Venus and Jupiter are side-by-side in May 2026, with a close encounter coming in June. Here’s how to track them every night
Venus and Jupiter are prominent planets visible in the west after sunset throughout May 2026, and the two…
Red Flower Moon looms on the horizon over Sicily. Beautiful image captured this morning hints at the full Moon spectacle this weekend
Fans of the full Moon are preparing for this weekend’s Flower Moon to rise in the evening sky.…
Odyssey Team Celebrates on a Global Map of Mars
Team members past and present from NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter mission gathered on April 15, 2026, to…
New FCC Rules Could Mean ‘Sevenfold’ Capacity Increase for Starlink
SpaceX’s Starlink could see a “sevenfold” increase in capacity under new rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission…
Is Venus volcanically active? Big Hawaiian eruption in 2022 could help scientists find out
With evidence increasingly showing that volcanism is active on the surface of Venus today, a team of geologists…
SpaceX’s Starlink Powers New Direct-to-Satellite Cattle Collars
Halter has officially announced the launch of direct-to-satellite connectivity for its smart cattle collars. By leveraging SpaceX’s Starlink…
Asteroid Juno’s dusty surface gives scientists a rare look beneath it
Researchers have found that a roughly 155-mile-wide (250-kilometer-wide) space rock called Juno has a dusty surface that is…
What does it take to call home from the Moon?
For most of human spaceflight history, the go to for communications has been radio waves, a technology that…
How do you study something you can never step outside of?
Studying the thing you can never step outside of and look back at is the fundamental problem facing…
Elon Musk Will Earn a Company Bonus if He Drops a Million Colonists on Mars
Elon Musk now has another reason to colonize Mars besides appealing to his massive ego. Board members of…