A giant cosmic ‘fart’ is making a wobbling zombie star …
An enormous, ongoing cosmic “fart” is causing a mysterious zombie star to flare up repeatedly, shining bright pulses of X-rays toward Earth,…
Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine
HELSINKI — A new Chinese commercial rocket engine startup has conducted a successful long-duration hot fire test of a closed-cycle…
Orbit Fab, Thales Alenia to study refueling for electric-propulsion satellites
WASHINGTON — Orbit Fab and Thales Alenia Space will work on a project backed by the U.K. Space Agency to study whether satellites using…
Exolaunch and SEOPS purchase Falcon 9 launches for dedicated rideshare missions
AMSTERDAM — Two companies best known for brokering payload space on SpaceX rideshare launches have each purchased Falcon 9 launches to meet…
Bizarre patterns on Venus have scientists puzzled
Bizarre Venus surface formations (or coronae) are likely key to understanding our twin planet’s heretofore inscrutable interior. Using…
Northern Norway is ready to launch. EU Space Regulation — and its new Arctic policy – is not.
The European Commission is currently updating its Arctic policy, with a new policy statement expected this coming autumn. Unlike the latest…
Shenzhou-23 crew arrives at Tiangong as China maps path to 2030 lunar landing
HELSINKI — Three Chinese astronauts arrived at Tiangong space station Sunday, with one crewmember expected to become China’s first to stay in…
China launches ‘human artificial embryos’ to space for …
China has become the first nation to send “human artificial embryos” to space in a bid to better understand how microgravity and…
NASA to add missions to SpaceX commercial crew contract
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to add more missions to SpaceX’s commercial crew contract, protecting the agency from the possibility that Boeing’s…