Albania Becomes the 73rd Nation to Sign the Artemis Accords
On September 21, 2026, Albania formally joined the Artemis Accords at a ceremony in Washington, becoming the 73rd country to commit to a sha…
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Pikachu Suits Up: ESA Partners with Pokémon for Space Week
ESA and The Pokémon Company International have announced a formal partnership timed to World Space Week 2026. The collaboration features a t…
NGC 4698: the galaxy whose core spins the wrong way
Roughly 55 million light-years away, spiral galaxy NGC 4698 looks unremarkable at first glance. But fresh Hubble imagery has confirmed that …
SpaceX scores three more crewed ISS flights as cargo mission 35 looms
NASA has handed SpaceX three additional crewed missions to the International Space Station under a contract amendment, while a 35th cargo fl…
Starship IFT-14: SpaceX Sets Its Sights on Orbit
Thirteen integrated flight tests have brought Starship progressively closer to its ultimate goal. Now, with IFT-14 targeting no earlier than…
Two Galaxies, Two Hidden Faces of the Local Universe
A spiral galaxy whose core spins at a right angle to its own disk, and a nearby neighbor still actively forging new stars: on the same Septe…
Falcon 9 Juggles ISS Resupply and Classified Space Force Mission
SpaceX is handling two major government contracts in rapid succession: a resupply flight to the International Space Station for NASA, and a …
Curiosity Hits 5,000 Sols and One Kilometer of Climbing on Mars
In the span of just a few weeks, NASA's Curiosity rover has logged its 5,000th Martian day, completed fourteen years of surface operations, …
Webb's IC 348 Panorama Pushes Brown Dwarf Mass Limits
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has released one of its largest images to date, capturing the star-forming region IC 348 — and uncovering …
Webb Maps Star Formation in IC 348, Finds Tiny Brown Dwarfs
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has released one of its largest images yet: a sweeping view of the star-forming region IC 348, where astro…
NASA's Satellite Imaging Tools Are Now Uncovering Lost Civilizations
Originally developed to sharpen satellite imagery of Earth's surface, a NASA image-processing algorithm is now being turned on the ancient p…
Progress 96 Heads to ISS in a Busy Week for Global Launches
Russia's Progress 96 cargo spacecraft is set to deliver roughly three tons of supplies to the International Space Station, kicking off one o…
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