Did you ever see an Iridium flare? For two decades until 2019, these communication satellites would become dazzlingly bright for a second or so in the night sky. I used to see them by accident before discovering that some websites and apps could forecast precisely when and where they would occur. I got so obsessed with Iridium flares that I would build my stargazing sessions around them.
SpaceX goes public with a mind-bogglingly historic IPO. The space industry may never be the same.
June 15, 2026
With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut.
SpaceX’s initial public offering, or IPO, went live for trading on the Nasdaq today (June 12), riding on what you could call the “Elon…
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers may have uncovered new clues about a longstanding mystery in galaxy evolution: why so many massive galaxies in the early universe appear to have died far…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined more details for his company’s planned data centers in space ahead of a widely anticipated IPO on Thursday (June 11) expected to make him a trillionaire.
A new half-hour video offers a typical Elon Musk fireside chat about where the billionaire founder of SpaceX wants to be taking his technology next. In the video posted on X on Monday (June 8), Musk described…
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NASA is building a new space telescope to search for life on nearby planets. What would it see on ancient Earth?
June 11, 2026
NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory is the agency’s next flagship space telescope, designed to do something no previous instrument has managed: directly image Earth-like planets around nearby stars and analyze the light reflecting off their atmospheres for signs…
Annular solar eclipse 2027: everything you need to know about the 'ring of fire' on Feb. 6
June 11, 2026
An annular solar eclipse will occur on Feb. 6, 2027, when the moon’s cone-shaped central shadow will not quite reach Earth. The result will be a ‘ring of fire’ visible to those within a broad path across southern Chile, Argentina and coastal parts of West Africa.
At the point of greatest eclipse in the Pacific, the moon will cover 93% of the sun’s disk, leaving a…
When we think about a black hole, we probably picture some vast cosmic titan, greedily consuming any matter unfortunate enough to fall within its gravitational influence. Thinking deeper, we probably imagine this ravenous cosmic beast forming from the explosive collapse of…
Early risers on Wednesday morning (June 10) will be able to partake in an interesting rendezvous between the moon and a bright planet. Set your alarm for 3 a.m. and upon heading outside, look due east. Make sure you don’t have any tall obstructions, such as trees or…
The White House has proposed massive changes to the scientific process in the U.S. which, if passed, could make science funding dependent on the whims of political appointees.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed a new rule called “Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance” on May 28. This rule would give political appointees the power to change, limit, or even fully…
