Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

by News Feed Editor | Mar 7, 2026 | Science

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars.Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, ESCAPADE’s twin probes will map...

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 200 — Our 200th Episode Listener Special!

by News Feed Editor | Mar 7, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: TWiT[embedded content]On Episode 200 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik celebrate their 200th episode with their annual listener special!We took...

Digital reconstruction reveals the face of ‘Little Foot,’ a nearly 4 million-year-old human ancestor

by News Feed Editor | Mar 7, 2026 | Science

Scientists can now come face to face with an early human ancestor nicknamed Little Foot who lived 3.67 million years ago, thanks to digital reconstruction technology.Renowned paleoanthropologist Ronald Clarke identified four tiny bones in the University of the...

Will Proba-3 phone home? European solar-eclipse satellite goes dark

by News Feed Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: European Space AgencyEurope has lost contact with one of its two Proba-3 spacecraft, after an anomaly caused the vehicle to lose orientation.The European...

The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions

by News Feed Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Scientists have discovered over 100 more gravitational wave events. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)Our catalog of spacetime ripples “heard” by...

Mars orbiters witness solar superstorm striking the Red Planet: ‘The timing was extremely lucky’

by News Feed Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An artist’s rendering of a solar storm stripping charged particles from the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere. | Credit: NASA/GSFCTwo European Space Agency...