SpaceX Starship Flight 12 will now launch on May 21
The 12th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket has slipped yet again, to Thursday evening (May 21). That’s the second delay in the past two days; SpaceX had originally targeted Tuesday (May 19) for the launch but pushed it to Wednesday (May 20). And now Wednesday is off the table as well.
Starship Flight 12 is currently targeted…
Manhattanhenge 2026 is coming this month: Here's when and where to see the sunset spectacle
May 19, 2026
Twice each year, New Yorkers gather along Manhattan’s cross streets to watch the setting sun perfectly align with the city’s grid, creating one of the most striking urban skywatching events in the world: Manhattanhenge.
In 2026, Manhattanhenge will occur on May…
These Apollo 'UFO' images have been public for decades. So why are people talking about them now?
May 19, 2026
The Apollo photos really shouldn’t have been part of the big UFO drop.
Last Friday (May 8), the Pentagon released its first batch of declassified “UFO files,” responding to a directive that President Donald Trump issued in February.
Many of the 158 files…
Space industry aficionados have big plans. They talk about the not so distant future when hundreds of thousands or even millions of satellites orbit planet Earth, beaming the internet to the unconnected, processing data in orbital computer centers, generating solar power and more. But this ambitious vision, which many in the sector think will become reality sooner or later, worries atmospheric…
With the evening moon appearing as a crescent phase for much of this upcoming week, we now have an opportunity to view some of the fainter sky objects that now occupy our spring evening sky. Looking high overhead and toward the south just after nightfall, there is a broad…
The most mysterious and yet ubiquitous stuff in the cosmos, dark matter is effectively invisible. This is simply because it doesn’t interact with light. But what if instead of trying to see dark matter, scientists attempted to hear it instead?
New research suggests…
“What’s that bright light in the sky?” a friend messaged me the other evening. “Venus,” I replied, without thinking about it. There was a pause, then: “How can you tell? And why is it suddenly so bright?”
People always notice Venus by accident. When it’s low on the horizon after dark, but just high enough and bright enough, it suddenly becomes…
That bright light after sunset? Venus is starting a summer show that's impossible to miss
May 15, 2026
“What’s that bright light in the sky?” a friend messaged me the other evening. “Venus,” I replied, without thinking about it. There was a pause, then: “How can you tell? And why is it suddenly so bright?”
People always notice Venus…
We just learned a little more about NASA’s next Artemis mission.
The agency dropped a few details on Wednesday (May 13) about Artemis 3, a crewed mission that will test rendezvous and docking operations with one or more lunar landers close to home.
“While this…
Scientists propose new way to find aliens — and we may already have a spacecraft that can help
May 15, 2026
Researchers may have just revealed a new way of looking for alien life — it’s based on the idea that it isn’t just the type of biosignatures that are important, but also how they are organized.
“Our approach could help make the search for life more efficient. If a molecular assemblage shows no life-like organization, that may make it a lower priority target,” Fabian…
