Mission Control for Your Curiosity

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun its decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time, delivering jaw-dropping images of stars,...

Starship Flight Developments

• 🔥 IFT-13 Scheduled: Starship's 13th integrated flight test is set for July 16 2026 at 6:45 pm ET from Starbase...

The Artemis II crew's reunion at Kennedy Space Center reveals lasting public excitement, with commander Reid Wiseman noting messages of "joy and hope"...

• TOI-715 b orbits in the conservative habitable zone of a red dwarf star, boosting prospects for liquid water on its surface
• Roughly 1.5 times...

SpaceX targets Starship IFT-13 for July 16, 2026, at 6:45 pm ET from Starbase, TX, with full countdown and flight details now live on its...

A new study delivers a four-signature test for spotting alien megastructures around red and white dwarfs.

• Red and white dwarfs offer stable,...

• Flight 13 launches July 16 with 20 V3 Starlink satellites, the first operational payload instead of simulators
• Six V3 units carry cameras to...

NASA plans to begin south polar moonbase preparations with Artemis V, yet planetary scientist Dr. Pascal Lee highlights why these regions may prove the most challenging spots initially in the moon's hostile environment.

SpaceX shows clear signs that Falcon 9 is entering its final years, with the company accelerating the transition timeline. This signals the approaching end of an era for the longtime workhorse rocket.

Global efforts to tackle space hazards are scaling up across scales and nations.

• Tiny debris detection advanced via blind stacking on 2018...

China became the second nation to recover an orbital-class booster when its Long March 10B first stage was snagged by a sea-based net on July 10,...

Euclid has identified 31 quasars at redshifts 6.6–7.8, including 12 at z≥7 that more than double the prior sample, with the most distant at z~7.77...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster B1071 completed its 35th flight, just one short of the current reusability record set by B1067. The booster successfully...

SpaceX confronts dual hurdles for Starship Flight 13.

• Regulatory cap restricts Starbase to 25 annual launches
• Static fire test completed to prove Super Heavy reliability
• Orbital engine relights remain unproven for deep-space goals

• Valuation surge: Bank of America sets $235 target, valuing SpaceX as diversified infrastructure player beyond launches.
• Starship advances: Booster...

Starship Mission Progress

• 🔥 Booster Static Fire Complete: SpaceX completed a full 33-engine static fire on Booster 20 ahead of Starship Flight...

SpaceX pursues Golden Dome contracts for tracking, comms, and interceptors to master tech that doubles as planetary protection.

• Laser/maser systems...

Rubin Observatory's first images reveal millions of galaxies, with supernovas acting as cosmic yardsticks that emit predictable light to measure vast distances.

• 'Oumuamua accelerated without a visible tail, sparking alien speculation
• Dark comets release trace gas, producing comet-like motion while...

• JWST pierces Centaurus A's dense dust lane to resolve millions of individual stars and embedded star-forming regions.
• Warped dust structures and...