US launches strikes on Iranian targets a day after it foiled missile attack on American forces.

The U.S. military said early Thursday it had completed “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran” conducted in response to an earlier Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jordan. The latest barrage came after the U.S. partnered with Saudi Arabia to strike Iran-backed militi…

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NASA Sets Coverage for August Northern Hemisphere Total Solar Eclipse.

On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. NASA will stream the eclipse live with views across the path and interviews with subject matter experts t…

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IUS launches ‘powerful’ strikes after IRGC attack on Jordan.

IRGC says it targeted US bases in Kuwait and Jordan after US forces bombed a building on Iran’s Qeshm Island, killing a couple and their two-year-old child; explosions from US attacks were also heard on Kish Island, in Bushehr and in four locations in Khuzestan province. Kuw…

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NASA Fuels Roman Space Telescope for Late August Launch.

Technicians completed fueling NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, bringing it an important step closer to launch. On July 25, the team completed operations that carefully loaded 290 gallons of hydrazine fuel into the observatory at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci…

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NASA’s Hubble Shows Star Formation in Andromeda Galaxy Winding Down.

A new study using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope finds that star formation in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has undergone a 500-million-year decline, with an even steeper drop in the last 40 million years. Andromeda, a spiral galaxy comparable in size to our Milky Wa…

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China takes satellite race with SpaceX to sea.

China’s latest sea-based rocket launch shows how mobile launch platforms, onboard artificial intelligence and expanding commercial constellations are converging into a broader Chinese effort to strengthen military resilience, accelerate satellite deployment and compete for …

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Herbicide banned in 70 countries to be pulled from sale in Australia by chemical maker.

Syngenta, the producer of a herbicide banned in more than 70 countries and which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease, will stop selling paraquat in Australia, saying new regulations has made it “commercially unviable”. The decision to pull the product follows new restrict…

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Over 1,000 imported vehicles remain unclaimed at Hambantota Port.

Around 1,025 imported vehicles remain unclaimed at the Hambantota Port, with importers yet to complete the clearance process, according to Sri Lanka Customs. Customs Spokesman Chandana Punchihewa said that 625 of these vehicles have been at the port for more than six months …

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U.S.-Russian ISS crew returns to Earth after 241 days, landing in Kazakhstan.

After 241 days aboard the International Space Station, a U.S.-Russian crew returned safely to Earth on Sunday, highlighting continued cooperation between the US and Russia. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev landed in …

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SpaceX will now try to launch critical Starship Flight 13 test today after delays. Here's what to expect.

SpaceX's Starship megarocket will take to the skies again on Friday (July 24), and you can watch the thundering action live. Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, is scheduled to lift off from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas on Friday durin…

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SpaceX's Starship megarocket makes the 'softest splashdown' ever after launching next-gen Starlink satellites in Flight 13 test.

SpaceX launched the world's most powerful rocket on a critical 13th test flight late Friday, but there was no triskaidekaphobia on this mission. The July 24 test launch, Space's Starship Flight 13 mission, sent a towering rocket the size of a 40-story skyscraper into…

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Trump to allege Chinese meddling in U.S. elections in primetime speech, sources say.

Part of President Trump's speech Thursday night is expected to touch on previously unreported alleged Chinese meddling in U.S. elections, according to sources familiar with the matter.  One component: Allegations that Beijing compromised U.S. voter data and evidence the …

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Israel shared intelligence with US of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, sources say | CNN Politics.

Israel shared intelligence with the United States that Iran had recently devised a new plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, adding another layer of tension as a ceasefire deal between the countries comes under strain. One…

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Could evidence of life on Mars be hiding in clay? Europe wants to send a rover to check.

Is there life on Mars … in clay? Scientists think that the minerals in clay could be the key to finding signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. The European Space Agency is still working toward launching its ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to Mars to search for signs of lif…

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China announces plan to build early-warning system for dangerous asteroids.

