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NASA announced that the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch on September 28, 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The spacecraft is now fully assembled at Goddard, entering vibration and acoustic testing in February before shipping to Florida in June. The mission remains on schedule and under its $4.3 billion lifecycle budget, beating the original May 2027 commitment. Officials highlighted that Roman meets all science requirements without compromise.
NASA to Provide Media with International Space Station Update Today https://t.co/Zmhfde7XZO Credit: NASA NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space St… https://t.co/wp4MT6jwSK
NASA will hold a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST Thursday from its Washington headquarters to update media on the International Space Station. The briefing follows the agency’s Jan 7 announcement postponing a Jan 8 spacewalk while a crew member’s medical condition...
European Space Agency announced a record €22.3 billion budget for 2026‑2028, a 31% rise over the previous cycle, with the 2026 allocation at €8.26 billion. Canada increased its contribution to €407.7 million, four times its prior level. Ariane 6 achieved five successful flights in...
We had SO MANY write-ins for "Starship" to win the top award for most inspirational, innovative and important mission of 2025... So... tell me, what specific thing did Starship do in 2025 that makes it deserve an Astro Award, let...
The dozens of tubes of Martian dust collected so far by the Perseverance rover are waiting for a ride that may never come. https://t.co/Hy6zjRf29d
Schmidt Sciences, the foundation of Google co‑founder Eric and Wendy Schmidt, announced a multi‑billion‑dollar private program to build four research observatories, including Lazuli, a 3.1‑meter optical space telescope that outstrips Hubble’s 2.4‑meter mirror. The telescope will operate from a lunar‑resonant...
Best of 2025: Artemis II Countdown Demonstration Test https://t.co/7HD3EFm7GT NASA/Joel Kowsky Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut J… https://t.co/uq8525c1Wx
NASA conducted the Artemis II Countdown Demonstration Test on Dec. 20, 2025, rehearsing the full launch day sequence for the crew of Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman. The simulation covered suit‑up, walkout, and ingress/egress of the Orion capsule atop the Space Launch System....
NASA Starts Up Gateway’s Power System for First Time https://t.co/RP28rkuUCC 1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The primary structure of Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) undergoing assembly, in… https://t.co/dNno8aSiwG
Astronomers using spectroscopy have identified galaxy COSMOS‑74706 as the earliest confirmed barred spiral, existing roughly 2 billion years after the Big Bang (about 11.5 billion years ago). The detection, presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting, sets a new high‑redshift record for...
NASA announced that the second Escapade Mars orbiter successfully completed a delayed engine burn, correcting its trajectory after an earlier mid‑course correction showed unexpectedly low thrust. The telemetry anomaly, which indicated the engine was under‑performing, was addressed, though NASA provided...
MDA Space has been added as a contractor to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, part of the broader Golden Dome strategy. The SHIELD initiative carries a $151 billion ceiling over ten years and...
.@esa refers December cyber attack & data breach to France's public prosecutor's office for criminal inquiry but confirms that breach was limited to unclassified data housed in external databases outside ESA's firewall.https://t.co/JoHzEImeOA https://t.co/sw3VERl3u6
A new arXiv study finds that late‑type M‑stars, which host many detectable Earth‑sized planets, are unlikely to nurture complex animal life. Their red‑shifted spectra provide less than one percent of the photosynthetically active radiation needed for oxygenic photosynthesis, dramatically slowing...
2026 will be a pivotal year for Europe’s space agenda, as launch providers, national programs, and ESA unveil their next steps. Private firms such as Isar Aerospace and PLD Space are vying for the European Launcher Challenge while Ariane 64 and...
Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder propose that smaller supermassive black holes grow faster during galaxy mergers, a process called preferential accretion. By adjusting merger simulations to give the secondary black hole about 10% extra mass, their model raises...
.@esa graphic says #Ariane6 performed its first 5 missions faster than other heavy-lift vehicle that entered the market in past 20 years. After 4 launches in 2025, @ArianeGroup @Arianespace @CNES plan 8 Ariane 6 missions in 2026, starting with @Amazonleo....
