Venus just lost its last active spacecraft, but more might be coming in a few years. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week…
Category: Space
Seas of the Sun, the story of Cluster
The first recorded observation of a satellite reentry from a high-speed orbit, taken from a plane in bright daylight. Credit: European Space Agency What began with tragedy ended in triumph.…
Astronaut from Pakistan will be 1st international visitor to China’s Tiangong space station
China is training Pakistani astronauts for selection for a short-duration visit to its Tiangong space station. “Two selected Pakistani astronauts will participate in training together with Chinese astronauts. One of…
India space agency launches its heaviest satellite
The CMS-03 satellite is an upgraded version of the rocket that launched India’s unmanned craft that landed on the Moon in August 2023. India launched its heaviest ever communication satellite on…
What’s happening on the International Space Station while the government is shut down?
Although the U.S. government is shut down, NASA’s astronauts in space are still expected to show up for work every day. As the shutdown continues into its second month, many…
How to spot November’s supermoon, the closest of the year
A bird flies in front of the Harvest Supermoon in San Francisco, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu The moon will look slightly bigger and brighter Wednesday night…
PBS celebrates 25 years of the ISS with NOVA’s ‘Operation Space Station’ on Nov. 5
Celebrating the lasting legacy of our planet’s off-world laboratory since it was first inserted into orbit in 2000, NOVA presents a two-part exploration of the venerable International Space Station with…
China’s Shenzhou 21 docks with space station, sets the country’s own speed record
China’s Long March 2F rocket, carrying three astronauts for the Shenzhou 21 manned space mission, blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwestern China, Friday, Oct. 31,…
NASA rejects Kardashian’s claim Moon landing ‘didn’t happen’
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain NASA hit back on Thursday at reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s claim that the 1969 moon landing “didn’t happen,” a theory consistently debunked over decades. “Yes,…
‘Ghost particles’ can zoom through you without a trace. Scientists are getting to the bottom of this cosmic mystery
Imagine a particle so ghostly that over 100 trillion of them could pass through you every single second without you noticing anything at all. Spooky, right? Well, believe it or…
