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Do we need a lunar building code to build moon bases safely?

As NASA pushes to build a sustained human presence on the moon, one expert says what's needed is a lunar building code.

Space · Jun 20

A private company will build and launch NASA's next Mars orbiter in 2028 — and it's not SpaceX

A California-based company will design, build and launch a spacecraft for NASA's Aeolus mission to orbit around Mars, where the probe will be the first to provide daily measurements of the planet's global environment.

Space · Jun 19

The most unpredictable meteor shower of the year peaks this week. Here's what to expect

The June Bootids usually produce just a handful of meteors, but this notoriously unpredictable shower has a history of surprise outbursts.

Space · Jun 19

New Report Exposes OceanGate's Fatal Mistakes That Doomed Titan Sub and Its Passengers

A report by Canada's Transportation Safety Board reveals engineering and oversight failures by OceanGate, leading to the Titan submersible's implosion and the loss of five lives in June 2023

International Business Times UK · Jun 19

James Webb Space Telescope finds a salty surprise on famous 'Pink Planet'

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that one of the coldest exoplanets ever discovered, the so-called Pink Planet, harbors a salty surprise.

Space · Jun 18

SpaceX launches new batch of US spy satellites from California (video)

SpaceX launched the latest batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government early Friday morning (June 19).

Space · Jun 18

Titan sub disaster caused by design flaws and company failures, damning final report says

Transportation Safety Board of Canada has released its damning report into the 2023 underwater catastrophe that killed five people

The Independent UK · Jun 18

Sun-like star may have swallowed an exoplanet with help from a mysterious companion: 'You are what you eat, right?'

"That's what makes this field so exciting. You really are solving a mystery."

Space · Jun 18

Astrophotographer captures a cosmic lagoon glowing 5,200 light-years from Earth (photo)

The Lagoon Nebula is best spotted in the months surrounding August in the Northern Hemisphere.

Space · Jun 18

These Mars valleys are hiding 30 dust devils | Space photo of the day for June 18, 2026

Europe's Mars Express orbiter recently imaged a huge valley system on the Red Planet — and dust devils dot the alien landscape.

Space · Jun 18