Space News & Blog Articles

Tune into the SpaceZE News Network to stay updated on industry news from around the world.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity breaks 3-month flight gap with 53rd Red Planet hop

Ingenuity is back in action and a 54th flight is already in the works, according to NASA. The helicopter is now resuming scouting duties for a big Mars rover mission seeking life.

Two new 'Star Wars' books offer daring tales from the galaxy far, far away

Two new "Star Wars" books, the anthology "Tales of Light and Life" and the novel "Star Wars: Crimson Climb," land this fall from Disney Lucasfilm Press.

SpaceX launch pad work delays Crew-7 astronaut launch for NASA to Aug. 25

Four astronauts launching to the International Space Station will see their mission launch later in August as SpaceX needs more time to ready their pad after a Falcon Heavy launch.

Week in images: 31 July - 04 August 2023

Week in images: 31 July - 04 August 2023

Continue reading

China keeps its eye on NASA's budget uncertainty

China is paying close attention to what NASA will and will not be able to afford in the coming years, as the space agency's budget gets chopped up by U.S. lawmakers.

How long can an asteroid 'survive'?

Asteroids are left over from the early solar system. Here's how they get destroyed.

Lego Star Wars Death Star Trash Compactor Diorama review

This Lego Star Wars diorama certainly isn't trash.

Watch a brilliant fireball shine brighter than the full moon (video)

A fireball streaked across the skies above the southeastern United States in the early hours of Wednesday (Aug. 2) and was captured on film.

New ISS experiment will help develop air conditioning for future space habitats

An experiment sent to the International Space Station aims to help scientists develop AC for astronauts who may travel to remote areas of our solar system, and perhaps one day, beyond.

Right on track: Aeolus reentry map

Image: Right on track: Aeolus reentry map

This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 4 – 13

We're approaching the peak of the Perseid meteors. Vega claims the zenith as the Teapot claims the south. In twilight, Mars has a friendly but not very intimate date with Mercury.

Continue reading

In for a spin

Image: Andreas Mogensen during a centrifuge training session

ESA art posters available! Download here!

ESA art posters available! Download here!

Continue reading

China’s Chang’e-7 Will Deploy a Hopper that Jumps into a Crater in Search of Water Ice

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese National Space Administration recently published a study in the journal Space: Science & Technology outlining how the upcoming Chang’e-7 mission, due to launch in 2026, will use a combination of orbital observations and in-situ analyses to help identify the location, amount, and dispersion of water-ice in the permanently-shadowed regions (PSRs) of the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole.

Continue reading

Tipler Cylinder

The Tipler Cylinder is a theoretical concept in physics proposed by physicist Frank J. Tipler in 1974. It is a cylindrical structure that, if it could be constructed, might allow for closed timelike curves (CTCs), which are paths in spacetime that loop back on themselves and could, in theory, allow for time travel into the past.

Continue reading

'Star Trek's' Jonathan Frakes on directing the 'Strange New Worlds' crossover episode

An excerpt from Variety's new interview with "Star Trek" royalty Jonathan Frakes on directing the "Strange New Worlds"/"Lower Decks" crossover episode.

New book 'Stargazing: Contemplating the Cosmos to Find Inner Peace' teaches meditation to bring stargazing down to Earth

Swapna Krishna, author of the new book "Stargazing: Contemplating the Cosmos to Find Inner Peace," writes a guide to getting the most out of the night sky wherever you are.

Watch a cargo spacecraft dock with the International Space Station early on Aug. 4

The Cygnus cargo spacecraft SS Laurel Clark will dock at the International Space Station on Friday, Aug. 4, after a two-day flight. Watch it live here courtesy of NASA TV.

Asteroid collisions may be responsible for mysteriously magnetic meteorites on Earth

By modeling meteorite collisions, scientists from Yale University may have finally solved the puzzle of why some space rocks have unexpected magnetic fields.

The Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ is over $115 off

Get a huge saving on a quality telescope this Summer as the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ is now over $115 off and it's ideal for beginners.

Queen's Brian May talks to Space.com about his role in NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission and new book on asteroid Bennu (video)

Legendary guitarist Brian May talks to Space.com about his collaboration with NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission and a new book about asteroid Bennu written with the mission's science lead Dante Lauretta.


SpaceZE.com