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Is Jupiter on a diet? New measurements say it's smaller than we thought
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (374+ words) "Textbooks will need to be updated." Space.com's Sci-Fi Reader's Club. Read a sci-fi short story every month and join a virtual community of fellow science fiction fans! Jupiter has had its length and breadth measured again, and it turns…...
NASA gets new F-15 fighter jet to chase its X-59 'quiet' supersonic aircraft
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (259+ words) "These two aircraft will enable successful data collection and chase plane capabilities for the X-59." NASA just got a boost in its quest to unlock 'quiet' supersonic flight with a pair of retired F-15 jets from the U.S. Air Force. NASA's plan is…...
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge gets an upgrade, as the Disneyland attraction adds classic characters from the original trilogy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (351+ words) Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Darth Vader are coming to Batuu! After a lackluster past few years that saw dwindling interest, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland in Southern California is finally adding original "Star Wars" characters to…...
Watch SpaceX launch advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force tonight
1+ week, 1+ day ago (443+ words) Liftoff of the GPS III-SV09 mission is scheduled for 11:46 p.m. ET tonight (Jan. 26). SpaceX will launch an advanced GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from Florida tonight (Jan. 26), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the GPS III-SV09 spacecraft…...
Watch SpaceX launch new batch of US spy satellites tonight
2+ week, 4+ day ago (376+ words) The NROL-105 mission is scheduled to lift off from California tonight (Jan. 16) at 11:18 p.m. ET. SpaceX will launch its first national security mission of the year tonight (Jan. 16), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to…...
Jupiter has more oxygen than the sun, new simulations reveal
2+ week, 5+ day ago (221+ words) "It really shows how much we still have to learn about planets, even in our own solar system." Deep beneath Jupiter's stormy skies lies a crucial clue to how all the planets in our solar system formed. "It really shows…...
Satellites spy raging bushfires in Australia | Space photo of the day for Jan. 15, 2026
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…...
I visited the largest collection of public telescopes in the US in Oregon's high desert, and the dark skies blew me away
3+ week, 2+ day ago (708+ words) Located south of Bend's outdoor playland, I visited this Pacific Northwest gem for an enchanted winter evening of astronomical wonders SUNRIVER, Oregon " Perfectly perched amid an expansive plateau of sagebrush, Ponderosa pines, and juniper trees in Central Oregon's High Desert,…...
SpaceX shatters its rocket launch record yet again — 167 orbital flights in 2025
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (394+ words) About 85% of American orbital launches this year were SpaceX missions. Surprise, surprise: SpaceX shattered its single-year launch record again in 2025. Elon Musk's company has now set a new mark six years in a row, and the numbers are getting pretty…...
Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1265+ words) After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, aboard Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, ESCAPADE's twin probes will map the…...