Blue Origin is preparing to launch its New Glenn rocket on April 19, 2026, in what would be the first-ever reuse of a New Glenn first-stage booster. A static fire test was conducted on April 16 ahead of the launch....
The Artemis II Moon mission is having a positive impact on young people's career ambitions, according to a woman who promotes STEM jobs. She says that seeing the Artemis program has made space careers feel like a realist...
Campaigners are raising funds to restore a rare temperate rainforest habitat in Cumbria, England. Volunteers hope the funding effort will allow conservation work in this threatened rainforest ecosystem to continue....
An analysis explores how the 'Project Hail Mary' novel navigates the boundary between hard science fiction and speculative fiction, and examines the differences in how the film adaptation starring Ryan Gosling approached...
The new moon phase in April 2026 brings dark skies ideal for observing constellations and planets, including Hydra, Jupiter, and Venus. The moonless nights provide enhanced visibility for amateur and professional astrono...
NASA's Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program has released a quality assessment report evaluating data from Satellogic's NewSat Earth observation satellites. The report is part of NASA's ongoing effort to as...
NASA is holding a webinar on April 29 focusing on MDA Space as part of its Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program Vendor Focus series. The session highlights MDA Space's synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth ...
NASA has announced the Artemis II Human Research Data Methodology Challenge, inviting participants to contribute to data analysis approaches tied to the agency's crewed lunar mission program. The challenge focuses on imp...
Electric vehicles could serve as mobile energy storage units, absorbing excess renewable electricity and returning it to the grid during peak demand — a concept known as vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. New Scientist ...
New research explores how the hydrocarbon oceans on Saturn's moon Titan — composed of liquid methane and ethane rather than water — would generate waves that move in slow motion compared to Earth's oceans. The oily, ...
NASA and the Office of Personnel Management have jointly unveiled the NASA Force website, a new platform designed to streamline job applications for positions at the agency. The site opens new hiring opportunities and se...
Space.com has published an analysis comparing the alternate history depicted in Apple TV+'s sci-fi series 'For All Mankind' against the actual timeline of space exploration. The piece highlights key divergences between t...
A new quality assessment report has been released evaluating precipitation radar data collected by Tomorrow.io, examining its accuracy and reliability for scientific and operational use. The report is part of NASA's Comm...
NASA's HARP (Heliophysics Audified: Resonances in Plasmas) citizen science project has enabled volunteers to identify rare space weather events by listening to audio translations of Earth's magnetic field data. The proje...
NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has produced a new map of interstellar ice distribution throughout the Milky Way galaxy. The observatory's infrared observations allow scientists to study frozen molecules in the cold cloud...
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged IC 486, a barred spiral galaxy, in a striking new photograph released as Space.com's photo of the day for April 17, 2026. The image highlights the structural detail achievable by Hub...
A stream of fast-moving solar wind is expected to trigger geomagnetic storm conditions, potentially pushing auroral displays to unusually low latitudes including Illinois and Oregon tonight. Skywatchers in mid-latitude r...
Following the successful completion of NASA's 10-day Artemis 2 lunar mission and splashdown on April 10, 2026, initial assessments indicate the Orion capsule's heat shield performed as expected during reentry. The four-p...
New DNA evidence shows that the submerged prehistoric landscape of Doggerland, now beneath the North Sea, supported thriving forests of oak, elm, and hazel more than 16,000 years ago — thousands of years earlier than p...
A new study has catalogued more than 3,100 so-called surging glaciers worldwide — a rare type that can suddenly accelerate and trigger destructive floods and avalanches. High concentrations are found in the Arctic and ...