2+ hour, 13+ min ago   (531+ words) "The fundamental elements of generative AI are showing a lot of promise in streamlining the pillars of autonomous navigation for off-planet driving." Want to add more newsletters? Space.com's Sci-Fi Reader's Club. Read a sci-fi short story every month and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (406+ words) "This is a powerful demonstration of how AI can enhance the scientific return of archival datasets." The Hubble Space Telescope takes a lot of pictures. In fact, NASA estimates Hubble has snapped 1.7 million images since it launched in 1990. But this…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (839+ words) "We are on Day 1. A lot more needs to be done." Weather forecasts, modern banking, international trade and GPS all depend on a fragile web of infrastructure extending from Earth's orbit to the ocean floor " a web that's largely unseen…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (477+ words) Eight JUMPSEAT spacecraft launched to Earth orbit from 1971 to 1987, we just learned. We just learned about a pioneering U.S. spy satellite program, nearly 40 years after its final spacecraft launched to the final frontier. On Wednesday (Jan. 28), the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (333+ words) The company plans to start launching its "TeraWave" satellites late next year. Yet another satellite megaconstellation is in the works, this one from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. The Washington-based aerospace company announced today (Jan. 21) that it plans to build a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (589+ words) "It may be due to a lack of cyber hygiene from ESA staff." The European Space Agency (ESA) is recovering from a string of cyberattacks that leaked hundreds of gigabytes of potentially sensitive data onto dark web forums. The agency…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (339+ words) The image shows just how large and devastating these events can be. While wildfires happen at different times across the globe, they do all have one thing in common: they can be absolutely devastating. On Jan. 9, 2026, a Sentinel-2 satellite captured…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (276+ words) What's Coming in Spaceflight This Year On Episode 192 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik looks forward to 2026, which promises to be the most exciting year in the new space age yet! Shining bright is the prospect…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (364+ words) Jupiter draws into alignment with the sun and Earth tonight. Jupiter will be at its most spectacular in 2026 in the early hours of Jan. 10, as it shines above the eastern horizon among the stars of the constellation Gemini. Here's where…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (213+ words) Planets, stars, and star clusters, oh my! This composite image was weeks in the making, as Hor'lek's two "crossings" happened months apart. Mars traced its path through the cluster from late April to early May 2025. Venus followed with a brief…...