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Space combat was 'critical to mission success' in US war in Iran, Space Force chief says
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (443+ words) "We aren't just talking about theories or plans anymore. We're talking about real operational combat, space effects and the Guardians who deliver them." COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. " The head of the U. S. Space Force said the United States' ongoing war in Iran…...
NASA astronauts joke around with an optical illusion on the ISS | Space photo of the day for April 15, 2026
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (268+ words) Even in space, we love to make our friends laugh. On April 13, NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jack Hathaway worked to capture Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL spacecraft from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) using the Canadarm2 robotic arm. But before…...
Interstellar invader 3 I/ATLAS is spraying tons of water into space every second. Jupiter-bound spacecraft JUICE discovers
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (629+ words) Robert'Lea'is a science journalist in the U. K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob…...
Go behind the scenes of NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission with NOVA's 'Return to the Moon' documentary tonight (interview)
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (1011+ words) Jeff Spry is an award-winning screenwriter and veteran freelance journalist covering TV, movies, video games, books, and comics. His work has appeared at SYFY Wire, Inverse, Collider, Bleeding Cool and elsewhere. Jeff lives in beautiful Bend, Oregon amid the ponderosa…...
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8+ hour, 44+ min ago (13+ words) Solar wind travels up to 4 times faster than expected, eclipse spacecraft reveals'Space...
See Comet Pan STARRS glow above a false dawn in stunning new photo
9+ hour, 44+ min ago (705+ words) Anthony Wood joined'Space. com'in April 2025 after contributing articles to outlets including IGN, New Atlas and Gizmodo. He has a passion for the night sky, science, Hideo Kojima, and human space exploration, and can't wait for the day when astronauts once…...
A worst-case solar storm could trigger panic buying and public unrest, report warns
11+ hour, 44+ min ago (874+ words) Scientists warn that extreme space weather could influence human behavior, from panic buying to protests and misinformation. Space weather refers to the influence of solar activity on the Earth and the near-Earth environment. Solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and…...
Space X launches two Starlink satellite groups 19 hours apart
16+ hour, 8+ min ago (162+ words) Space X began and ended the day with Starlink launches. Ax-2 | Euclid | Ax-3 | CRS-30 | SES ASTRA 1 P | NG-21 | 19 Starlink launches USSF-62 | One Web Launch 20 | NROL-145 | 16 Starlink missions About an hour after each launch, the Falcon 9 upper stage deployed its cargo,…...
NASA's Artemis 2 moonshot was just the 'opening act' for America's return to the moon, space agency chief says
23+ hour, 37+ min ago (978+ words) Artemis 2 kicks off a lunar "relay race" that will lead the NASA and its international partners to a moon base and, eventually, Mars, NASA chief Jared Isaacman says. The head of NASA said the agency's historic Artemis 2 moon mission, which…...
Did these spruce trees really 'predict' a solar eclipse? Scientists are split
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1028+ words) A new opinion paper calls into question research that suggests trees in Italy anticipated a solar eclipse. During an October solar eclipse in 2022, a team of scientists traveled to the Dolomites, a forested mountain range in Italy, to study spruce…...