Lockheed Martin, Nanoracks, and Voyager Space have formed a powerhouse partnership to launch Starlab, a cutting-edge commercial space station, by 2027. This semi-inflatable platform will serve the U.S. government and private sector, designed for permanent human habitation. As the International Space

NASAs Lucy mission, launched recently, is set to revolutionize our understanding of Jupiters Trojan asteroids. While we await its first encounters, revisit these captivating close-up images and videos of diverse asteroids explored by spacecraft and observed from Earth. CeresDiscovered by Giuseppe Pi

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin has confirmed that SpaceXs Crew Dragon is reliable enough for Russian cosmonauts. Mixed crews could fly on both SpaceX capsules and Russian Soyuz vehicles starting in 2022. Speaking at a press conference during the 72nd International Astronautical Congress i

Jupiters Great Red Spot is a colossal storm whose immense scale is hard to fathom. Beyond its vast width, new data shows its far deeper than scientists anticipated. Nestled between two jet streams flowing in opposite directions, which drive its counterclockwise spin, the Great Red Spot has raged for

A NASA team, publishing in Nature, advocates for a systematic framework to confirm extraterrestrial life. They propose a Confidence of Life Detection (CoLD) scale to guide the scientific community.Are We Alone in the Universe?This profound question has captivated humanity for generations. Earth rema

NASA and SpaceX have confirmed that the four astronauts aboard the Crew-2 mission, including ESAs Thomas Pesquet, will manage without the capsules toilet during their return to Earth. Crew members will rely on specialized undergarments designed for such contingencies. Urine Leak Isolated in Endeavou

Despite the recent success of New Shepards first crewed flight, Blue Origin trails SpaceX and now faces serious internal backlash. Around 20 current and former employees highlight safety risks, sexist behavior, and a lack of commitment to planetary sustainability in a candid essay.Deepening Internal

Eleven years of Hubble Space Telescope observations show winds in the outermost lane of Jupiters Great Red Spot gaining speed. The cause is still unknown, but new findings are detailed in Geophysical Research Letters.The Great Red Spot, a massive anticyclone observed for over 400 years, dwarfs Earth

Before the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can observe the universes earliest stars, galaxies, and nearby exoplanets, it must first endure launch and a complex deployment sequence in deep space en route to its Lagrange L2 observation post. Engineering teams recently completed rigorous long-duratio

NASAs Landsat 9 satellite, designed to observe Earths land surface, launched successfully on Monday, September 27, from California. It will partner with Landsat 8 to sustain this vital programs mission of monitoring, understanding, and managing our planets resources. The Landsat program, an Earth ob

As solar conjunction nears, NASA will pause most command transmissions to its Mars missions for safety, spanning about two weeks. Drawing from decades of experience, these robotic explorers will continue key autonomous operations until Earth communications resume. Solar Conjunction Solar conjunction

Recent observations of comet C/2014 UN271 Bernardinelli-Bernstein, now approaching the inner Solar System, reveal a nucleus approximately 150 km wide—officially the largest comet core ever detected. Also known as Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, C/2014 UN271 was first identified in Dark Energy Survey

The U.S. Air Forces X-37B spaceplane has now exceeded 500 days in Earth orbit, executing a mix of disclosed and classified experiments. Details on the OTV-6 missions return remain undisclosed.The Enigmatic X-37B SpaceplaneAmong the Pentagons advanced assets is the X-37B, a highly classified orbital

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is gearing up for an ambitious space mission to explore the asteroid belt in the early 2030s, with a soft landing on an asteroid targeted for 2033. To date, only two nations—the United States and Japan—have accomplished this feat. The UAE has established itself as a le

NASA has completed a detailed review of historical records concerning James Edwin Webb, its former administrator, amid allegations of homophobic discrimination. The James Webb Space Telescope will retain its name. NASA is finalizing preparations to ship the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to Frenc

Astronomers have uncovered compelling evidence for a gas giant planet in the GW Orionis triple-star system. If confirmed, it would mark the first known planet orbiting three stars. The findings are detailed in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. A Remarkable Triple-Star System Located

World View Enterprises is now accepting reservations for stratospheric journeys aboard its state-of-the-art Explorer capsule. At approximately $50,000 per seat, this exclusive experience brings the edge of space within reach. Back in June 2020, the U.S. startup Space Perspective announced its pionee

For NASAs Artemis III mission—Americas return to the Moon—astronauts will don advanced new spacesuits. Facing years of delays and soaring costs, the agency now plans to lease these suits to private companies, as announced.Extravehicular spacesuits function as self-contained life-support systems, kee

Establishing a human colony on Mars faces a major hurdle: sourcing affordable building materials. Shipping them from Earth is prohibitively expensive. Now, researchers propose innovative on-site solutions using astronauts blood, sweat, tears, and urine.Earth-Sourced Materials Are ImpracticalTravelin

An international team of astronomers from Cornell University, the University of Toronto, and Queens University Belfast has detected ionized calcium in the atmosphere of WASP-76b, the ultra-hot Jupiter famed for its extreme conditions. This discovery indicates the exoplanet runs even hotter than prev