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NASA Climate Instrument Records First Data While Fixing a Flaw in the Record
On July 10, 2026, NASA's CLARREO Pathfinder instrument recorded its first measurements in space, providing the first truly independent calibration reference in orbit to correct the sensor drift that silently corrupts long-term climate data.
SpaceX Dawn Launch Creates Neon Sky Spiral — Here’s the Physics
SpaceX's Starlink Group 10-45 Falcon 9 launches at 3:15 AM EDT July 14 from Cape Canaveral — and the pre-dawn timing creates the exact geometric window in which exhaust and vented propellant can bloom into a glowing neon spiral visible across the Florida sky.
Wow Signal 1977: The 72-Second Burst That Still Defies Explanation
On August 15, 1977, astronomer Jerry Ehman circled six characters on a radio telescope printout and wrote 'Wow!' — a annotation that still defines humanity's search for extraterrestrial intelligence 47 years later.
CubeSat GRITSS Targets the Centimeter Errors That Send Spacecraft Off Course
A tiny, precisely characterized CubeSat built by NASA and ISISPACE is designed to expose the subtle errors in orbital reference frames — the invisible coordinate grids that every spacecraft depends on — errors small enough to ignore today but consequential enough to derail next-generation proximity operations and lunar missions.
Rice and NASA Release the First Open-Source Remote Space Robotics Simulator
Rice University and NASA have jointly released iMETRO Dynamic Simulation, the world's first open-source remote space robotics simulator, giving universities and researchers worldwide a free, high-fidelity digital twin of NASA's physical iMETRO test facility.
Astronomy’s Biggest 2025 Discoveries: A Planet Outlived Its Star
JWST confirmed a planet orbiting a white dwarf in 2025 — the first direct evidence a world can survive stellar death — while new surveys suggest the Milky Way is bigger than we thought and two ultra-low-density 'super-puff' planets defied physics expectations.Load More
