British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world's first demonstration of this novel renewable energy source ~space satellites Article 654 words, published Oct 24 2024 21 votes
Earth has caught a temporary 'second moon,' scientists say ~space Article 643 words, published Sep 26 2024 20 votes
NASA cancels in progress ISS spacewalk due to spacesuit coolant leak ~space Article 694 words 26 votes
James Webb Space Telescope spots the two earliest galaxies ever seen ~space astronomy Article 1258 words 31 votes
United Launch Alliance to launch final Delta Heavy IV rocket today (in less than an hour, 1315 ET) ~space spaceflight.commercial rocketry Link 10 votes
TRAPPIST-1 caught stripping atmosphere of possibly habitable exoplanet ~space astronomy Link 12 votes
Supervolcano eruption on Pluto hints at hidden ocean beneath the surface ~space Article 623 words 21 votes
'Noctalgia' is a feature of the modern age for humans, animals suffer from the loss of dark skies too ~enviro pollution.light Article 787 words, published Sep 18 2023 16 votes
Humanity's current space behavior 'unsustainable,' due to satellite and space junk congestion, European Space Agency report warns ~space satellites Article 591 words 49 votes
German Aerospace Center (DLR), a NASA VERITAS mission partner, is conducting instrument field tests in Iceland ~space Article 485 words 4 votes
Removing carbon from Earth's atmosphere may not 'fix' climate change ~enviro climate change Article 842 words 23 votes
Voyager engineers keep on tickin' in new documentary 'It's Quieter in the Twilight' ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 516 words 8 votes
Edinburgh-based Skyrora got its suborbital Skylark L rocket successfully off an Icelandic launch pad – but the booster didn't go far, falling into the Norwegian Sea ~space rocketry spaceflight.suborbital Article 521 words 4 votes
Meteorites could have brought all five genetic 'letters' of DNA to early Earth ~space Article 591 words 5 votes
SpaceX loses forty Starlink satellites to geomagnetic storm a day after launch ~space satellites Article 696 words 16 votes
Nerves run high ahead of the James Webb Space Telescope launch this Saturday ~space astronomy rocketry Article 759 words 17 votes
Volunteers wanted: NASA's Planet Patrol wants your help to find alien worlds ~space astronomy Article 439 words, published Oct 1 2020 7 votes
Scientists just found the biggest neutron star (or smallest black hole) yet in a strange cosmic collision ~space astronomy Article 1077 words 5 votes
Scientists create exotic, fifth state of matter on space station to explore the quantum world ~space Article 624 words, published Jun 11 2020 4 votes
United Launch Alliance launches robotic X-37B space plane on sixth classified mission ~space spaceflight.military Link 7 votes
How a meteorite ruined an Alabama woman's afternoon sixty-five years ago ~space Article 650 words 9 votes
Meet Hippocamp! Neptune's smallest moon has a name (and a violent past) ~space astronomy Article 948 words 11 votes
Big new Indian rocket launches satellite, setting stage for Moon mission ~space astronomy rocketry satellites Article 549 words 6 votes
Nasa’s Hubble telescope is out of action: It needs three functioning gyroscopes to work but currently only has two. ~space astronomy Article 672 words 8 votes
Hurricane Florence isn't alone: Four powerful storms seen from space in one day ~enviro climate change Article 469 words 9 votes
SpaceX's upgraded Falcon 9 rocket aces maiden flight, sticks landing ~space rocketry Article 933 words 6 votes