United Launch Alliance will kick off 2026 with Vulcan Centaur's VC4S launch of USSF‑87 on Feb 2 from Cape Canaveral, deploying two GSSAP‑7 and GSSAP‑8 satellites for space situational awareness. This marks Vulcan’s fourth flight and second national‑security mission, testing...
Comet 24P/Schaumasse will reach perihelion on Jan 8, 2026, passing 109.7 million miles from the Sun. At that point its apparent magnitude is roughly +10.8, far too faint for naked‑eye viewing. Observers will need a telescope of at least a 6‑inch aperture and should...
In 1892 Edward Emerson Barnard reported a bright, seventh‑magnitude star near Venus that seemingly vanished on a second look, sparking over a century of speculation. Recent amateur astronomers Tim Hunter and Roger Ceragioli revisited the region with a vintage eyepiece...
Autonomous vehicles depend on GNSS for centimeter‑level positioning, yet ionospheric turbulence intermittently blanks satellite signals, especially over Africa, South America and Southeast Asia. To safeguard navigation, manufacturers add expensive inertial sensors, extra cameras and high‑power processors, inflating vehicle prices—a phenomenon...
Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen have released the first detailed model estimating how many neutrinos—often called ghost particles—are emitted by every star in the Milky Way and how many reach Earth. By integrating advanced stellar evolution calculations with ESA's...
Indian astronomers using the upgraded GMRT observed the repeating fast radio burst FRB 20201124A across 300‑1460 MHz, recording 146 bursts primarily in the 550‑950 MHz band. The dataset includes sub‑second burst pairs as close as 17 ms and shows activity persisting at lower frequencies...
NASA’s James Webb and Chandra observatories have released a striking composite image of the interacting galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207, located about 120 million light‑years away in Canis Major. The infrared view from Webb highlights dust lanes and active star‑forming regions, while Chandra’s X‑ray...
The op‑ed warns that the U.S. Golden Dome missile‑defense concept hinges on a robust sensor network. Emerging threats—hypersonic glide vehicles, drone swarms, sophisticated decoys, and cyber‑spoofed signals—target the sensor layer as its weakest link. The authors argue that only a...
Planetary science is shifting from costly, decade‑long government flagships to a commercial‑driven model that promises faster, cheaper missions. Rocket Lab’s ESCAPADE demonstrated that fixed‑price, university‑industry teams can deliver decadal‑class science in under four years. The article calls for regular funding...
Alaska Airlines is accelerating the rollout of SpaceX’s Starlink in‑flight Wi‑Fi across its entire fleet, following successful testing on Embraer E175 aircraft. The airline plans to install the system on its E175, 737 and 787 jets through 2026, with full...
Astronomers observed a tidal disruption event dubbed “the Whippet,” where a super‑massive star was torn apart by a black hole, releasing energy comparable to 400 billion suns. The flare, first spotted by the Zwicky Transient Facility and confirmed with NASA’s Swift...
.@RocketLab: We'll wait for #Neutron rocket to provide its reusabiity case in ~ 3 yrs before we focus on investments in our ultimate goal: our own constellation. Current assumption: Building 4 Neutrons gets us 16 launches per year at the...
China’s Astronaut Center completed its first cave‑survival program, training 28 astronauts and trainees in Chongqing’s Wulong district over a near‑month. Participants lived six days underground, conducting mapping, environmental monitoring, and psychological drills in 8 °C, 99 % humidity conditions. The exercise emphasized...
Sierra Space has delivered the first nine satellite structures—Plane 1—of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer, finishing three months ahead of schedule. The milestone was achieved using the company’s new Victory Works high‑rate manufacturing facility. The next phase moves to...
An international team led by Dong Subo has obtained the first precise mass measurement of a rogue planet, confirming it as a Saturn‑mass object (~0.2 Jupiter). The measurement leveraged simultaneous observations from Gaia, KMTNet, and OGLE, using microlens parallax to...
The U.S. Space Command held its first AI‑enabled APEX summit in November 2025, gathering over 70 senior leaders to test artificial‑intelligence tools for the 2026 Coordinated Campaign Order. Participants used three different AI platforms across four strategic lenses, producing human‑curated,...
