The Pentagon has released more than 160 declassified files related to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), marking one of the largest public disclosures of government records on unexplained sightings and renewing global interest in the decades-old mystery. The records, published through the Pentagon’s transparency archive, include military incident reports, radar logs, witness statements, photographs and previously […]
New evidence has been unearthed which show that massive stars can initiate star formation in nearby areas thus helping shape the evolution of star-forming regions. Stars are born inside vast clouds of gas and dust known as molecular clouds. While most stars in our Galaxy have masses similar to the Sun, a few are much […]
A team of professional and amateur Japanese astronomers found evidence for a thin atmosphere around a small body in the outer Solar System. The object is so small that it should not have a sustainable atmosphere, raising questions about when and how the atmosphere formed. Future observations to better characterize the atmosphere will help solve […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover uncovered a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth. The findings, which come from a chemical experiment performed for the first time on another world, reveal that the Martian surface can preserve the kinds of molecules that could […]
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The NG-3 mission marked the third flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn rocket, and one of its most closely watched launches yet—both for commercial ambitions and reusable rocket technology. Launch Overview: Date: April 19, 2026 Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida Rocket: New Glenn (two-stage heavy-lift vehicle) Payload: BlueBird-7 satellite for AST SpaceMobile Mission type: […]
A new study led by Curtin University has harnessed a global-scale radio telescope network to capture detailed images revealing the extraordinary power of jets emitted by black holes, offering strong confirmation of long-standing theories about their role in shaping the Universe’s structure. Published in Nature Astronomy, the research found that the jets from Cygnus X-1—a […]
A recent study has examined whether some of the universe’s smallest galaxies—particularly dwarf spheroidal galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—could host black holes, offering fresh insight into how these cosmic objects form and evolve over time. While supermassive black holes are commonly found at the centres of large galaxies, detecting them in dwarf spheroidal galaxies remains […]
Thrusters Fire To Steer Orion Home: At 10:53 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft executed a brief nine-second thruster burn, increasing its velocity by 5.3 feet per second and nudging the Artemis II crew further along their return path to Earth. With the maneuver complete, the crew has now crossed the halfway mark on their journey […]
Dan Florez is one of the NASA test directors for the Exploration Ground Systems Program. The test directors are a group of 20 engineers at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida who plan and execute integrated testing for Artemis missions. Their work includes developing timelines and procedures for launch countdown, propellant loading, emergency egress, […]
Blanca Renteria, operations chief for the Artemis Deep Space Network (DSN), monitored incoming data from the Space Flight Operations Facility at Jet Propulsion Laboratory shortly after Artemis II lifted off on April 1, 2026. The launch took place at 6:35 p.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center, with mission control teams quickly transitioning to deep space […]
NASA’s Artemis II mission is drawing support from a pair of nearly identical control rooms in Alabama, each playing a distinct role in keeping astronauts safe and operations on track as the crew heads back to Earth, Friday, April 10. At the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, two facilities, […]
Artemis II moved into another critical phase of its return journey as the crew began Flight Day 8 with a focus on testing systems and preparing for reentry. Aboard the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, the four astronauts woke to music and a message from the Canadian Space Agency. At the start of the day, they […]
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station spoke with the Artemis II crew on April 8 following their lunar flyby, marking a rare ship-to-ship exchange between deep space and low Earth orbit. The Artemis II crew is returning to Earth after circling the Moon, while Expedition 74 astronauts continued biomedical research and mission training aboard the […]
NASA’s Artemis II crew began their return journey to Earth on April 7 after completing a historic lunar flyby a day earlier. The crew, traveling aboard the Orion spacecraft about 236,000 miles from Earth, exited the Moon’s gravitational influence and initiated return procedures. The mission includes a call with International Space Station astronauts, scientific debriefs, […]
Live lunar flyby updates for NASA’s Artemis II mission will be published on this page. All times are Eastern. 9:35 p.m. The Artemis II crew has completed the mission’s lunar observation period and is now beginning the return trip home. On Tuesday, April 7, Orion will exit the lunar sphere of influence at approximately 1:25 p.m., at a distance of […]
NASA confirmed on April 4 that Artemis II’s first planned trajectory correction burn was canceled after Orion remained on its precise path to the Moon. The crew, traveling toward a scheduled lunar flyby on April 6, continues operations without the need for immediate adjustments. Mission controllers in Houston determined the spacecraft’s trajectory required no correction […]