Space

Star Catcher Industries now has a big war chest to help bankroll its big dream — building a power grid in space. The Florida-based space company announced today (May 12) that it has raised $65 million in an oversubscribed “Series A” funding round, bringing its total investment haul to date to $88 million. Star Catcher will put the money toward the development of the world’s first in-space…

A new timelapse shows the stunning views of Earth that four astronauts got during their historic moon journey last month. A small selection of the 12,000 photos released from the Artemis 2 archive earlier this month showcases satellites, auroras, and our Earth in day and night views, as captured by the crew. The timelapse video at first shows our lit-up planet sweeping slowly into view in front…

Using NASA data and machine learning, scientists have found over 10,000 possible new planets in a single survey. In a new study, researchers used machine learning to perform a sweeping survey of data from NASA’s exoplanet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). As a result, they and uncovered exactly 10,091 candidate planets that had never been seen before. To clarify, when…

A new time-lapse video from NASA’s Curiosity rover reveals years of punishing Martian travel, as its wheels churn steadily across the Red Planet’s rugged terrain. The video, captured by Curiosity’s right navigation camera, compresses more than six years of driving into about two minutes. Spanning from early 2020 to 2026, the footage looks back over the rover’s deck as its aluminum wheels…