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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 214 — Moon Man
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: TWiT[embedded content]On Episode 214 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine about his past and...
Ever have a scary HR meeting on your calendar? That’s how the Artemis 3 crew found out their assignments
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA astronaut and backup crew member for Artemis 3, Bob Hines. | Credit: Space.com / Josh DinnerHOUSTON — Ever had a mysterious meeting with management show up on...
SpaceX’s stock wasn’t the company’s only launch today — It also put 29 Starlink satellites in orbit
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX made history today (June 12) with the largest IPO in history, but for its launch team in Florida, it was business as usual. Just over an hour...
DNA technology solves 25-year-old mystery of human remains found in Olympic National Park
After more than two decades without leads or answers, human remains found in Washington state’s Olympic National Park in 2000 have been identified as Joseph Louis Serrao Jr.According to Othram Laboratory, which specializes in forensic genealogy and assisted in the...
Japan’s H3 rocket bounces back from failure with successful return to flight launch carrying 6 satellites
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: JAXAThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, has successfully launched its H3 rocket on its first flight since a failure of the vehicle last December,...
Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A quasar that is the first in the early universe to be found by its flicker, more luminous than 2 trillion suns, could reveal how supermassive black holes grow. |...
A submersible ride revealed a vast whale graveyard. And it holds more than just bones
Scientists who recently piloted a submersible to a remote spot in the southeastern Indian Ocean have identified one of the largest and deepest whale graveyards containing hundreds of fossils, including one representing a previously unknown species. But not everything...
New Pentagon UFO file reveals glowing orbs in US Northeast
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The Pentagon released a third tranche of previously classified files on alleged UFO sightings on Friday, which include reports of glowing, sometimes red, orbs seen by people in the northeastern United States.The first two batches were...
Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Katalyst Space's LINK robotic servicing satellite awaits encapsulation inside a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL on June 8, 2026, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in...
He suddenly couldn’t speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronaut who prompted NASA’s first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don’t know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.Four-time space flier Mike Fincke said he was eating dinner...
Arctic sea ice hits lowest winter level as unprecedented heat hits smashes records all over Earth
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents.Arctic sea ice levels, especially in the summer, are Article Attribution | Read More at...
In a first, scientists observe a comet reversing its spin
Astronomers have found archival data showing a one-of-a-kind event where a spinning comet appeared to reverse the direction of its rotation, NASA said in a news release.The comet, named 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák, originated in the outer solar system and visits the...
Antimatter took to the road for the very first time. Here’s why it matters
A small amount of antimatter took to the road on Tuesday, representing the first time any quantity of the world’s most expensive, volatile and rare substance has been moved. The breakthrough opens the door to new possibilities for the study of the elusive...
New portrait of the oldest-known supernova | Space photo of the day for March 27, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A new image of a supernova designated RCW 86 taken by NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) observatory. | Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM:...
NASA’s Artemis astronauts enter final preparations for Moon mission
By Joey RouletteWASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - The four astronauts selected for NASA's Artemis II mission were due to arrive in Florida on Friday, entering the final phase of preparations for the first crewed journey toward the Moon in more than five decades.NASA...
Scientists train to dive beneath polar ice as climate change warms the Arctic and Antarctica
KILPISJÄRVI, Finland (AP) — As bubbles rippled across the frigid Finnish lake, diver Daan Jacobs emerged from a hole carved out of the thick, crackling ice.The journey had taken him 8 meters (26 feet) beneath the surface, where sunlight filtered through the Arctic ice...
Satellite observations offer insight into a tsunami’s early stages
March 27 (Reuters) - Observations made by a satellite operated by the U.S. and French space agencies shortly after a strong earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last year are giving scientists a better understanding of how tsunamis originate and...
Hitting the brakes: Hubble Space Telescope watches doomed comet reverse its spin
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An artist's impression of a jet of gas and dust blasting out from comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák. | Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Ralf Crawford (STScI)The Hubble Space...
Arctic sea ice just dropped to an alarming new low
Right now, the Arctic is maxing out on sea ice – the cold of winter has built up over months of darkness, and ice has spread as far south as it will all year. It’s the North Pole’s sea ice maximum, except this year, it’s alarmingly low.There is roughly half a million...
Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them – researchers pinpoint how
The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. Viruses adapt to spread more quickly. Diseases transmitted by insects present another evolutionary front: Insects themselves can evolve resistance to the...
Sharks in Bahamas test positive for caffeine, painkillers, cocaine
Sharks in the Bahamas are consuming substances including caffeine, painkillers and even cocaine, according to a new study by marine scientists who say it could potentially impact the animals' health and behavior.The research team, made up of marine biologists and...
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