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Brilliant streaks of light are set to illuminate the sky, heralding the year’s first celestial spectacle. The Quadrantid meteor shower is set to peak on Friday, January 3, during the early hours before dawn, putting on a spectacular show throughout […]

The 200-foot Vulcan Centaur rocket could do more than just launch satellites to orbit. As the rocket awaits certification to launch military payloads, United Launch Alliance (ULA) suggests that Vulcan can also be used to ward off space enemies and

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas—on Mars. The otherworldly landscape is, for the most part, a distinct red hue, but recent images reveal unusual frosty features that have turned the Red Planet’s south pole white. The European Space

Almost a year after Ingenuity broke a blade and ended its experimental stint on Mars, NASA unveiled a new design concept for the Martian helicopter’s successor and it’s comparatively a big boy. NASA’s Mars Chopper, as it’s called, is about

A Japanese startup’s second attempt to launch its solid-fuel rocket ended in chaos, with Kairos spiraling downwards a few minutes after lift off. The launch failure marks another setback for Japan’s private space industry after a series of explosive rocket

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission reportedly experienced an hour-long loss of ground control before two private astronauts exited the Dragon crew capsule for the first commercial spacewalk in history, according to a report by Reuters. The Polaris Dawn mission launched on

In 2017, an unexpected visitor with an oddly elongated shape zipped through the solar system. The interstellar object, later named ‘Oumuamua, was initially classified as an asteroid—until measurements revealed it was accelerating away from the Sun, like a comet. This

NASA has finally provided much-anticipated updates on its Artemis lunar program, addressing concerns about the Orion spacecraft and mission timelines. The news isn’t as a bad as we feared, but we’re going to have to wait a bit longer for

Shortly after launching its Starship rocket for the sixth time, SpaceX opted out of performing a booster catch, letting the rocket’s first stage dive into the ocean instead. It’s not the result the company was hoping for, but data from

For the past five years, air has been escaping through a Russian section of the International Space Station (ISS) at an increasing rate. NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, are still in disagreement over the root cause of the leak,