LOS ANGELES — Standing in the shadow of the space shuttle Endeavour, a group of retired NASA astronauts announced their plan to travel the country visiting colleges to try to inspire younger generations to get out and vote. This campaign comes as we lead up to the November midterm election.
This past year, a group of retired NASA astronauts teamed up for a single cause: to defend the U.S.
The moon’s south pole has long been the target of NASA’s Artemis lunar landing missions, but one Artemis astronaut is questioning if that’s still the best plan.
NASA’s Victor Glover, who piloted the Artemis II mission around the moon this past April…
The James Webb Space Telescope's disappearing 'Little Red Dots' may lead to another cosmic puzzle
July 24, 2026
Paleontologists now know that many of the dinosaurs didn’t disappear but instead evolved into modern birds, and new research suggests that “cosmic dinosaurs” observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) didn’t go extinct either. Rather, they may…
'The court has to intervene now': Indigenous groups and conservationists condemn SpaceX's South Texas land swap
July 23, 2026
The fight continues against SpaceX’s controversial South Texas land swap.
That deal, which the company made with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), gives SpaceX 727 acres (294 hectares) of public land that’s currently part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. In exchange, the company hands over 683 acres (276 hectares) of its territory in the area, not all…
Swelling from a razor-thin crescent into a cratered world before fading back into the darkness, Mars gave NASA’s Psyche spacecraft both a spectacular view — and a 1,000-mph boost toward its namesake asteroid.
A new time-lapse video released by NASA, stitched from…
Metal spheres found in Australia show how little we still know about falling space debris, experts say
July 23, 2026
Once again, the “Land Down Under” is on the apparent uptick for falling space debris.
In early July, the Australian Space Agency reported that objects recovered, dubbed “space balls,” are likely pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle. Six…
SpaceX launches satellite repair drone with 10-foot robotic arms to Earth orbit (video)
July 22, 2026
SpaceX launched a trailblazing satellite-servicing mission today (July 21).
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 5:15 p.m. EDT (2115 GMT).
SpaceX called today’s launch MRV-MEV, because it’s sending up a Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods (MEPs). These spacecraft will be operated by SpaceLogistics, a…
A massive crater was spotted on Google Earth. It could be a scar from an ancient meteorite impact
July 22, 2026
An amateur astronomer’s plans for a camping vacation two years ago transformed into a possible crater find in Canada’s north.
Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe, using Google Maps to figure out his route for the 2024 vacation, saw some odd terrain in…
Galaxy cluster's magnetic field reconstructed for 1st time with record-breaking astronomy map
July 22, 2026
For the first time, astronomers have reconstructed the magnetic field of an entire cluster of galaxies, from its central nucleus to its outer limits.
The record-breaking achievement is the product of the deepest-ever observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 2255, located…
The costs of space launch have fallen 96% in the past six decades and have the potential to plummet by nearly as much by 2040, a new study finds.
However, such an improvement might get hampered by a number of challenges, such as the rise of space debris in orbit or a single company monopolizing commercial space launch, researchers added.
Although previous analyses of space launch suggested that…
