The ultimate backup: why humanity needs a lunar seed vault — now
Humanity is losing the genetic diversity that sustains life on Earth at a pace that should alarm every nation. According ...
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ISS astronauts see comet Lemmon ‘absorbed’ by aurora | Space photo of the day for Nov. 20, 2025
It's not every day you see both a comet and an aurora from low Earth orbit.
Reimagining space stations for the commercial age
In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss sits down with Marshall Smith, CEO of Starlab Space for a ...
James Webb Space Telescope captures ‘one-of-a-kind’ triple star system that looks like a cosmic embryo (image)
The unique system features two rare Wolf-Rayet stars, and a supergiant companion that is interrupting the flow of the dust ...
NASA reveals new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from across the solar system: ‘It looks and behaves like a comet’
NASA has pointed its fleet of spacecraft at comet 3I/ATLAS to collect new footage of the interstellar invader. The agency ...
Senate to hold hearing for billionaire Jared Isaacman’s re-nomination as NASA chief on Dec. 3
The U.S. Senate will hold a hearing on Dec. 3 to consider the re-nomination of billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman ...
Celebrating 25 Years of Humanity in Space
In 2025, NASA and its international partners celebrate 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. Since ...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in new image captured after close pass by the sun (photo)
"For me, it is particularly interesting to see how such an interstellar object evolves."
Private mission to save NASA space telescope will launch in 2026 on a rocket dropped from a plane
Katalyst Space Technologies will use Northrop Grumman's air-launched Pegasus rocket for its upcoming mission, which will send a spacecraft to ...
Katalyst selects Pegasus to launch Swift reboost mission
A startup with a NASA contract to raise the decaying orbit of an astronomy satellite has selected the rarely used ...