China has announced that it wants to develop a "space-ground" asteroid early-warning network, while providing few details on what it could look like. But recent papers and presentations to the United Nations provide clues as to what the country has in mind for pla…

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for record-breaking 36th time.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for a record-breaking 36th time early Thursday morning (July 9). The Falcon 9 lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday at 5:25 a.m. EDT (0925 GMT), carrying 29 of the company's Starlink broadband satel…

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The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites.

The United States government is looking into launching commercial rockets from sea-based launch sites, but some ocean advocacy experts say the move is part of a larger trend of allowing the spaceflight industry to use the ocean as a dumping ground. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean E…

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2026

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is hanging out in the clean room at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, preparing for its epic journey to space. What is it? Roman is NASA's next big flagship mission, designed to explore the universe like we've neve…

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Our Milky Way galaxy might be larger than we thought.

Is the Milky Way even bigger than we thought? New observations have revealed that our galaxy's spiral arms could stretch farther and wider than we previously concluded. The Milky Way's spiral structure was discovered over 175 years ago in 1850. But new information co…

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Artemis 2's Jeremy Hansen stepping down from active astronaut duty after epic moon mission.

The first non-American to reach the moon is ready for a new mission. Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, best known for his flight around the moon in April on NASA's Artemis 2 mission, will step back from active astronaut duty in September. Hansen, who…

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Sirens in Bahrain, Kuwait after deadly US attacks on Iran.

Air raid sirens blare in Bahrain as Kuwait reports “hostile missile and drone” attacks after US bombs Iran for a second consecutive night. Explosions have been reported in Iranian cities along the Strait of Hormuz, including Bushehr, Chabahar, Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Jask and A…

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Trump says MoU to end Iran war is ‘over’.

US President Donald Trump says the ceasefire deal with Iran is “over”, adds dealing with Tehran is a “waste of time”. His comments come after the US said it launched “powerful strikes” against Iran following attacks on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, including Qatari an…

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NASA's New Horizons probe just woke up from hibernation 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto.

NASA's New Horizons probe has woken up in good health nearly 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto after spending nearly a year in hibernation. Traveling such vast distances between our solar system's most remote objects means New Horizons often cruises for months at a t…

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13,000-year-old bones found near SoCal coast could rewrite human history.

Findings from a mysterious remote chain of islands off the coast of California are rattling bones in the science community as bone-pickers find traces of a “vanished world.” The Golden State’s Channel Islands, located several miles off the SoCal coast, are home to the remnan…

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Meta says it’s facing $1.4T in penalties in teen mental health case — a sum equal to tech giant’s valuation.

If four of the states suing Meta for allegedly fueling a teen mental health crisis prevail in their case, the company will be on the hook for a whopping $1.4 trillion in penalties, Meta says — a figure the tech giant blasted as “outlandish.” The Mark Zuckerberg-led company a…

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‘The greatest cosmic movie ever made: Historic telescope kicks off an unprecedented survey.

Every 40 seconds of nighttime for the next 10 years, a camera the size of a small car will capture strikingly detailed images of the southern sky, stitching together a time-lapse panorama of intergalactic evolution that could help unlock some of the universe’s lingering mys…

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U.S. beats Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 to advance to round of 16 and keep its World Cup dreams alive.

Malik Tillman stepped up for a free kick with a bloody sock and a new right boot after being stepped on by an opponent as the United States scrambled to protect a one-goal lead, down a man in a World Cup knockout round. Tillman delivered the goal of his life, and one of the …

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Slowdown of AMOC ocean current may be gradual and reversible.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could weaken under a flood of Greenland meltwater, but this slowdown would be gradual and it would reverse if global warming were halted, according to a state-of-the-art climate model. The AMOC is a system of currents th…

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NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th.

In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States, NASA has unveiled four cosmic images from its Chandra X-ray Observatory rendered in red, white, and blue that represent the wonders of the universe the agency explores. The images are accompanied by a trio of new so…

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