Space Debris

SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) – A few years ago, Grace Elizabeth Dy, who then worked for the University of Washington’s Jewish studies center, was attending a conference in Jerusalem for Jewish lay leaders when several attendees began questioning Dy’s Jewishness. They said Dy, who is of Filipino and Taiwanese descent, didn’t…

With an infrared eye, NEO Surveyor will target dangerous space rocks glowing in the dark...Read More

Ancient stars measuring up to 10,000 times the mass of Earth's sun may be the source of some of the universe's earliest black holes. The inset image shows a simulated black hole forming from one such star. (Image credit: James Webb Space Telescope (background), Nandal et al. (boxout)) Scientists using…

Few designers can claim an office inside a 15th-century Venetian palazzo—a Gothic-fronted jewel with Baroque interiors, bifora windows fitted with antique leaded glass overlooking the Grand Canal, and sumptuous Tiepolo frescoes. Once lit by candles for masquerade balls and alive with the rustle of powdered wigs and taffeta panniers, the…

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a supernova explosion accompanying the gamma-ray burst event GRB 250314A at a redshift of 7.3, when the Universe was only 730 million years old. The previous chart-topping supernova event occurred when the Universe was 1.8 billion years old. The discovery is…

NASA and its partners have supported humans continuously living and working in space since November 2000. After 25 years of habitation, the International Space Station continues to be a proving ground for technology that powers NASA’s Artemis campaign, future lunar missions, and human exploration of Mars.   Take a look…

By: Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press Posted: 2:18 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Read this article for free: To continue reading, please subscribe: Monthly Digital Subscription $1 per…

Columnist and Space Field Notes From Space-Time columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on how comets grabbed the headlines in 2025 By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Comet Lemmon, photographed from northern Italy on 26th October 2025 Marcel Clemens/Alamy I don’t think anyone declared it, but…

Society The Trump administration has targeted everything from public health to space missions for funding cuts, bringing an end to the longstanding US policy of scientific pursuits as a path towards progress and economic prosperity By Chelsea Whyte Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Elon Musk…

December 10, 2025 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft didn’t phone home as expected on December 6 By Meghan Bartels edited by Lee Billings NASA/GSFC Join Our Community of Science Lovers! One of NASA’s workhorse spacecraft in orbit around Mars has fallen silent, leaving…