The space billboard that nearly happened

In 1993, Mike Lawson, an aerospace entrepreneur based in Roswell, Georgia, unveiled his vision for a brave new future of advertising: space billboards. This wasn’t a half-baked ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...
SpaceNews

Science fiction and innovation in space

The weekly podcast features compelling interviews with scientists, founders and experts who love to talk about space, covers the news that has enthusiasts daydreaming, and engages with listeners. Join ...

World's first commercial space science satellite launched

The first private space science satellite set to study the effect of flares from stars has been launched into space and is ...
Space.com

NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's flagship center for space science is under attack from within, and some of the biggest ...
PBS

How the Trump administration’s plans to slash NASA’s budget will impact science

Funding for science is very much on the chopping block in President Trump's proposed budget. It's a fraught moment for NASA, particularly for those focused on earth science and not human space travel.
Space.com

Collaboration or collapse: Why Earth observation must be a global mission

Around the world, international borders are hardening. Nations are competing for resources, technology and even orbits. But in Vienna this June, a different vision took center stage. One where space ...
SpaceNews

Potential NASA Earth science cuts highlight budget uncertainty

COLORADO SPRINGS — Some NASA Earth science missions have been told to prepare termination plans given the potential for major budget cuts in the agency’s overall science activities. Rep. George ...
The Verge

Space science is under threat from the anti-DEI purge

The space science community has long prided itself on its ability to inspire and move people of all backgrounds, but President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders demanding the end of diversity ...

U.S. faces modern space race with China, Congress warns

The U.S. has entered a new era of competition with China in space -- one that lawmakers said will shape global power, ...
New Scientist

Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?

One of the most awkward parts of writing a book is that, eventually, authors have to ask people for “blurbs” – the endorsements that you see on the cover of a book, encouraging you to buy it. I am now ...
Scientific American

Can There Be Sound in Space?

That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly. But there ...