(THE CONVERSATION) After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it ...

What will we see in the southern sky in 2026? A total eclipse of the moon (at a convenient time), a blue moon and a supermoon ...

From sponsored benches to community gardens and co-designed plazas, three international projects explore models of shared ...

Abstract: Space-target image-sequence forecasting faces challenges of minute object scales, highly regular textures, and complex imaging conditions. We propose ZMLNet, an end-to-end spatiotemporal ...

Abstract: Multimodal remote sensing images (MRSIs) often suffer from severe nonlinear radiation distortions (NRDs) and significant geometric distortions, making precise matching challenging. We ...

When people tell me they’re stuck in trying to advance their work or ideas, they often assume it’s a mind problem: that if they can untangle their thoughts and get motivated, they’ll be ready to go.

The December 18 swearing-in of Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator and the announcement of a new national space policy reasserts the Trump administration’s aim to achieve U.S. dominance in ...

Astronomers are studying the hundreds of young, brown dwarf stars inside the stellar nursery. Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 ...

An alien comet, a Martian volcano, a man’s fall from the sun and a groundbreaking telescope’s first images: Here are the most jaw-dropping space photos of 2025. When you purchase through links on our ...

With 2025 nearly in the books, let’s revisit some of the highlights of the year in space, from astronomy to spaceflight. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning ...

An artist's rendition of a collision between two planetesimals in the debris disk around a young star.Thomas Müller Scientists have captured the first direct images of colliding objects in a ...

There may be no enterprise that lends itself so well to the camera as space travel. The universe is a riot of color and light—of galaxies and planets and brightly hued moons. The people who explore ...