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SpaceX is set to launch the 13th test flight of its Starship megarocket on Thursday from South Texas, carrying V3 Starlink satellites as the company works to perfect the world's most powerful rocket. The mission from Starbase near Boca…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READA planetary geologist who has studied the Moon for 40 years said building a permanent lunar base will require NASA to fundamentally change its approach from individual missions to a sustained campaign, with decisions on location, resources…
2026-07-15 · 3 MIN READAstronomers detected the sugar erythrulose in a large gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. The sugar was identified in gas form by comparing telescope signals to…
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READThe Federal Aviation Administration closed its investigation into a SpaceX Starship mishap Monday and cleared the company to launch the newest version of the rocket as soon as Thursday, the company said.
2026-07-13 · 3 MIN READChina successfully launched and partially recovered a rocket Friday, marking the first time the country has demonstrated rocket-recovery technology. The Long March-10B launched into orbit around noon from southern Hainan province on its…
2026-07-10 · 4 MIN READThe four Artemis II astronauts returned to Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday for the first time since their April launch, reuniting with their capsule three months after completing humanity's first lunar flyby in more than half a…
2026-07-08 · 3 MIN READNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew a vintage Northrop F-5 Tiger II jet in the Fourth of July air show over Washington, D.C., after the Federal Aviation Administration denied his request to operate the planes, deeming them "very…
2026-07-05 · 3 MIN READNASA's Office of Inspector General released a report Thursday warning that Boeing's Starliner spacecraft faces unresolved technical challenges and that it is uncertain when or if the vehicle will be certified to carry astronauts to the…
2026-07-02 · 4 MIN READSpaceX's Starlink unit plans to target mobile phone subscribers in the U.S., aiming to challenge AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, according to people familiar with the matter. The company has discussed building a ground network to support the…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READA large asteroid named 1997 NC1 will make its closest approach to Earth on Saturday morning, passing at a safe distance of 1.6 million miles (2.6 million kilometers), according to the European Space Agency. The space rock poses no danger,…
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READRobinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt told The Wall Street Journal that creating a viral meme is entirely a matter of skill, while acknowledging the role of luck in the tough moments he overcame while building the commission-free trading app.
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READThree major credit rating agencies assigned investment-grade ratings to SpaceX on Thursday and Friday, citing the company's dominant position in commercial launch services and its growing Starlink revenue. Separately, the Crypto Fear and…
2026-06-19 · 3 MIN READSpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding start-up Cursor for $60 billion in stock, just days after the rocket company’s record-setting public listing that made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire.
2026-06-16 · 3 MIN READSpaceX's initial public offering raised a total of $85.7bn after underwriters exercised a greenshoe option to purchase an additional $10bn worth of shares, making it the largest IPO in history.
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A small meteor measuring 3 to 5 feet (1 to 2 meters) across streaked over the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border on May 30 at 42,000 mph (68,000 km/h), NASA analysis showed. The meteor released energy equivalent to 300 tons of TNT before…
2026-06-15 · 3 MIN READSpaceX began trading Friday on the Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX, opening at $150 a share and climbing past $176 by early afternoon, making the initial public offering the largest in history and pushing the company above a $2 trillion…
2026-06-12 · 3 MIN READSpaceX has raised $75bn from financial firms in a pre-IPO placement, filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that shares priced at $135 each leave the company with an expected initial market value of nearly $1.8tn. Chief…
2026-06-11 · 3 MIN READThe Wall Street Journal reports that SpaceX's initial public offering, expected to be the largest in history with a valuation of around $1.8 trillion, is set to transform the economy of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, where the company's…
2026-06-11 · 3 MIN READNASA on Tuesday named the four astronauts who will fly the Artemis III mission in 2027, a flight that was originally designed to land humans on the moon for the first time in more than half a century but has been downgraded to a low-Earth…
2026-06-09 · 5 MIN READSpaceX's initial public offering, set to price shares at $135 for a valuation of about $1.77 trillion, is expected to deliver billions of dollars in paper gains to U.S. university endowments that hold substantial stakes in the company,…
2026-06-09 · 3 MIN READTrading begins Friday in SpaceX's initial public offering, the largest stock sale of its kind in history, in a milestone that is expected to make founder Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire and open one of the most closely held…
