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July 28, 2026
Scientists have reacted with alarm to news that the British government will cut funding to the world-famous radio telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwest…
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 demonstrated that the Ship can complete its mission and return intact,… The post Ship 40’s flawless flight promotes next mission catch potential appeared first on…
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Last week, the White House OSTP released a sweeping vision for the nation's R&D enterprise. The post Space Science’s Golden Age Problem appeared first on Payload .
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Canada is deploying its decades long investment in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology to help Mexico track down illegal fishing operations. During a recent bilateral meeting in Ottawa, the…
In 2010, scientists waiting to use the William Herschel Telescope in the Canary Islands captured a brief 36 minutes of images of Venus. They were waiting for the sun to set so they could look at…
That impending smash hit on the Moon next month of a SpaceX rocket stage has been reviewed by an international research team. The researchers put to question whether observers on Earth will see…
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, July 25, 2026.
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Germany is considering building a dedicated launch facility for its armed forces to ensure military satellites can be deployed without having to compete for capacity with commercial payloads. German…
The most famous star in Orion has a companion: Betelgeuse B. Confirmation comes from the Very Large Telescope, which observed it directly
By analyzing data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and conducting new radial velocity measurements, U.K. and French astronomers have found evidence that the mysterious…
On July 28, 1851, the first-ever photo of a total solar eclipse was recorded by a Prussian daguerreotypist named Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski. It changed solar astronomy.
An astrophotographer captured a breathtaking scene as the International Space Station zoomed by Venus in the daytime sky.
Long before a human ever sets foot on the Red Planet, we already know how harsh the environment is. Once a human finally does, the only things protecting them from that environment will be the…
More bounce to the ounce! To be flown on China’s Chang’e-8 moon lander mission in 2029 is Africa’s first space exploration mission. Under the Africa2Moon venture, the Bounced African Low Lunar…
Africa's first space exploration mission aims to send a trio of spherical probes to the lunar south pole aboard China's Chang'e 8 lander in 2029.
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Amazon is entering the D2D game after filing a request with the FCC to launch up to 5,105 LEO satellites. The post Amazon Joins the Direct-to-Device Race appeared first on Payload .
Africa is jockeying to become one of the next world space powers. The post New Report Maps Potential Futures for Africa’s Space Ecosystem appeared first on Payload .
More than 20 years after NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars, a researcher from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has uncovered new evidence that suggests water may once have covered large parts of the…
Rocket Lab will open up a new launch site at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska (PSCA) in Kodiak. Launches are expected to begin no earlier than the end of this year. The post Rocket Lab Expands…
The star of the day, at its zenith, fading to make way for darkness: let's admit the phenomenon had every reason to worry our ancestors! It has, however, been a long time since…
Last week, the SpaceX Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas on its thirteenth flight test. This was the second flight of the Starship and Super Heavy V3 vehicles and the first Starship flight to…
Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active planetary body in the solar system, boasting hundreds of active volcanoes that spew molten lava into space. This activity results from a process…
More than one month on from the catastrophic twin earthquakes in northern Venezuela on 24 June 2026, satellite data show the ground displacement was greater than first estimated.
NASA has selected Advanced Space to fly a successor to a cislunar smallsat mission that will test rendezvous and proximity operations around the moon. The post NASA selects successor to CAPSTONE…
