NASA's tiny spacecraft sends first exoplanet images

With the first images from the spacecraft now in hand, the team behind NASA's Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, is ready to begin charting the energetic lives of the galaxy's most ...
Space.com

Bus-sized asteroid will fly past Earth tonight mere days after being discovered. Here's what to expect

The solar system asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth at 11:27 p.m. EDT on March 12 (0327 GMT on March 13), when it will pass 197,466 miles (317,791 kilometers) from t ...

NASA shares stunning Mars images on orbiter’s 20th anniversary

NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in August 2005 and the following year, on March 10, it entered the orbit of the red planet where it continues to operate today. Data returned to Earth by ...

40-minute event that could trap us on Earth forever

Ever wonder if we’re one bad day away from being trapped on Earth forever? It's all about the terrifying reality of the Kessler Syndrome, a theoretical domino effect where a single satellite collision ...

Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...

The Sky This Week from March 6 to 13: The Moon and Antares

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 6With no Moon in the early-evening sky, let's chase down ...

Why are some stars always visible while others come and go with the seasons?

So, why is it that Orion is not always visible in the night sky, and certainly not in the same location month after month, while the Big Dipper always is? The answer is intimately ...
University of Wyoming

UW Planetarium to Host Spring Equinox Program During March

A program about the spring equinox will be front and center at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium during March.

Sam Altman defends AI’s resource consumption and ridicules Musk’s plan to put data centers in space

Sam Altman defends AI's resource consumption and ridicules Musk's plan to put data centers in space - SiliconANGLE ...
East Asia Forum

Starlink, China and the governance of low Earth orbit

China’s December 2025 application to launch more than 200,000 satellites reflects a low Earth orbit frontier already shaped by commercial actors. As satellite networks become embedded in civilian, ...
Scientific American

The largest-ever satellite of its kind just unfurled its wings in low-Earth orbit

The largest-ever communications satellite of its kind took a major step toward operation Tuesday: operator AST SpaceMobile announced the record-breaking spacecraft, whimsically called BlueBird 6, has ...
Aviation Week

NASA, Momentus Team Up For In-Orbit Servicing Mission

Momentus is partnering with NASA to demonstrate joint rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) and formation flying in low Earth orbit. Credit: Momentus Commercial space startup Momentus and NASA ...