Southern hemisphere’s largest radio telescope joins search for extraterrestrial tech
MeerKAT will increase the number of targets that Breakthrough Listen can observe by a thousand fold.
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NASA's Orion photographed the Earth and Moon from a quarter-million miles away
The spacecraft snapped the photo at a record-setting distance from home.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft breaks Apollo 13 flight record
On Saturday, the capsule traveled farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans had before.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Watch the next major phase of NASA's Artemis 1 Moon mission start here at 4:52PM ET
Orion is slated to go into a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon.
Hubble spots colliding galaxies in a spectacular dance
The James Webb telescope is poised to take a closer look.
Water recycling technologies developed for space are helping a parched American west
But even aboard the ISS, we have yet to create a fully-closed reuse system.
UK surgeon named world's first astronaut with a disability
Decorated doctor and athlete John McFall lost his right leg after a motorcycle accident at age 19.
NASA's Orion crew vehicle successfully completes Moon flyby
The Artemis 1 spacecraft was just 81 miles above the lunar surface at one point.
NASA's Orion spacecraft on track to begin Moon flyby on November 21st
The spacecraft has so far "exceeded expectations."
The best gifts for space lovers in 2022
Give them gear to help them show off their love of galaxies, planets, spaceships and more.
NASA's mighty Artemis 1 rocket finally launches
It's now following an elliptical orbit around Earth.
UN initiative will use satellites to detect methane emission hotspots
Whether or not countries take action is another matter.
NASA delays Artemis 1 launch by two more days to November 16th
The SLS and Orion spacecraft will remain on the launch pad as Tropical Storm Nicole approaches.
Spain temporarily closed its airspace due to an out-of-control Chinese rocket
It was the fourth uncontrolled re-entry for China’s Long March 5B.
Watch the last total lunar eclipse until 2025 on November 8th
You'l have to get up early in North America.
NASA's first test of its next-generation heat shield is delayed until at least November 9th
The LOFTID mission will set an inflatable aeroshell against the rigors of atmospheric reentry.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the sun ‘smiling’
The dark spots are known as coronal holes.
James Webb Space Telescope captures a spooky view of the Pillars of Creation
The image from Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) will help us better understand how stars form.
SpaceX gears up for Falcon Heavy's first flight since 2019 with a static fire test
The Falcon Heavy is scheduled to ferry US Space Force satellites to orbit on November 1st.
NASA's InSight lander detected a meteoroid impact on Mars
This may be InSight's last big accomplishment before it shuts down.
