February finale: SpaceX wraps up month with three Starlink launches this week

In what has become hardly a leap for the company, SpaceX concluded its Starlink satellite launches for February 2026 with a trio of flights this week. On Tuesday (Feb. 24)…

Astronomers just watched a star 1,540 times the size of our sun transform into a hypergiant. Will it go supernova?

Astronomers have witnessed one of our universe’s biggest stars transforming into a rare stellar body, and the dramatic metamorphosis may be the prequel to a powerful supernova explosion that sees…

Our review of the world’s first 360-degree drone, the Antigravity A1 drone

Key specs Camera: Dual 1/1.28-inch sensors with f/2.2 lenses Video resolution: Up to 8K Frame rates: 8K up to 30 FPS / 5.2K up to 60 FPS / 4K &…

Watch NASA roll Artemis 2 moon rocket off launch pad on Feb. 25 to deal with glitch

NASA’s Artemis II Live Views from Kennedy Space Center – YouTube Watch On NASA will roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket off the launch pad on Wednesday (Feb. 25) to…

China’s mysterious Shenlong space plane recently launched on its 4th mission. What is it doing up there?

China’s reusable space plane is circling Earth once again. The Shenlong (“Divine Dragon”) spacecraft launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Feb. 6, kicking off the…

Is time a fundamental part of reality: A quiet revolution in physics suggests not

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds…

NASA’s Artemis 2 moon rocket has a new problem. ‘This will almost assuredly impact the March launch window.’

NASA may not launch its Artemis 2 moon mission just a few weeks from now after all. On Saturday morning (Feb. 21), the agency announced that it had detected a…

2 powerful telescopes team up to find 70 ancient galaxies with surprising levels of metals

Using the James Webb Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array , astronomers have investigated 70 dusty, star-forming galaxies at the very edge of the universe. These galaxies, seen…

‘We almost did have a really terrible day.’ NASA now says Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut flight was a ‘Type A mishap’

The first astronaut mission of Boeing’s Starliner taxi was a bumpier ride than NASA wanted to admit at the time. The agency announced today (Feb. 19) that it has reclassified…

‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ feels like ’12 Monkeys’ meets ‘Shaun of the Dead’ and a whole lot of AI dread (review)

Anyone who’s recently stood in line for a bagel or coffee at the local bakery and seen everyone staring dazedly at their cell phones, seemingly afraid to be alone with…