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A Surprise Asteroid Lit Up the Sky Over the Philippines
With all of humanity's telescopic eyes on the sky, it's rare for an asteroid to take us by surprise. But…
A Review of Humanity’s Planned Expansion Between the Earth and the Moon
Between Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and the Moon, there is a region of space measuring 384,400 km (238,855 mi) wide…
Europe is Sending a Drill to the Moon to Search for Water
The Moon has been a source of interest of late largely due to the focus on getting humans back to…
ESA Cluster Satellite to Reenter in Early September
The first of a set of groundbreaking Cluster satellites is set for a controlled reentry next week.
Remember those Impossible Galaxies Found by JWST? It Turns Out They Were Possible After All
When the James Webb Space Telescope provided astronomers with a glimpse of the earliest galaxies in the Universe, there was…
Webb Discovers Six New “Rogue Worlds” that Provide Clues to Star Formation
Rogue Planets, or free-floating planetary-mass objects (FFPMOs), are planet-sized objects that either formed in interstellar space or were part of…
Massive Stars Shine in This Ultraviolet View From Hubble
Just outside the Milky Way Galaxy, roughly 210,000 light-years from Earth, there is the dwarf galaxy known as the Small…
Debris from DART could Hit Earth and Mars Within a Decade
On Sept. 26th, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroids Redirect Test (DART) collided with Dimorphos, the small moonlet orbiting the larger asteroid…
See JUICE Next Week During Its Earth-Moon Flyby
Well-placed observers have a rare opportunity to see an interplanetary spacecraft early next week.
Gaia Hit by a Micrometeoroid AND Caught in a Solar Storm
For over ten years, the ESA's Gaia Observatory has monitored the proper motion, luminosity, temperature, and composition of over a…