New space debris shield? Satellites and astronauts could suit up in novel ‘Space Armor’
Humanity has a new tool in the fight against space junk — "Space Armor," a multi-functional composite that could protect ...
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Where the ridge meets the river | Space photo of the day for Oct. 16, 2025
From above Earth, LandSat 9's keen eye captures a stunning Y-shaped meeting of ridge and river in China's Tarim Basin.
Northern lights may be visible in 15 US states tonight
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Iowa as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted for tonight.
China launches 12th group of Guowang broadband satellites as rocket milestone highlights accelerating launch rate
HELSINKI — China added to its Guowang national broadband megaconstellation Wednesday with the 600th Long March rocket launch, marking a ...
Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside the International Space Station today
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy will conduct a spacewalk outside the ISS today (Oct. 16), and you can ...
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 130th Falcon 9 flight of the year
SpaceX launched 28 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Thursday morning (Oct. 16), sending them up from Florida's Space ...
Not-so-dark matter? Mysterious substance might leave red and blue ‘fingerprints’ on light
A new study suggests dark matter could subtly tint or polarize light, leaving faint color clues that next-generation telescopes might ...
Watch a charred SpaceX Starship land in the ocean after acing Flight Test 11 (video)
New SpaceX footage from Starship Flight 11 shows the final moments of Oct. 13 mission, which ended with a picture-perfect ...
Why October is the perfect time to look for the Andromeda galaxy
October is an excellent time to observe the Andromeda spiral galaxy as it passes high overhead in the Autumn night ...
How scientists are using spinning dead stars to find ripples in the fabric of spacetime
Identifying the gravitational waves from black holes binaries could also make it clearer to detect primordial gravitational waves that date ...