NASA launches Pandora telescope, taking JWST’s search f…
On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…
‘Stop and re-check everything’: Scientists discover 26 …
NASA‘s cleanrooms rank among the cleanest spaces on Earth, and for good reason — these sterile spaces are fortified to prevent even the…
China hits 90 launches as Guowang deployment continues, Fengyun-4C heads to GEO
HELSINKI — China reached 90 orbital launches in 2025 with consecutive Long March missions deploying Guowang megaconstellation satellites and…
Synspective tapped to provide satellite imagery for Japan’s new military constellation
WASHINGTON — Japanese radar-imaging company Synspective has been selected as a partner in a Japan Ministry of Defense project to build and…
Stunning array of 400 rings in a ‘reflection’ nebula so…
Composite image of the star-forming region NGC 1333 obtained by combining data from the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope and the Digitized Sky Survey.…
Is the sun really a dwarf star?
The sun is the biggest object in the solar system; at about 865,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers) across, it’s more than 100 times…
Former ULA chief Bruno joins Blue Origin
SANTA FE, N.M. — Tory Bruno, who recently stepped down as chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is joining Blue Origin as head of the…
Perseverance continues science mission amid uncertainty about Mars Sample Return
NEW ORLEANS — NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about how, when or even if those…
Archaeological artifacts should not be for sale in thri…
An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the department of archeology at Simon Fraser University in the spring of 2024.…