In the Senate hearing considering the confirmation of Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator, he and Senator Ted Cruz engaged in extensive dialogue about China. They strongly expressed the view that […] The post Moon, Mars — China leads to both appeared first on SpaceNews.

Space.com caught up recently with Dave Cavossa, president of the Commercial Space Federation, to discuss the state of the U.S. private space industry. Continue Reading‘It’s very pro-commercial space right now’: An industry insider’s off-Earth status report→

Nightdive Studios’ port of the classic point-and-click sci-fi adventure to modern consoles gets the job done and feels hauntingly timely. Continue Reading‘I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream’ celebrates 30 years with a console port, ready to traumatise a whole new generation with its tales of a mad AI god→

A new record has been set for the most paid at auction for an astronaut’s timepiece. The 18-karat gold Omega Speedmaster that was presented to Neil Armstrong sold for $2,187,500 with premium. Continue ReadingApollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong’s gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction→

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, April 18Jupiter still rules the early-evening skies, standing prominently in Taurus in the west as darkness falls. Located between the two horns of Taurus the Bull and above its red giant eye, Aldebaran, Jupiter is the brightest point of light in the west,Continue reading “The Sky This Week from April 18 to 25: The Lyrid meteor shower peaks” The post The Sky This Continue ReadingThe Sky This Week from April 18 to 25: The Lyrid meteor shower peaks→

Members of a NASA safety panel said they were “deeply concerned” about the safety of the aging International Space Station, citing long-running issues and funding shortfalls. The post NASA safety panel warns of increasing risks to ISS operations appeared first on SpaceNews.

What can Helium-3 (3He) being discharged from the Sun teach us about 3He creation and the Sun’s activity? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated 3He-rich solar energetic particles (SEPs) emitted by the Sun in late 2023. This study has the potential to help astronomers better understand how solar activity could contribute to the production of 3He, the latter of which remains one of the most desired substances due to its potential for nuclear fusion technology on Earth.

Everything in the Universe spins. Galaxies, planets, stars, and black holes all rotate, even if just a bit. It comes from the fact that the clouds of scattered gas and dust of the cosmos are never perfectly symmetrical. But the Universe as a whole does not rotate. Some objects spin one way, some another, but add them all up, and the total rotation is zero. At least that’s what we’ve thought. But a new study suggests that the Universe does rotate, and this rotation solves the big mystery of cosmology known as the Hubble tension.

Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful?

Sometimes an old telescope can still impress. That is certainly the case for Hubble, which is rapidly approaching the 35th anniversary of its launch. To celebrate, the telescope’s operators are collaborating with ESA to release a series of stunning new photographs of some of the most iconic astronomical objects the telescope has observed. As of the time of writing, the latest one to be released is a spectacular new image of a favorite of millions of amateur astronomers – the Sombrero Galaxy.

Two new studies have sparked fresh debate about a faraway planet with a weird atmosphere. One of the studies claims additional evidence for the presence of life on the planet K2-18 b, based on chemical clues. The other study argues that such clues can be produced on a lifeless world.

Scientists are developing an advanced quantum sensor for low Earth orbit that can detect the tiniest tremors in Earth’s gravity. Continue ReadingNASA developing 1st-ever space-based quantum sensor for gravity measurements→

“What should I do with my sideburns?” asked the ISS commander of his barber and Expedition 73 crewmate. Continue ReadingHaircut on high: Getting a trim in space | Space picture of the day for April 17, 2025→

Even as NASA and its partners on the ISS shift to commercial space stations, NASA’s former deputy administrator believes there will still be a role for multilateral coordination. The post Multilateral coordination will be needed for commercial space stations appeared first on SpaceNews.