Why Earth’s 2026 Fireballs Are Bigger, Louder, and Harder to Ignore
After years of stable baseline activity, something appears to have shifted.’ That’s what American Meteor Society analyst Mike Hankey said…
Aerospace & Spaceflight
Victor Glover Says Artemis 2 Must Reach Beyond NASA’s Biggest Fans
“Those people, we work for them, too.” With those words, NASA astronaut Victor Glover defined the Artemis 2 mission as…
Why Christina Koch’s Artemis 2 Flight Carries More Than History
“It feels like an incredible privilege and responsibility,” said Christina Koch, as NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is nearing flight, and…
Scientists Traced the Sun’s Storm Engine to a Deep Hidden Layer
The Sun’s tantrums don’t begin where you think. The place where a new study of sunspot activity was observed gives…
Why a Bus-Size Asteroid Near Earth Is Still a Planetary Defense Lesson
Why is a 29-foot asteroid being tracked when it is far too small to pose any danger to the planet?…
Hubble Found a Tiny Comet Spinning Toward Self-Destruction
Sometimes the solar system hides its strangest behavior in old data. A fresh analysis of images taken by the Hubble…
NASA’s Moon Base Shift Puts Artemis on a Higher-Stakes Path
NASA’s latest redesign of its plans for going back to the moon makes one thing clear: NASA is no longer…
NASA’s 2028 Mars Nuclear Craft Could Change Deep-Space Travel
NASA has outlined a mission called Space Reactor-1 Freedom, targeted for launch before the end of 2028, as a demonstration…
Why Vertical-Landing Jets Create 140-Decibel Shock Traps
“Only a tiny fraction of the jet’s energy is transformed into sound, but this small fraction has a major impact,”…