April 2026

NASA’s Chandra Finds Young Stars Dim Quickly

April 23rd, 2026|Categories: News|

Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in their X-ray output than previously thought, according to a study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State Univ/K. Getman; Optical/IR: PanSTARRS; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk These images, released on April 14, [...]

Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese ‘origami’ satellite, 7 other spacecraft to orbit tonight

April 22nd, 2026|Categories: News|

Rocket Lab will launch eight Japanese satellites to orbit tonight (April 22), including one that features an origami-folded antenna, and you can watch the action live.

NASA Astronaut Anil Menon to Discuss Upcoming Launch, Mission

April 22nd, 2026|Categories: News|

NASA astronaut Anil Menon participates in a spacewalk training session at NASA’s Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. NASA/David DeHoyos NASA will host a news conference at 1:45 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 29, from the agency’s Johnson [...]

NASA still confident that Artemis astronauts will land on the moon in 2028 despite spacesuit delays

April 22nd, 2026|Categories: News|

NASA says it's confident that new spacesuits will be ready for a moon landing in 2028, even though a new report raises the possibility of a multiyear delay.