Space is no longer a silent void—it’s a stage for a high-tech game of “follow the leader.” As reported by Space.com on May 6, 2026, a series of mysterious maneuvers … Read More
In a massive leap toward human exploration of the Red Planet, NASA has successfully completed the first test firings of a powerful new electric propulsion system. As reported by Space.com … Read More
In a landmark achievement for astronomy, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully bypassed the thick atmospheres that usually cloud our view of distant worlds to study an exoplanet’s … Read More
The world has welcomed home the crew of Artemis 2, the first humans to venture to the lunar vicinity in over half a century. Following their successful journey around the … Read More
As the orbits around Earth become increasingly crowded and competitive, the U.S. Space Force is taking a major step toward defending its most vital assets. In a recent move to … Read More
The dream of reaching the stars is a common one, but the path to becoming a NASA astronaut is far more rigorous—and occasionally more bizarre—than most people realize. Space.com pulls … Read More
A Map of Six Million Galaxies For decades, astronomers have relied on the Lambda CDM model, which suggests that dark energy is a constant “cosmological constant” that pushes the universe … Read More
A Sacrifice for Science: Saving Voyager 1 Floating more than 25 billion kilometers (15 billion miles) from Earth, Voyager 1 is currently traveling through the “interstellar medium”—the vast space between … Read More
The Universe Bending Light Around Corners Imagine holding a wine glass up to a candle. The curved base of the glass distorts the flame, stretching the light into glowing arcs … Read More
The Colorful Secrets of the Uranian Rings While Saturn’s rings are the showstoppers of the solar system, Uranus holds a spindly set of narrow rings that are much harder to … Read More
