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Space for Humanity's "Take Off in Zero-G" to Inspire the Next Generation of Global Space Communicators
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/
US-China moon race could turn into a lunar land grab
Sixty years ago, the United States and the Soviet Union were embroiled in a race to the moon, which the US won. The 21st-century lunar contest, with China stepping in for the Soviet Union, has many similarities but also key differences. The Apollo astronauts
On a Thursday in mid-November each year, South Korea grounds all commercial aircraft during the ...
Once a year, on a Thursday in November, South Korea reorganises its national infrastructure around a single exam. The test is the Suneung, officially the College Scholastic Ability Test, administered by the Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation. For
The universe is supposed to have no preferred direction or special axis — yet the ...
The cosmic microwave background is supposed to be directionless in the statistical sense. Its tiny temperature variations should form a random pattern with no preferred cosmic north, no privileged plane and no line pointing back towards Earth. Yet two of the
Meet Anil Menon, NASA astronaut who will spend 8 months aboard space station: All about ...
Anil Menon NASA astronaut: Anil Menon, the first NASA astronaut of
After a Billion Kilometres, China's Asteroid Hunter Finally Arrives
After chasing a small asteroid across a billion kilometres
Space junk cloud discovered in key satellite orbit raises collision concerns
Researchers have identified dozens
Dead Space creator Glen Schofield is retiring: "Times are tough right now, but the future ...
Copy link Facebook X Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Glen Schofield, creator of the Dead Space series and director of several Call of Duty games,
Heat Dome Broils the Western U.S.
A ridge of high pressure fueled record-breaking temperatures in Montana, Utah, and Wyoming on July 12, 2026. NASA home page
Carl Sagan’s 1980 PBS series “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage” has been broadcast in more than ...
In 1980, a science documentary hosted by an astronomer became the most watched series in the history of American public television. It held that record for ten years. Measured by its reach around the world, it still holds a record of its own. The series was
OUR SPACE: CanadArm repair | The Union-Recorder
NASA astronaut Chris Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk to swap out a malfunctioning wrist joint on the CanadArm2 robotic arm. (NASA+/Contributed) There’s never a dull moment aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Colorado’s Sierra Space lands pivotal $798 million ‘Golden Dome’ defense contract
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready Sierra Space announced Monday it has secured a $798 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites for the U.S. Space Force, cementing its position as a “prime” contractor in the Trump
The Harvard astrophysicist best known for arguing that ʻOumuamua might have been alien technology has ...
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, whose suggestion that the interstellar visitor ʻOumuamua could have been artificial made him one of astronomy’s most recognisable and disputed public figures, has been selected to chair a new scientific advisory council
Beneath Europa’s fractured ice may be an ocean containing more liquid water than all of ...
From a distance, Europa looks like a frozen world. Its surface is a pale shell crossed by rust-coloured bands, ridges and fractures, with few of the impact craters that scar most old moons. Yet beneath that ice, scientists think, lies a global saltwater ocean
Some objects that appear to be extraordinarily cold, dim stars could theoretically be energy-harvesting alien ...
An object that looks unusually cold and faint on a map of the stars need not be a star at all. In one speculative case, it could be the infrared glow of a vast system built to intercept a star’s light and use its energy. A study published in the journal
Pentagon seeks to shift billions to cover rising personnel costs
The Pentagon is shifting money away from weapons and technology programs to cover “higher-than-expected” military personnel costs, according to a recently released $4.3 billion omnibus reprogramming request. Congress grants the Defense Department limited
The mystery of life on Earth is sweet
In some ways, there is a delightful irony to the interstellar origins of sugar.
A satellite launched in 1958, no bigger than a grapefruit and silent since 1964, is ...
On 17 March 1958, a three-stage rocket lifted a polished aluminium sphere from Cape Canaveral and placed it in a long, elliptical orbit around Earth. Vanguard 1 was only 16.3 centimetres across and weighed about 1.5 kilograms. Six thin aerials made it look
US-Russian crew arrives at the International Space Station for 8-month mission
This highlights ongoing cooperation between Moscow and Washington in space. ...
The Oldest Stars in the Galaxy Just Weighed In on One of Cosmology's Biggest Arguments
Astronomers have measured the ages of over a hundred and
NASA once reactivated Voyager 1 thrusters that had been unused for 37 years, sending commands ...
On 28 November 2017, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent Voyager 1 a command to fire four thrusters that had been silent since November 1980. The spacecraft was about 21 billion kilometres away, beyond the heliopause, and the team had to wait 19
The Biggest Risk to A.I. in Space Is Sitting on the Ground
Space-based computing could solve A.I.’s growing energy demands, but its success will depend on securing the terrestrial infrastructure beneath it. Unsplash+ Putting data centers in space has moved from science fiction to procurement. SpaceX, Meta and
SpaceX launches flight-proven rocket for 600th time, sending Starlink satellites to orbit
SpaceX reached a milestone with its latest Starlink launch, sending the satellites into orbit on its 600th flight of a flight-proven booster. The sexacentennial launch came on the second of two Falcon 9 missions that lifted off less than eight hours apart
Dogs do not see the world in black and white: they see much as a ...
Dogs do not see only in black and white. That is one of the most stubborn myths in popular biology, and it is wrong. Dogs see colour. Their world is narrower than ours, leaning toward blues and yellows, with reds and greens washing out into dull browns and
NASA Invites Media to Serbia Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
The Republic of Serbia will sign the Artemis Accords at 5 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, during a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA home page
New Trio Enters Station and Joins Expedition 74 Crew
At 4:30 p.m. EDT, the hatch opened between the International Space Station and the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina have entered the station, where they will spend the next eight months
Scientists spot 4 superdense stellar corpses hiding behind their red dwarf companions
Astronomers have spotted four dead star white dwarf stars playing a game of cosmic hide-and-seek, all four of which were hiding in the glares of red dwarf companion stars. This marks the first detection of white dwarfs existing in double star systems in our
A park ranger lowered himself into an Australian canyon expecting to document an ordinary patch ...
In September 1994, David Noble used ropes to enter a remote sandstone gorge in Wollemi National Park, northwest of Sydney. Noble, an off-duty officer with the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, was exploring the canyon when he noticed a group
Three New Crew Members Await Hatch Opening Live on NASA+
NASA’s live hatch-opening coverage is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Hatch opening is scheduled to begin at 3:55 p.m. EDT. After, NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina will enter the