Space News
NASAs Artemis III Lander Test Will be a "Dress Rehearsal" for Returning to the Moon!
Universe Today - 19 Jul 2026 02:41
Before Artemis astronauts land on the Moons surface in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth and in orbit to practice rendezvous and docking operations between com...
NASA's Perseverance Rover Uncovers Evidence of 4 Billion Year Old Impacts
Universe Today - 19 Jul 2026 20:00
Old rocks exposed on the rim of Jezero Crater preserve a roughly 4-billion-year-old cosmic weather report from the solar systems most dynamic era.
How the sun goes to 'sleep' could reveal future space weather when it wakes
Phys.org - 19 Jul 2026 19:00
Scientists have developed a new way to predict the strength of the sun's next activity cycle up to seven years before it reaches its peak.
Samples reveal how Earth slows solar wind striking moon's near side
Phys.org - 19 Jul 2026 15:00
The moon has been bathed in solar wind for billions of years, but the two hemispheres are struck by solar wind of different speeds and energies.
Should we trust AI in the search for alien life? Scientists aren't so sure
SPACE.com - 19 Jul 2026 15:00
New research suggests AI can be repeatedly fooled into mistaking non-life for life.
How Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' turned general relativity into the bad guy
SPACE.com - 19 Jul 2026 14:00
As Nolan embarks on "The Odyssey", we look back on the sci-fi movie where time dilation is as cruel as any Greek god.
10 places in the US and Canada to see August's partial solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower in 1 trip
SPACE.com - 19 Jul 2026 13:00
A partial solar eclipse by day and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower by night make Aug. 12, 2026, one of the best nights for skywatching and camping in years, but only for some parts of North America.
A century-old stellar mystery may finally have an explanation
Phys.org - 19 Jul 2026 12:00
For more than a century, astronomers have puzzled over a strange discrepancy in the historical record. Theta Eridani, a modest star in the constellation Eridanus, is the third-brightest star in its constellation, with a ...
James Webb Space Telescope discovers how black holes feed themselves
SPACE.com - 19 Jul 2026 12:00
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have gotten a glimpse at the mechanisms that supermassive black holes use to feed themselves.
Observations investigate the nature of a peculiar supernova
Phys.org - 19 Jul 2026 07:00
An international team of astronomers has performed follow-up observations of a peculiar Type Ia supernova designated SN 2023vjh. Results of the observational campaign, published July 9 on the preprint server arXiv, deliv...
Image: The growing crescent of Mars as NASA's psyche mission approaches
Phys.org - 19 Jul 2026 05:40
This composite of images taken by NASA's Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May 15, 2026.