2026-06-08 · 3 MIN READFive of seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station were ordered Friday afternoon to take shelter in the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon ‘Freedom’ after an air leak in the Russian segment worsened and NASA objected to the repair…
2026-06-05 · 3 MIN READAs SpaceX prepares for its initial public offering this month, investors are looking beyond Elon Musk's company to other space economy players. Rocket Lab, a Nasdaq-listed launch provider, has emerged as a leading contender with a growing…
2026-06-05 · 3 MIN READNASA has declared the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Environment (MAVEN) satellite unrecoverable and its mission concluded, nearly six months after losing contact with the spacecraft. The agency held a media teleconference Wednesday to…
2026-06-03 · 3 MIN READBlue Origin said Tuesday that the explosion of its New Glenn rocket during a test firing last week at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station did not damage the launch pad's fuel tanks or other critical ground infrastructure, though a lightning…
2026-06-02 · 3 MIN READCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA on Tuesday outlined the first phase of a planned permanent moon base, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies to deliver landers, rovers and drones to the lunar surface, with…
2026-05-27 · 3 MIN READNPR’s “Spacing Out” space nerd club segment on May 25, 2026 highlighted new James Webb Space Telescope results on Neptune’s moon Nereid, a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet’s day-to-night cloud pattern, and what auroras can signal about solar…
2026-05-25 · 3 MIN READSpaceX launched its biggest and most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, sending the upgraded vehicle into the Indian Ocean after a mission that included mock Starlink satellite releases. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joined…
2026-05-23 · 3 MIN READSpaceX launched its biggest, upgraded Starship yet on a test flight Friday from the southern tip of Texas, sending a redesigned rocket toward the Indian Ocean and releasing 20 mock Starlink satellites midflight. NASA Administrator Jared…
2026-05-23 · 3 MIN READSpaceX will launch its Starship rocket from South Texas on Friday after scrubbing the planned liftoff on Thursday moments before launch due to a problem with the launch tower, NPR reported. The company’s next flight will be the first test…
2026-05-22 · 3 MIN READSpaceX on Wednesday disclosed plans for an initial public offering that could become one of the largest stock sales ever, with Elon Musk seeking to take the company public while it continues to post large losses. A U.S. filing shows SpaceX…
2026-05-22 · 4 MIN READSpaceX launched an upgraded Starship on a test flight Friday from the southern tip of Texas, aiming to move toward NASA’s moon program. The company’s redesign, counting 20 mock Starlink satellites, reached the Indian Ocean despite some…
2026-05-22 · 3 MIN READSpaceX has filed prospectus documents for a proposed initial public offering that it says could be the largest ever, with Elon Musk’s plan tied to milestones for a future compensation package. The filing includes detailed financial…
2026-05-22 · 3 MIN READElon Musk announced plans for SpaceX to raise money by taking the company public, according to a U.S. filing made public this week. The prospectus shows SpaceX is still losing billions of dollars even as it lays out a path tied to…
2026-05-21 · 3 MIN READSpaceX has filed a 250-page prospectus for what could be the largest initial public offering in history, revealing plans for interplanetary travel and spending that exceeds the economic output of some countries. The IPO is expected to…
2026-05-21 · 3 MIN READSpaceX is set to fly a heavily redesigned Starship on Friday after scrubbing a planned launch at the last minute, as the company prepares for a potential initial public offering. The new rocket will use dozens of new Raptor 3 engines and…
2026-05-21 · 4 MIN READSpaceX filed financial information with regulators as it prepares for a potential initial public offering in mid-June, according to NPR reporting. The documents describe blockbuster spending tied to rockets and to the company’s AI…
2026-05-20 · 3 MIN READSpaceX announced plans for what could be one of the biggest initial public offerings ever, as Elon Musk takes the company public despite years of heavy losses. A regulatory filing shows SpaceX lost $2.6 billion from operations last year on…
2026-05-20 · 3 MIN READResearchers led by Steve Prabu of the University of Oxford have measured the instantaneous power of black hole jets for the first time. According to a study published in Nature Astronomy, the jets from Cygnus X-1, a relatively nearby black…
2026-05-17 · 4 MIN READNASA's Psyche spacecraft will execute a close gravity-assist flyby of Mars on Friday, passing within 2,800 miles of the planet's surface at more than 12,000 miles per hour as it slingshots toward a rare metal asteroid in the outer asteroid…
2026-05-15 · 3 MIN READCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will swing past Mars this week to use the planet’s gravity for a boost on its journey to the rare metal asteroid Psyche, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter…
2026-05-15 · 4 MIN READA new image from NASA's Webb Space Telescope reveals the brilliant, glowing core of the spiral galaxy Messier 77, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Cetus.
