The European Space Agency’s (ESA) ambitious Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, known as Juice, is on a remarkable eight-year journey to the gas giant Jupiter, having launched from Earth in April 2023 and scheduled to arrive at its destination in 2031. A significant milestone in its journey occurred this year as Juice completed its closest approach […]

Blue Origin is making substantial strides at its rocket manufacturing facility located in Exploration Park, Florida, as it intensifies its efforts in producing the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket. This comes alongside plans for future upgrades, including a new variant that will enhance the rocket’s capabilities significantly. Recent aerial footage taken by the NSF team shows […]

Lunar Outpost, established in 2017 in Golden, Colorado, has transitioned from a lunar mobility startup to a significant contributor to NASA’s Artemis program. The company announced on December 4, 2025, that it has been chosen for the Artemis IV mission, demonstrating its shift from commercial endeavors to collaboration in a major federally-backed lunar exploration initiative. […]

Recent observations from the XMM-Newton and XRISM space telescopes have unveiled a striking event involving a supermassive black hole located in the spiral galaxy NGC 3783. This black hole, with a mass equivalent to 30 million suns, generated an astonishing X-ray flare, which quickly dissipated as thundering winds surged outward at a remarkable velocity of […]

A media briefing was conducted recently to discuss the upcoming 14th operational launch of the Galileo satellite navigation program. This event is particularly significant as it is set to see two new Galileo satellites take to the skies. The launch is scheduled for December 17 and will take place aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from […]

The week beginning December 8 is set to be a bustling period in space exploration, with multiple rocket launches planned from various providers worldwide. China will see a flurry of activity with at least six launches slated from four different spaceports. In addition, Russia is preparing for two forthcoming missions, launching once from Plesetsk and […]

A new radar image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite showcases the breathtaking Badain Jaran Desert, located in northwestern China. Spanning approximately 49,000 square kilometers, this desert ranks as the third largest in the country and is part of the expansive Gobi Desert, situated on the Alxa Plateau at an elevation of around 1,200 meters. The […]

SpaceX has secured environmental clearance to proceed with the construction of its Starship launch facility at Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-37 (SLC-37). This approval follows the completion of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which revealed limited changes from the initial draft but provided significant details about the project’s scope, including information on the planned […]

In November 2025, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) conducted a series of observations of the comet 3I/ATLAS using five of its scientific instruments. This mission aimed to gather crucial data on the comet’s activities and composition. Aside from the scientific tools, Juice also captured an image of the comet with its […]

Entrepreneur and astronaut Jared Isaacman made a compelling case before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to expedite his nomination as the next administrator of NASA. This was Isaacman’s second appearance before the committee this year, following an earlier nomination process that faltered last summer due to bureaucratic […]