David Dickinson
Our Complete Guide to This Weekend’s Total Lunar Eclipse
Don’t miss one of the top astronomical events for 2022: Sunday night’s total lunar eclipse.
A Partial Solar Eclipse Kicks Off the First Eclipse Season of 2022
A remote solar eclipse this coming weekend sets us up for the first total lunar eclipse of 2022.
Chinese Astronomers Recorded Earliest Account of Aurora
How dating an ancient text revealed one of the oldest observations of aurora known.
Apollo 11 Moon Dust Sells at Auction for a Cool Half Million
A lunar moon dust sample with a strange history made its way to the auction block yesterday.
BluShift Aerospace Tests MAREVL Engine, Eyes Move to Kennedy Space Center
With the first test of its MAREVL Engine complete, Maine’s space launch startup bluShift Aerospace looks to expand operations.
ESA’s Solar Orbiter Takes a Ludicrously High Resolution Image of the Sun
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter snaps an amazing image, en route to its first close pass near the Sun.
U.S. Space Force CHPS to Patrol Around the Moon
An innovative new network CHPS may control space traffic around the Moon. As human activity extends outward into the solar…
Gaia Finds Ancient Satellite Galaxy Pontus Embedded in Milky Way
A recent study looked at stellar streams hidden in Gaia’s data, to uncover a torturous past.
UAE’s Mars Hope Team Publishes ‘Mars Atlas’
The United Arab Emirates Space Agency releases a unique comprehensive atlas of the Red Planet.
Tiny NEA Scout Solar Sail Mission to Chase Asteroid
NEA Scout will hitch a ride to an asteroid on the Artemis 1 Moon mission.