NASA astronaut Jessica Meir just shared some tips for controlling curls in the tough environment of microgravity — and it was a big deal for curly-haired people like me.
Meir’s hair-care advice came Wednesday (Sept. 9) in a 5.5-minute video she posted to X from the International Space Station (ISS), where everything floats and “where curls are even more free to be what they want to…
James Webb Space Telescope discovers the rings of tiny solar system body Chariklo are changing
September 14, 2026
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that the ring system of a tiny solar system body is even more interesting than they knew.
The object in question is Chariklo, which orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus, at around 17 times the…
Don't miss Venus shine beside the crescent moon at sunset tonight
September 14, 2026
Look west at sunset on Sept. 13 to see brilliant Venus shining close to the delicate arc of the crescent moon. The encounter is a prelude to an even closer meeting the following day, when the moon will pass directly in front of Venus for observers across parts of Europe…
2 private spacecraft zoom within 650 feet of each other to showcase 'advanced capabilities' in orbit (photos)
September 13, 2026
A pair of private spacecraft just showed off some impressive maneuverability high above Earth.
The two probes — Mira satellites operated by the California startup Impulse Space — zoomed within 650 feet (200 meters) of each other in low Earth orbit (LEO) recently. The rendezvous demonstrated skills that could be useful to a variety of customers down the road, according to the…
Trump is proposing a US Space Academy — if created, it could blur the lines between NASA and the military (op-ed)
September 13, 2026
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
During a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Aug. 28, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an…
On this day in space! NASA astronaut Mae Jemison makes history as the 1st Black woman in space
September 13, 2026
On Sept. 12, 1992, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to go to space.
In NASA’s early days, women and people of color were never selected to go to space. NASA didn’t send a woman to space until the seventh space shuttle mission in…
25 years ago, a NASA astronaut witnessed the tragic 9/11 attacks from space. Here's what he saw.
September 12, 2026
Frank Culbertson had a birds-eye view of one of the most memorable and tragic events in American history.
The NASA astronaut was the only American off of Earth on Sept. 11, 2001. He was circling the planet aboard the International Space Station (ISS) when terrorists flew commercial jets into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing more than 2,700 people.
The ISS passed…
'I take the compact Nikon Stabilized 12x25 binoculars with me everywhere' — they now have $73 off, the best we've seen this year
September 12, 2026
Jase Parnell-Brookes has reviewed a huge range of skywatching optics, including the best telescopes, binoculars and image-stabilized binoculars. As our trusted authority and expert tester, when they recommend a product and you’re in the market for it, their opinions…
Scientists discover mysterious new X-ray objects 'unlike any they have seen before'
September 12, 2026
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a brand new type of an otherwise familiar object – compact binary systems that steal gas from other stars, but which do so while emitting very low-energy X-rays but copious amounts of ultraviolet.
Chandra spotted 84…
Wrinkles on the surface of Mercury have revealed that the closest planet to the sun is shrinking faster than scientists thought.
New research suggests that Mercury is shrinking between 10% and 30% faster than had been previously estimated. The team behind this research calculated that the planet has lost nearly 12 miles (19 kilometers) of its total diameter since it formed.
The researchers think…
