Blue Origin accelerates LC-36 recovery via hybrid plan

Searching for habitable worlds beyond our solar system consists of more than just having it orbit within its star’s habitable zone, which is the region where temperatures could be just right for liquid water to exist on the surface. On Earth, where water comprises approximately 75 percent of the planet’s surface, life is absurdly abundant….

America at 250: The Revolutionary Spark A Smithsonian magazine special report One president invented campaign buttons so he could just stay home during election season. Another one rallied Americans to go to the moon. And one—only one—holds a patent. Sonja Anderson | Daily Correspondent Summer 2026 Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of…

NASA astronaut Chris Williams took this photo of an orbital sunrise from the International Space Station on June 26, 2026. In 24 hours, the space station makes 16 orbits of Earth, traveling through 16 sunrises and sunsets. Learn more about the orbiting laboratory. Image credit: NASA/Chris Williams

The European-Chinese Smile mission reached its designated science orbit on 20 June 2026. The team is now embarking on a two-month campaign to ‘commission’ the spacecraft, which involves switching on and testing out its toolbox of science instruments. Since launching into space on a European Vega-C rocket on 19 May 2026, Smile has fired its…

For centuries, parchment manuscripts have preserved far more than the words written on their pages. Researchers have now uncovered a hidden layer of biological information locked inside these historic documents, opening a new avenue for studying the past without compromising the artifacts themselves. Historic parchments have long fascinated historians for the stories recorded in their…

NASA may be preparing to give one of its most recognizable rover designs an entirely new destination. During a recent Artemis update, the agency revealed that it is studying the possibility of sending PROMISE, a spare engineering model based on the Perseverance and Curiosity Mars rovers, to the Moon’s south pole. The concept could transform…