A New Organization, the Space Safety Coalition, Seeks to Limit the Risk of Future Space Operations for All. There’s a lot of junk in space. And we’re putting more of it out there faster than it’s falling back to Earth....
Jupiter Impact Both Not As Cool, and Yet Even Cooler than You Probably Thought. A little over a month ago, an amateur astronomer from Texas called Ethan Chappel spotted a large flash on Jupiter. Thankfully, he had his telescope’s camera...
It’s Ad Astra Week for Us Common Folk… Of Course I’m Gushing. On Friday, a movie I’ve been anticipating for months now will finally hit theaters, and in my mind, I’m already in line. Ad Astra, a new action/sci-fi/drama/space-pirate adventure (okay—the space-pirate...
US Officials Run Sting Operations to Thwart Chinese Theft of U.S. Space Tech Reporters have made much of Chinese industrial espionage over the year or so. The issue is at the center of the current trade war that’s got the...
When It Comes to NASA Contracts, Space X, Boeing, and the Big Boys Aren’t the Only Players in the Game The few folks that work at Advanced Space in Boulder, CO have got to be pretty pleased with a new...
NASA’s Keeping an Eye on Two Asteroids Coming Close Tomorrow For astronomers at NASA’s asteroid monitoring team, this weekend will be something of a reunion. Two asteroids that the team has observed before are swinging by for a weekend visit....
When There’s Something Strange in Your Universe, Who Ya Gonna Call? That’s Right. Einstein. What the heck can I write about Albert Einstein that hasn’t already been written? I mean, Newton has a unit of force named after him. Keppler’s...
It’s Not a New Earth, but The Discovery of Atmospheric Water on Another World has Huge implications K2-18b. Ever heard of it? If not, you may want to remember the name. It’s a super-earth around 110 light-years away. K2-18b is...
Organizers Behind “Alienfest” Decide Against Hosting “Humanitarian Disaster.” I mean… we knew Storm Area 51 was a joke from the start, right? Well, some of us did, anyway. Unfortunately, when you tell jokes to the internets, a certain, yet significant...
As We Wait for Musk’s Next Big Announcement about SpaceX Starship, New Details are Leaked. SpaceX founder, and my favorite slightly-eccentric robber-baron billionaire, Elon Musk will announce the next step in Starship’s evolution at the end of this month. Space...
NASA Releases New Photos of a Dying Star that Happened Over 11,000 years ago. When we point our cameras, telescopes, and instruments at the night sky, it’s important to realize that the images we see are portraits of the past....
A Bunch of Interns at NASA—More Than a Dozen—Remix Ariana Grande’s “NASA” to Promote Artemis and Missions Beyond I know. This is Space Porn. Not “TRL,” “Yo MTV Raps,” or whatever the hell you kids are watching on the YouTubes these...
Bridenstine Announced the New Director of NASA’s Langley Research Center Monday There’s a new Director in town at NASA’s Langley Research Center, according to a press release by NASA on Monday, September 9th. The position’s current occupant, Davide Bowles, retires...
Ad Astra Premiered in Venice Last Month… …and so far the reception has been positive. I’ve written about how excited I am for this movie before, and the early reviews only add to that excitement. Metacritic gives James Gray’s new film...
After Months, The Vacuum at the Head of Human Space Flight Must Be Filled In July, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine removed William Gerstenmaier from his post as head of Human Space Flight. In the interval since then and now, nobody...
India Prepares to Make History with Chandrayaan-2 Video provided by Doordarshan National. History being made as India prepares to become the fourth nation to land a craft on the moon! Update: Communication with Vikram Lander lost 2km before touchdown, but orbiter...
Full-Sized SpaceX Starship Mk1 Prototype Might be Revealed This Month SpaceX founder Elon Musk told the world three years ago that he was going to take humans to Mars. In the past few weeks, he’s demonstrated that the tech required...
Did You Know Tom Morello from Rage Was on the USS Voyager? Well, you do now. Tom Morello was on the USS Voyager. There are all kinds of fun facts about Star Trek: Voyager in this cool breakdown from Generation...
The Team Working on Artemis Scramble to Make Pence’s Deadline. NASA updated its plans for the Artemis lunar lander last week in anticipation of the now four-years-shorter mission target. The lander, which is really designed to be more of a shuttle, is...
Conflicting Universal Expansion Data May Indicate That We Don’t Know as Much about the Universe As We Thought We’ve known the Universe is still expanding for some time now. We thought we knew exactly how fast universal expansion is happening,...
Chandrayaan-2 Lander and Orbiter Separate and Prepare for Landing In a truly remarkable feat given the budget of the project, India prepares to become the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon. Yesterday at approximately 3:45 am...
ISS Sticks to Commitment Despite Changes That Will Delay Plans. You really have to hand it to the clattering of leaders that make up the ISS Partner Nations. By the way, did you know that the collective noun for ISS...
Planetary Society Declares Success with LightSail 2