2026-05-10 · 3 MIN READNASA released a new image from its James Webb Space Telescope showing the spiral galaxy Messier 77 about 45 million light-years away. The picture, released this week, highlights the galaxy’s bright active nucleus and the extreme heat of…
2026-05-10 · 3 MIN READUn nuevo estudio reporta que un pequeño objeto helado más allá de Plutón, llamado (612533) 2002 XV93, podría albergar una atmósfera tenue y persistente. El hallazgo se basa en observaciones realizadas en 2024 desde Japón mientras el objeto…
2026-05-05 · 3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said the Pentagon will soon release additional records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena, fueling interest and skepticism amid ongoing efforts to declassify such material. Speaking at a White House event…
2026-05-04 · 3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said the Pentagon is preparing to release what he called “very interesting” government files on unidentified anomalous phenomena, reigniting public speculation about extraterrestrial life even as the former head of…
2026-05-04 · 4 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said the Pentagon is preparing to release some “very interesting” UFO files uncovered by his administration, during remarks at a White House event celebrating NASA astronauts. He also previously directed federal…
2026-05-04 · 3 MIN READNASA’s Artemis II Orion capsule returned to Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, nearly a month after carrying four astronauts around the moon on the first crewed lunar trip in more than half a century. The spacecraft’s crew, dubbed…
2026-04-30 · 3 MIN READIn an interview with The Associated Press, Apollo moonwalker Harrison “Jack” Schmitt said the next generation should treat the return to the moon as a challenge to leave “footsteps like these” for future explorers. Schmitt, 90, discussed…
2026-04-26 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab released a new image of the Sombrero galaxy on Friday, showing the popular, hat-shaped spiral galaxy in enhanced color. The photo was taken by a telescope in Chile about four years ago, with…
2026-04-25 · 3 MIN READA newly analyzed interstellar visitor, Comet 3I/Atlas, likely formed in a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way before the star system where it is traveling toward Earth. Using observations from the ALMA observatory, astronomers reported…
2026-04-24 · 3 MIN READBlue Origin grounded its New Glenn rocket after a weekend launch failed to place a satellite into the right orbit, leaving the payload doomed, the company said Monday. The company blamed a bad engine on the rocket’s upper stage and said…
2026-04-22 · 3 MIN READThe Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, offering skywatchers a chance to see 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour streaking across the spring sky. The display will be visible across the globe, but views…
2026-04-18 · 3 MIN READCape Canaveral, Fla., photographer Chris O’Meara describes how a remote camera rig, triggered by rocket-engine sound, captured the Artemis II launch and the birds taking flight as the rocket lifted off.
2026-04-14 · 3 MIN READLos cuatro astronautas de Artemis II pusieron fin el viernes a la primera misión lunar tripulada en más de medio siglo con un amerizaje en el océano Pacífico, luego de un regreso con récords de velocidad y distancia desde la Luna, según la…
2026-04-11 · 4 MIN READMichigan officials say the state is using momentum from NASA’s Artemis II mission to seed its first Space Innovation Hub, aiming to connect and grow space-centered businesses across the state. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. is…
2026-04-10 · 3 MIN READThe Artemis II astronauts asked the International Astronomical Union for permission to name two lunar craters, following a tradition that reaches back to Apollo 8. Commander Reid Wiseman’s crew proposed one crater be named “Carroll” after…
2026-04-09 · 3 MIN READArtemis II’s four astronauts will fly past the moon on Monday after launching April 1 on NASA’s first crewed trip to the moon since 1972, aiming to beat Apollo 13’s record distance from Earth. The mission’s roughly six-hour flyby will…
2026-04-08 · 3 MIN READCanadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen said Artemis II crewmates and their families watched the film “Project Hail Mary” ahead of the mission’s lunar fly-around. Hansen praised the movie during a Canadian Space Agency televised event and said…
2026-04-08 · 3 MIN READArtemis II astronauts on Monday completed a lunar flyby on a return trajectory that set a new distance record, surpassing Apollo 13’s farthest point. The mission, NASA’s first return to the moon since the Apollo era, included a total solar…
2026-04-08 · 3 MIN READHOUSTON (AP) — The four Artemis II astronauts made history Tuesday by calling their friends aboard the International Space Station as they headed home from the moon, marking the first moonship-to-spaceship radio linkup, NASA said.
