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SPACE.com Columnist Leonard David The 1st private Mission To Venus Comes Together Ahead Of Possible 2026 Launch

Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley report progress in installing a heat shield on the first private spacecraft targeted for Venus. Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California, is leading the effort, along with their partners at the Massachusetts Institute of...

Spiral Starburst Galaxy Glows In Gorgeous Hubble Telescope Image

A recent image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a gorgeous galaxy bursting with new star formation. This intermediate spiral galaxy is located about 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. Known as NGC 4536, the galaxy boasts sweeping spiral arms speckled with bright...

On This Day In Space! March 16, 1966: Gemini 8 Achieves First Space Docking

On March 16, 1966, the crewed Gemini 8 spacecraft became the first to dock with another spacecraft in space. NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott launched into orbit in their Gemini spacecraft almost three hours after the uncrewed Agena target vehicle launched separately. After a six-hour...

SpaceX Launches 21 Starlink Broadband Satellites To Orbit From Florida video, photos

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Wednesday night (March 12). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink craft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Wednesday at 10:35 p.m. EDT (0235...

How An Astronomer Accidentally Found A Star Stuck In A Cosmic Waltz

While sitting in his office, Naman Bajaj stared at the precious data that led to the final installment of his trio of published papers, each of which incrementally answers a very loaded question: Why do some planet-forming disks creep onto their own stars? The three studies were robust, interesting...

Their Loss Diminishes Us All’: Scientists Emphasize How Trump’s Mass NOAA Layoffs Endanger The World

For decades, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been the beating heart of weather forecasts that keep our society safe. Its employees regularly collect weather data that help scientists monitor daily forecasts, track hurricanes, support air traffic control, operate...

Former Google Chief Eric Schmidt Takes The Reins At Rocket Startup Relativity Space

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has assumed the top job at an ambitious launch startup. Schmidt, who led Google from 2001 to 2011, has been named CEO at Relativity Space, a California company that’s building a rocket to compete with SpaceX and other major players in the launch industry...

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Wednesday night (March 12). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink craft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Wednesday at 10:35 p.m. EDT (0235...

Saturn officially has 128 more moons

You thought Saturn’s 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet’s moon count has nearly doubled with the official recognition of 128 new Saturnian moons, bringing its total to an astonishing 274 moons. That makes Jupiter’s 95 moons look paltry, and our single moon...