What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland?

The Danish territory of Greenland and its strategic importance for the U.S. and NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) have been making headlines recently. Largely lost in the media furor, however, are the reasons why Greenland is vital for North American security. On…

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China Weighs Sale of TikTok US to Musk as a Possible Option.

Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter. Beijing officials strongly prefer that…

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The Full Wolf Moon 'eats' Mars tonight. Here's how to see it.

Just four days after it passed in front of the Pleiades star cluster, the moon will cross paths with another noteworthy celestial object on Monday evening, Jan. 13, when it will cover the planet Mars, now shining as bright as it will get in this new year of 2025. An opportun…

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SpaceX will launch 2 private lunar landers this week, kicking off busy year for moon missions.

Two private lunar landers are set to launch this week aboard the same rocket, kicking off a busy year of missions to the moon. A six-day window for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching the missions begins early Wednesday morning (Jan. 15), with liftoff scheduled for 1:11 a.m…

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Mercury looks stunning in images from BepiColombo spacecraft's 6th and final flyby.

The BepiColombo spacecraft has made its sixth and final flyby of the closest planet to the sun, Mercury, capturing some incredible images of the tiny world. The photos offer tantalizing hints about some of the mysteries BepiColombo will investigate when it moves into orbit …

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SpaceX launches 21 new Starlink satellites from Florida.

SpaceX launched more of its internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast today (Jan. 8). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 10:27 a.m. EST (1527 GMT) on We…

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How NASA and Sierra Space are preparing for Dream Chaser space plane's 1st flight to ISS.

NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth, but the agency won't pick a winner for another 18 months or so. Analysis of those samples, which are being collected by NASA's Perseverance rover, could reveal a wealth of data about Mars an…

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Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic.

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million years old. Analysis of the ancient ice is expec…

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China plans to build ‘Three Gorges dam in space’ to harness solar power.

A senior Chinese scientist has revealed an ambitious plan to use super heavy rockets to build solar power stations in space, calling it “another Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth”. Space-based solar power stations collect energy from the sun in Earth’s orbit and trans…

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Over 17,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary.

Over 17,000 doctors are calling on the Senate to reject President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In a letter posted online by the Committee to Protect Health Care, a physician organization that advocat…

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Blue Origin delays 1st New Glenn rocket launch due to rough seas for landing.

A private space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos has postponed the planned launch of its new giant rocket. Blue Origin was counting down toward the launch of its first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket at 1:00 a.m. EST (0600 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 10), but rough weather in …

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Once-in-a-160000-year comet G3 ATLAS could shine as bright as Venus next week.

The brightest comet in nearly 20 years — comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) — is expected to reach its peak brilliance later this week into early next week. The only question is: "Will you actually be able to see it?" This celestial paradox belongs to Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS), wh…

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Blue Origin to launch its 1st New Glenn rocket on Jan. 10.

We now have a launch date for the debut mission of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket. If all goes according to plan, New Glenn will lift off for the first time on Friday (Jan. 10) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, during a three-hour window tha…

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James Webb Space Telescope spots record-breaking collection of stars in far-flung galaxy.

New year, new milestone: A cosmic quirk of nature has allowed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to capture images of 44 individual stars in a galaxy halfway across the observable universe — this region is so distant that astronomers once deemed identifying individual st…

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Emmanuel Macron joins growing criticism of Elon Musk in Europe.

Emmanuel Macron has added his voice to a growing chorus of European criticism of Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of intervening directly in the continent’s democratic processes, including Germany’s snap federal elections next month. The French president joined th…

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How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss'

New research suggests that billions of years ago, Pluto may have captured its largest moon, Charon, with a very brief icy "kiss." The theory could explain how the dwarf planet (yeah, we wish Pluto was still a planet, too) could snare a moon that is around half its…

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Dark Energy Camera captures thousands of galaxies in stunning image.

Astronomers have captured a breathtaking new image of thousands of galaxies, thanks to the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation's Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. Focused on the …

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Golden Globes winners list for 2025.

The 2025 Golden Globe Awards are off and running, honoring the best of television and film from the past year.  On the film side, Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez" came into the night with 10 nominations, the most of any movie, in categories ranging from acting,…

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United Airlines to bring Musk's Starlink on flights by spring.

United Airlines said on Sunday it expects to begin testing Elon Musk's Starlink in February for in-flight internet services, and to first offer the connectivity on a commercial flight operated by Embraer E-175 aircraft this spring. The airline plans to outfit its entire …

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Scientists Discover Common Virus Could Be Causing a Type of Alzheimer's.

Researchers have discovered a link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in some people. Most people encounter cytomegalovirus (CMV) during childhood, and after the initial infection the virus remains in the b…

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Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, billionaire Democratic megadonor George Soros and several others at a White House ceremony on Saturday.  The White House said …

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun.

On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good news about its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 1), mission control at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in M…

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‘Mystery volcano’ that erupted and cooled Earth in 1831 has finally been identified.

An unknown volcano erupted so explosively in 1831 that it cooled Earth’s climate. Now, nearly 200 years later, scientists have identified the “mystery volcano.” The eruption was one of the most powerful of the 19th century, spewing so much sulfur dioxide into the stratospher…

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Black holes can squash star formation, James Webb Space Telescope finds

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found evidence that supermassive black holes suppress star formation in maturing galaxies. The team used the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam), analyzed 19 galaxies that are part of the Spiderweb proto…

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We finally know where to look for life on Mars.

Ever since the discovery of methane on Mars, scientists have wondered if the Red Planet might harbor life. Now, researchers know where to look: deep under the surface of a broad Martian plain. The Mars methane mystery has befuddled scientists for years. Rovers on the surface…

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