Between July 7 and July 17, Venus will put on two evening-sky shows: first passing close to Regulus, the brightest star in Leo the Lion, and then appearing near a waxing crescent moon. Both events are easy to see with…
The American Earth-observation company Vantor maps Earth from space in 3D. The images are available in near-real time, revealing immediate effects of natural disasters and armed conflict. What is more, the images are also absolutely stunning. Vantor, which operates a…
This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows Messier 3, a densely packed cluster of stars whose origins may be a merger between globular clusters in the early universe. NASA, ESA, and A. Sarajedini (Florida Atlantic University); Processing: Gladys Kober…
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the clean room at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 26, 2026. (Image credit: NASA/Sydney Rohde (Rocz)) NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is hanging out in the clean room at…
The U.S. Space Force has acquired one of its first publicly acknowledged offensive weapons, one that can blast adversary satellites with beams of electromagnetic radiation to disrupt their signals without physically damaging them. The system, known as Meadowlands, was developed…