Satellite communication is being woven into 5G and upcoming 6G networks to close coverage gaps in remote and underserved regions. 3GPP Release 17 formally recognizes non‑terrestrial networks, enabling direct satellite‑to‑device links and IoT services. Advances in LEO constellations, beamforming payloads, and...
Starfighters Space Inc. is leveraging a fleet of seven F‑104 Starfighter jets to air‑launch payloads to 45,000 feet, offering sustained Mach 2 missions and rapid, on‑demand access for small‑sat and hypersonic testing customers. The company positions its $15,000 per kilogram price point...
Australia’s Defence Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has awarded Space Machines Company a A$2.9 million contract to develop the Space Threat Analysis and Response System (STARS). The autonomous platform will ingest data from ground‑based and commercial sensors to predict close approaches, rendezvous...
Researchers at Rice University used a Mars‑adapted climate model to show that thin, seasonal ice could insulate ancient lakes, allowing liquid water to persist for decades despite sub‑freezing average temperatures. The study, published in AGU Advances, ran 64 simulations of...
Astronomers using ALMA have captured a nearly edge‑on view of Gomez’s Hamburger (GoHam), revealing distinct vertical layers of millimeter‑sized dust and multiple gas molecules. The disk stretches to almost 1,000 AU in radius, with gas extending several hundred AU above the...
The European Space Agency and Playmobil have unveiled the ESA Space Range, a four‑piece Mars‑mission toy collection released on 9 January across Europe, the United States and Mexico. Each set – the Mars Research Rocket, Exploration Rover, Space Glider and Astronaut...
Hubble’s newest multi‑wavelength images of the edge‑on spiral NGC 4388 reveal a vivid blue plume of ionized gas extending from the galaxy’s core. The outflow appears to be energized by radiation from the central supermassive black hole and shaped by ram‑pressure...
NASA is looking for solvers who can recycle waste into usable products.
Canada’s commercial astronaut program has progressed from Guy Laliberté’s 2009 tourist flight to Mark Pathy’s research‑focused Axiom Mission 1, Jesse Williams’ suborbital New Shepard experience, and the upcoming bio‑astronautics flight of Dr. Shawna Pandya. Each mission reflects a shift from pure tourism...
Starfighters Space announced a successful supersonic flight test using its F‑104 platform under GE Aerospace’s ATLAS program, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The aircraft carried an advanced propulsion test vehicle three times at Kennedy Space Center, demonstrating solid‑fuel...
SpaceX scrubbed the early‑afternoon Falcon 9 launch of the Starlink 6‑96 mission on Jan. 8, pushing the next attempt to Jan. 9. The delay was attributed to late arrival of the payload fairings containing 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites. The booster, tail‑number B1069,...
Robert Zimmerman published an op‑ed on PJ Media urging President Trump and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to remove the crew from the upcoming Artemis II mission. He cites the Orion capsule’s heat‑shield damage during its 2022 re‑entry as a clear safety...
India's space agency ISRO announced that its Dust Experiment (DEX) instrument successfully logged orbital debris impacts from 1 January to 9 February 2024. The 140‑degree wide‑view detector, mounted on the PSLV‑C58 XPoSat mission, recorded a hit roughly every thousand seconds while skimming the...
NASA announced it is evaluating an early termination of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission after a medical situation involving an ISS crew member was reported. The issue prompted the postponement of the first scheduled spacewalk of 2026, originally set for Jan....
The article outlines the evolving UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) landscape, noting the shift from UFO stigma to a scientific framework that includes air, space, and maritime domains. Government bodies such as the DoD’s AARO and NASA now collect standardized reports,...
India’s space agency ISRO will launch two strategic satellites in the first quarter of 2026. On 12 January, PSLV‑C62 will lift the DRDO‑built hyperspectral Earth‑observation satellite EOS‑N1 (Anvesha) alongside 18 small‑satellite co‑passengers. Later in Q1, GSLV‑F17 will place the GISAT‑2 (EOS‑05)...
