Volunteers search for meterorites in February 2023 in Angiens, France. With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth’s atmosphere and sent…
Category: Space
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast (video)
SpaceX launched its 119th Falcon 9 mission of the year today (Sept. 21), sending another batch of its Starlink internet satellites aloft from Florida’s Space Coast. A Falcon 9 rocket…
Astronaut Chris Hadfield explores murder in space in new Cold War space thriller ‘Final Orbit’ (exclusive)
Launching back to the historic Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975, a new space thriller titled “Final Orbit” arrives next month from New York Times bestselling author, TV host, YouTube sensation, TED…
New NASA mission to reveal Earth’s invisible ‘halo’
The first image of UV light from Earth’s outer atmosphere, the geocorona, taken from a telescope designed and built by George Carruthers. The telescope took the image while on the…
‘We must replace this capability now’: New NOAA satellite to replace aging space weather sentinels launches Sept. 23
On Sept. 23, a spacecraft will launch with a clear mission — to keep a constant watch on the sun to help protect Earth from space weather. The satellite, Space…
NASA’s Deep Space Communications demo exceeds project expectations
In this infrared photograph, the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at JPL’s Table Mountain Facility near Wrightwood, California, beams its eight-laser beacon to the Deep Space Optical Communications flight laser transceiver…
See the crescent moon take flight with Venus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19
Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19, while others will…
Northrop Grumman cargo ship reaches the International Space Station a day late after engine issue
This image provided by NASA shows Northrop Grumman’s newly arrived cargo capsule at the International Space Station on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Credit: NASA via AP A supply ship arrived…
