THE STORY Astronomers have confirmed the first-ever detection of an atmosphere surrounding LHS 1140 b, a rocky exoplanet 48 light-years away that sits within the host red dwarf star'
THE STORY Varda Space Industries successfully returned its W-6 capsule to Earth on May 18, landing under parachute at the Koonibba
THE STORY Cowboy Space Corporation — formerly Aetherflux — closed a $275 million Series B led by Index Ventures and filed plans three days
THE STORY Engineers are developing a concept for a spherical, rolling robot that would carry a swarm of tiny "dandelion drones&
THE STORY The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command announced plans for the USSF-23 mission, which will launch
THE STORY NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed a rare, unusually luminous supernova explosion that appears to have
THE STORY Vast, the California-based startup best known for developing the Haven series of commercial space stations, announced on May 19
THE STORY NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track for a September 2026 launch, and the agency has
THE STORY NASA's Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, passing within 2,864 miles (4,
THE STORY SpaceX is targeting May 19 for Flight 12, the debut launch of Starship Version 3 — a ground-up redesign of
THE STORY NASA has revealed critical new details about Artemis III, the crewed mission now targeted for late 2027 that will test
THE STORY The idea of putting computing infrastructure in space crossed a credibility threshold this week. Cowboy Space — formerly Aetherflux, the startup
THE STORY Star Catcher Industries, led by former Made in Space and Redwire executive Andrew Rush, has closed a $65 million Series
