The First Space War Is Here: Find Out How the Next One May Play Out
Wars in space are no longer just science fiction. In fact, Space War I has been raging for more than…
Black Holes Dominate Large Regions of Space, But They’re Mysterious
In the beginning, the Universe was all primordial gas. Somehow, some of it was swept up into supermassive black holes…
CubeSat Propulsion Technologies are Taking Off
CubeSats are becoming ever more popular, with around 2,400 total launched so far. However, the small size limits their options…
Swarms of Orbiting Sensors Could Map An Asteroid’s Surface
It seems like every month, a new story appears announcing the discovery of thousands of new asteroids. Tracking these small…
Webb Sees a Star in the Midst of Formation
Wherever the JWST looks in space, matter and energy are interacting in spectacular displays. The Webb reveals more detail in…
Meeting Mercury at Dusk in July
Mercury puts on one of its best apparitions for 2024 this month.
A New View of Olympus Mons
After 100,000 orbits and almost 23 years on Mars, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has seen a lot. The spacecraft was…
LEGO Bricks Printed out of Space Dust
There have been many proposals for building structures on the Moon out of lunar regolith. But here’s an idea sure…
Basketball-Sized Meteorites Strike the Surface of Mars Every Day
NASA's InSight Mars Lander faced some challenges during its time on the red planet's surface. Its mole instrument struggled to…
More Evidence that the Kuiper Belt is Bigger Than We Thought
As the New Horizons spacecraft continues its epic journey to explore the Kuiper Belt, it has a study partner back…