A NASA F-15 aircraft flies above Washington on Saturday, July 4, 2026, as part of a flyover to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. This aircraft is from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and it joined other NASA aircraft…
Astronomers have, for the first time, directly mapped the magnetic field surrounding an unusual “lighthouse” pulsar, revealing an invisible cosmic highway that channels particles blasted from the rapidly spinning stellar remnant. Using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, researchers…
Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. How do black holes at the center of galaxies form and grow over time? To answer this question, scientists need to detect and study supermassive black holes at great distances, which existed much…
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity spotted these “honeycomb” structures on Mars. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) NASA’s Curiosity rover has spotted a strange honeycomb texture on the surface of Mars. But what is it? What is it? Almost 14 years since landing on…
SpaceX’s next Starship test flight aims to achieve a major milestone by deploying 20 upgraded Starlink satellites, marking the first Starlink Version 3s to deploy in space.. Liftoff for the spacecraft’s upcoming 13th test flight is scheduled for Wednesday, July…
The assembly of NASA’s next Artemis rocket is well underway, with the recent arrival of one of the launch vehicle’s solid fuel booster sections to the agency’s integration facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The bottom segment of the…
SpaceX is targeting this week for the next launch of its massive Starship vehicle. Following engine tests on both Starship stages in the last two weeks — igniting all six Raptor 3s on the “Ship” upper stage and all 33…
NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA astronaut Anil Menon poses in a spacesuit for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Jan. 8, 2026. Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on…
Disney+’s imaginative anime anthology series, “Star Wars: Visions“, is getting a standalone expansion next month with “Star Wars: Visions Presents –The Ninth Jedi”. This 8-episode limited series is a continuation of the saga of Lah Kara, Margrave Juro, and their…
ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope shows off its impressive size after reaching a new milestone. (Image credit: ESO/Cimolai) The Extremely Large Telescope just passed a serious milestone while coming together. But it’s not done yet; the immense telescope is about to…