could make ‘quantum leap’ in space but must abandon ‘grand schemes’
Europe has the chance to make a “quantum leap” in space technology over the coming years and boost…
Rocket Report: How a 5-ton satellite fell off a booster; will SpaceX and xAI merge?
ESA to study Falcon 9 breakup over Poland. The European Space Agency has published a call to tender…
Event Horizon Telescope probes source of 3,000-light-year-long black hole jet
The smooth, rounded glow is an elliptical galaxy made of roughly a trillion stars: the giant galaxy M87.…
China eyes space resources, space tourism and on-orbit digital infrastructure
HELSINKI — China’s main space contractor says it will push into new commercial space domains in the coming…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting moon in 2032 would be great for lunar science
The asteroid 2024 YR4 was, for a brief time, thought to be on a potential collision course with…
Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA preps for critical test ahead of astronaut launch to the moon
Refresh NASA beginning wet dress rehearsal operations Thursday evening (Image credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak) Artemis 2 mission operators at…
Astronomers discover potentially habitable new planet similar to Mars
Astronomers have identified a potentially habitable new planet about 146-light years away from Earth. The candidate planet, designated…
Webb has done it again. New-found galaxy at the dawn of time is challenging what we know about the Universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a galaxy that existed just shortly after the Big Bang, and…
Eutelsat’s ground infrastructure sale falls through
TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat said a planned sale of its passive ground infrastructure to a private equity firm…