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For millennia, humanity was grounded on Earth, only able to study the vastness of the Universe with our eyes. However in the 20th Century, we made our first forays into the depths of space, finally reaching above the thin atmosphere at the Garmin line. We progressed to placing satellites and humans into orbit above the…
“Silo” season 3 is almost upon us, offering another round of riveting episodes of Apple TV’s undeniably intriguing sci-fi series. We’re about to learn how the end of the world began with the new season’s split-timeline between Silo 18 and the Before Times, when the madness all started. Adapted from Hugh Howey’s trilogy of dystopian…
Enabling & Support 14/06/2026 14896 views 71 likes In brief Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launcher is getting ready for liftoff from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. This flight is designated a qualification flight, after last year’s first test flight. The Spectrum rocket will host six payloads. Isar Aerospace is backed by the European Space Agency (ESA) ‘Boost!’…
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir inspects optical fibers while installing hardware updates to the agency’s Cold Atom Lab, or CAL, aboard the International Space Station on May 8, 2026. About the size of a minifridge and operated from Earth, CAL chills atoms to temperatures below minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 273.15 degrees Celsius), so close to…
This video was published by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot on social media with the following caption: Day 133, orbit 2063 — In this timelapse, I’m retrieving the fourth sample printed with the first 3D metal printer ever sent to space, ESA’s Metal 3D printer… and getting everything ready for the next printing session!…
Image: Blue Origin Blue Origin is set to launch its third New Glenn rocket tomorrow, April 19, in the early morning hours. The mission will carry with it a satellite for AST SpaceMobile, but it will also fly something that has already flown before: the booster. Blue Origin is looking to become the second company…
Shutterstock/Johan Swanepoel In the far reaches of the solar system, the planetary neighbourhood seems quiet. Beyond Jupiter, the sun is no longer a blazing disc, but a cold, white lamp. The planets are separated by gulfs of darkness. Light takes just 8 minutes to get from the sun to Earth, but typically more than an…
A new study from the SETI Institute suggests that the search for extraterrestrial intelligence may be facing an unexpected challenge. The same stellar activity that shapes conditions around distant planets could also make alien radio signals much harder to detect. Many SETI efforts look for extremely narrow radio signals because they are unlikely to be…
Image: Steven Madow / Space Explored In the month of April, the US launched 18 rockets into space. Nearly all of them were successful. While the vast majority were for SpaceX Falcon 9s launching the company’s Starlink satellites, it was still a diverse set of rockets, including NASA’s Space Launch System, Blue Origin’s New Glenn,…
Image: SpaceX Sometime this year, SpaceX will officially hit the public market as what is the largest IPO in history. The company hopes to raise $75 million through share sales and continue to grow its valuation. But why does SpaceX think it’s worth so much? SpaceX has set its IPO, Initial Public Offering, valuation at…