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How to see rainbows on exoplanets
A future NASA telescope could spot atmospheric phenomena on planets orbiting other stars
The Dark Year
EMPs, solar storms and the forces that could switch off civilization.
Landing the Space Shuttle — An Incredible Flying Machine and the Thrill of a Lifetime
This was my first landing at the controls of Atlantis, and it was the culmination of a 10-day mission to the Russian Mir to deliver supplies and a fresh crew for the space station. In just about th…
How SpaceX Streamlined the Raptor Engine
If you’re reading this, there’s a very good chance you’ve seen this famous image of three iterations of SpaceX’s Raptor rocket engine.
Solar Superstorm Knocked US GPS Off By Up To 10 Meters, Study Finds - Dataconomy
Researchers in the United States said a solar superstorm on Nov. 11, 2025 caused coast-to-coast disruption across the United States,
History for European spaceflight: Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight - Isar Aerospace
By enabling access to space, we contribute to humanity’s progress and our planet’s sustainable technological and economic development. Select your journey to orbit and launch with us.
This star has the strangest sky in the galaxy
The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole so closely that its view of the heavens gets twisted
SSTO Spaceplanes!
Reaction Engines vs. SpaceX
Re-entry & surviving it
Nuclear Space Propulsion 2: The scary stuff
Nuclear Thermal Rockets
Interstellar Travel
How spaceflight changes astronauts' ability to eat and drink
If humans are to spend more time in space, scientists need to understand how life in microgravity affects eating and drinking
NASA Just Spotted a Wandering Black Hole Devouring a Star
NASA Just Spotted a Wandering Black Hole Devouring a Star: Black holes sometimes make a break for it
Despite recent successes, rapid reuse of Starship remains a tough nut to crack - Ars Technica
NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.
How should we think about Starship?
What started as the Mars Colonial Transporter risks becoming a humble space truck
Astronomers just accidentally spotted the faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth
Beta Pictoris d is more than twice the size of Jupiter, but it is a baby compared to its humongous neighbors
A Jupiter-size planet that escaped its star's death - Ars Technica
It's unclear how the planet avoided its star's bloated red giant stage.
Blink and You'll Miss It: Why Advanced Aliens May Already Be Invisible to Us
Prof. Michael Garrett on Technological Acceleration and the Fleeting Technosignatures of Post-Biological Civilizations for IAUS404
Book Review: How Radio Astronomy Made the Invisible Visible
Emma Chapman's "The Echoing Universe" is a vivid survey of the hidden parts of the cosmos and those who seek them out.
NASA Tests Next-gen Radiation-hardened Space Computer Chip - Dataconomy
NASA's High Performance Spaceflight Computing project aims to significantly enhance the computational capabilities of spacecraft, enabling autonomous operations and faster
A satellite company supporting Ukraine appears to be in Russia's crosshairs - Ars Technica
This capability is not common for satellites conducting typical missions."
The Sun and Superflares
Just how big a flare is the Sun capable of producing?
Watch Astrobotic’s latest record-breaking ‘ring of fire’ rocket engine test
Rotating detonation rocket engines work differently than traditional rockets to maximize thrust while using less fuel—an advantage that could help spacecraft explore farther in the solar system
Dark Skies and Dark Energy Converge in West Texas
In the Big Bend region, a portal to the early universe is enabled by the largest dark-sky reserve on Earth.
The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker
Before GPS, how did aircraft navigate? One important technique was celestial navigation: navigating from the positions of the stars, planets...
NASA’s Artemis II laser communications system is beaming 4K video from the moon
A new laser system aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft is sending sharper video and more data back to Earth
microwave
NASA’s Near Space Network and Deep Space Network of giant radio antennas
Hidden in the Shadow — We Are Inquisitive
The seven hour explosion nobody could explain
Gamma-ray bursts are the most violent explosions in the universe. In a fraction of a second, they can release more energy than the sun will emit across its entire 10-billion-year lifetime. Most are over before you've had time to register them, gone in seconds, minutes at most…
Space Forge Evaluates In-Orbit Manufacturing Tech
Space Forge's orbital furnace could redefine semiconductor production with space-grown crystals.
Musk Has Totally Lost His Mind
He is a literal lunatic.
The Hidden Physics of Running Data Centers in Orbit - EE Times
As data centers move toward Earth's orbit, thermal management becomes a major challenge, forcing engineers to rethink system design in space.
Inside the hunt for the most dangerous asteroid ever
As space rock 2024 YR4 became more likely to hit Earth than anything of its size had ever been before, scientists all over the world mobilized to protect the planet.
Mercury: The planet that shouldn't exist
Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission arriving in 2026 might solve the mystery.
Charlie's Diary: The High Frontier, Redux
Fill this in yourself.
NASA's Voyager 1 Revealed A Stunning Discovery At The Edge Of Our Solar System - BGR
After decades of exploring, NASA's Voyager 1 hit the edge of the solar system and passed through a great "wall of fire," better known as the heliopause.
America's Secretive X-37B Space Plane Will Test a Quantum Alternative to GPS for the US Space Force - Slashdot
The mysterious X-37B space-plane — the U.S. military's orbital test vehicle — "serves partly as a platform for cutting-edge experiments," writes Space.com And "one of these experiments is a potential alternative to GPS that makes use of quantum science as a tool for…
It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers
“Once more, we play our dangerous game—a game of chess—against our old adversary.”…
The biggest perturbation of satellite orbits
The most important factor left out of the two body problem is the J2 effect, due to the fact that the earth is not a sphere of uniform density.
The second launch of New Glenn will aim for Mars
The payload likely to spark the most interest is the Blue Moon MK1 lander.
A Zombie Star That Can Shred Human Atoms Is Speeding Through the Galaxy
There’s a zombie star racing through our galaxy at more than 110,000 miles per hour, and it’s basically a cosmic horror show.
What Are ORCs? Astronomers Still Don’t Know
ORCs—odd radio circles—are one of the weirdest recent discoveries in the heavens above
How Many Rogue Planets Are in the Milky Way?
According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history
Unprecedented Starlink Reentries
Feb. 5, 2025 (Spaceweather.com): What goes up, must come down–which could be a problem when you’re launching thousands of satellites. Since 2018, SpaceX has placed more than 7,000 Starl…
What we’re observing is a giant uncontrolled experiment in atmospheric chemistry. The demise of just one Gen1 Starlink satellite produces about 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of aluminum oxide, a compound that eats away at the ozone layer.
Where Are All the Dwarf Planets? - NeuroLogica Blog
In 2006 (yes, it was that long ago - yikes) the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially adopted the definition of dwarf planet - they are large enough for their gravity to pull themselves into a sphere, they orbit the sun and not another larger body, but they don't…
A Tiny Jumping Robot for Exploring Enceladus
Our favorite jumping robot is hoping for a trip to Saturn’s icy moon
Moon – Bartosz Ciechanowski
Interactive article about the Moon
The secret reason the USA beat the USSR to the Moon
Sixty years ago, the Soviet Union was way ahead of the USA in the space race. Then one critical event changed everything.