2026-04-08 · 3 MIN READLa misión Artemis II, con cuatro astronautas, regresó a casa el lunes por la noche tras observar desde la órbita lunar la cara oculta de la Luna y establecer un nuevo récord de distancia. Durante un sobrevuelo que incluyó una interrupción…
2026-04-08 · 4 MIN READA day after Artemis II completed a historic lunar flyaround, NASA released new photos taken by the U.S.-Canadian crew. The images include “Earthset,” showing Earth setting behind the moon, and another capturing a total solar eclipse from…
2026-04-08 · 3 MIN READThe Artemis II crew is more than halfway to the moon, preparing for a fly-around that will send the Orion capsule farther than previous Apollo missions. But NASA says the mission’s toilet malfunction has resurfaced, and engineers suspect…
2026-04-06 · 3 MIN READNearly a century after the first widely reported U.S. UFO sighting, the American story of “UFOs” has continued to evolve through government investigations, military radar and pilot reports, and waves of popular movies and TV. The saga…
2026-04-06 · 3 MIN READFrom the first widely reported UFO sighting in 1947 to a 2024 Pentagon review that found no evidence of alien life, the American UFO story has repeatedly shifted between government investigation, public reports and pop-culture portrayals.
2026-04-05 · 3 MIN READThe Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon but are dealing with another malfunction in the Orion capsule’s bathroom, mission officials said April 4. Until the toilet is fixed, Mission Control has instructed the crew to…
2026-04-05 · 3 MIN READThe Artemis II crew is more than halfway to the moon, but NASA said the Orion capsule’s toilet has malfunctioned again, requiring Mission Control to direct astronauts to use additional backup urine-collection bags. Debbie Korth, the Orion…
2026-04-04 · 3 MIN READCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 3, 2026—NASA released the first downlinked images from the Artemis II astronauts on Friday, 1½ days into the mission’s lunar outbound trip. The photos show Earth curved in one window view and the full globe with…
2026-04-04 · 3 MIN READCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Artemis II astronauts fired their engines Thursday night and blazed toward the moon, breaking free of Earth orbit after spending about a day testing the Orion capsule. The translunar injection came 25 hours…
2026-04-03 · 3 MIN READCuatro astronautas despegaron el miércoles desde el Centro Espacial Kennedy, iniciando Artemis II, el primer vuelo lunar tripulado de la NASA en décadas. La misión incluye tres estadounidenses y un canadiense a bordo del cohete Space…
2026-04-02 · 3 MIN READA Long Beach aerospace firm, ExLabs, is scheduled to design a spacecraft launched in April 2028 to rendezvous with the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, aiming to make contact as the rock passes close to Earth in April 2029. The company, based…
2026-04-02 · 3 MIN READLa NASA inició el miércoles los preparativos para lanzar el cohete Artemis II, la primera misión lunar tripulada de Estados Unidos en más de medio siglo, tras semanas de demoras por problemas técnicos. En Cabo Cañaveral, las autoridades…
2026-04-02 · 3 MIN READFour astronauts launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday on Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century. The 10-day flight will carry three Americans and one Canadian around the moon and back,…
2026-04-02 · 3 MIN READNASA began the countdown Monday for Artemis II, a mission NASA says will send four astronauts on a lunar flyby and return without any planned stops. The launch is scheduled for Wednesday evening from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after…
2026-04-01 · 3 MIN READCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s next lunar mission crew includes commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who will fly around the moon on a mission…
2026-03-31 · 3 MIN READThe Artemis II astronauts, including Commander Reid Wiseman and fellow crew members Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen, arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday ahead of the program’s first astronaut moon…
2026-03-30 · 3 MIN READNASA has named the four astronauts who will fly on Artemis, the agency’s first mission to the moon in more than half a century, according to a Associated Press look at the crew. The commander, pilot and mission specialists include a woman,…
2026-03-28 · 4 MIN READMeteorite hunters fanned out across Ohio after a fireball over Valley City was followed by a sonic boom that rattled buildings, officials said. The meteoroid broke apart around 9 a.m. Tuesday and NASA said it was a near-6-foot (1.8-meter)…
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