Recent observations discovered by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revealed a giant, evolving, 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s South Pole, according to an announcement published in the journal Science Advances. Positioned within one of Saturn’s robust jet streams, this decagon formation represents the initial observation of a large, symmetrically sided jet pattern anywhere in Saturn’s Southern … Read more
According to NASA, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the Lion Nebula, cataloged as NGC 2392, revealing structural details of the dying star at its centre. The planetary nebula, previously observed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2000, exhibits a distinct lion face-like shape complete with a hazy “mane” formed by … Read more
NASA’s experimental X-59 supersonic jet completed its 25th flight on August 21, reaching a speed of Mach 1.2 and an altitude of approximately 49,000 feet during a 72-minute test over Edwards, California, according to the agency. The milestone brings the aircraft closer to its upcoming acoustic validation phase, where researchers will evaluate whether the jet … Read more
A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the emission nebula LHA 120-N44, a vast cosmic structure located approximately 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado, according to Hubble astronomers. Situated within the Large Magellanic Cloud—a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way that lies 163,000 light-years from the Sun, according to constellation-guide.com—the … Read more
Four crew members are currently spending 378 days pretending Earth is 140 million miles away inside a 1,700-square-foot structure at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, according to space agency documentation. Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery, and James Spicer entered Mars Dune Alpha on October 19, 2025, to participate in the second Crew Health … Read more
EDT for the debut test flight of its Pallas-1 rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Pallas-1 is a partially reusable, medium-lift rocket designed to land vertically up to 25 times, similar to SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Global Commercial Rocket Launch Lineup EDT for an Electron launch named “Owl Around The World” from … Read more
NASA and SpaceX postponed the launch of the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station after detecting an oxidizer leak on the Dragon spacecraft’s propulsion system during routine prelaunch processing, according to official agency announcements. Joint engineering teams from both organizations are conducting additional testing and reviewing data to determine whether the spacecraft requires further … Read more
Katalyst Space continues to operate its Link spacecraft in orbit to gather critical flight experience for future satellite servicing missions, despite abandoning plans to reboost a NASA gamma-ray observatory due to attitude control issues, according to company chief executive Ghonhee Lee. Reaction Wheel Failures Force Mission Redesign The Link spacecraft, launched in July, lost two … Read more
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host the “Max Power” public air and space expo on November 7 and 8, marking only the fourth time in history that the space agency has hosted a public air show on its property, according to a Friday announcement by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. The two-day ticketed event … Read more
Using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that IRS 3—a bloated giant star orbiting just 0.55 light-years from the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*—is actively forging silicate dust and harboring water molecules despite one of the most extreme radiation environments in the galaxy, according to a study … Read more