China’s ‘Thousand Sails’ Joins Starlink as the Latest Mega-Satellite Constellation in Orbit

With ‘Thousand Sails,’ China joins the race to fill up Low Earth Orbit with mega-satellite constellations.…

Life on Earth Needed “Unmelted Asteroids”

The word “volatile” is commonly used in the space exploration community, but it has a different…

Three fireballs light up the skies over the Great Lakes, AMS receives hundreds of reports

Three bright fireballs were observed over the Great Lakes region of the United States of America…

Dark Matter Has a Firm Grip on These Galaxies

The elliptical galaxy NGC 1270 lies about 240 million light-years away. But it’s not alone. It’s…

NASA Achieves Impressive Bandwidth with its New Laser Communications System

Ships passing in the night used Morse code sent with lanterns and shutters to communicate. That…

Scientists Determine the Age of the Moon’s Oldest and Largest Impact Basin

The massive South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin is one of the Moon’s dominant features, though it’s not…

New Simulation Will Help Future Missions Collect Moon Dust

In this decade and the next, multiple space agencies will send crewed missions to the Moon…

The Sun Has Reached Its Solar Maximum and it Could Last for One Year

For most of human history, the Sun appeared stable. It was a stoic stellar presence, going…

Check Out This Sneak Peek of the Euclid mission’s Cosmic Atlas

On July 1st, 2023 (Canada Day!), the ESA’s Euclid mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,…

Review: Unistellar’s New Odyssey Pro Smart Telescope

Unistellar’s new Odyssey Pro telescope offers access to deep-sky astrophotography in a small portable package. Access…