Space

Impulse Space Raises $500M Series D as Orbital Tugs Prep for a Future That May — or May Not — Include Space Data Centers Impulse Space, the in-space mobility company founded by former SpaceX propulsion chief Tom Mueller, closed a $500 million Series D funding round on Tuesday, led […]

Muon Space Unveils Condor-Ultra — But Can Orbital Data Centers Actually Work? MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Muon Space today unveiled the Condor-Ultra, a Starship-class satellite platform purpose-built for what CEO Jonny Dyer calls “the most compelling space infrastructure missions of the next decade.” At the top of that list: […]

Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory Mark II Review: Smart Astrophotography, Simplified Verdict: 4/5 Stars — A Turnkey Gateway to Deep-Sky Imaging The Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory Mark II earns a solid 4 out of 5 stars. At $4,299 (~£3,211 GBP), it is unapologetically premium — but for the […]

Meteor Explosion Over New England Packed Power of 300 Tons of TNT, NASA Confirms A blinding daytime fireball that lit up the skies over the Northeastern United States last week was confirmed by NASA to be a meteor explosion releasing energy equivalent to roughly 300 tons of TNT — […]

China’s Long March 12B Rocket Launches Without Warning — A New Falcon 9-Class Contender Emerges China’s rapidly expanding commercial space sector delivered a genuine surprise this week. On June 1, 2026, the Long March 12B — a 72-meter-tall, kerosene-burning rocket strikingly similar in concept to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 — […]

Researchers Sound Alarm on LEO Pollution, Demand Regulations Before It’s Too Late A growing coalition of atmospheric scientists and space researchers is calling for urgent international regulations to protect low Earth orbit from an emerging threat: pollution from the booming number of satellites and the exotic materials they leave […]

New Calculations Pinpoint Planet Nine’s Mass, Orbit, and Location in the Sky New research has dramatically refined the estimated mass, orbit, and sky location of the long-hypothesized Planet Nine, narrowing the search zone for what would be the Solar System’s first new planet in nearly two centuries. Using classical […]

Webb Telescope Sniffs Methane from Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS — A Chemical First for a Visitor from Beyond the Solar System Date: 2026-06-02 Featured image: Artist’s impression of Comet 3I/ATLAS as it streaks through the inner Solar System, with the Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI instrument analyzing its chemical composition. Credit: […]

ToupTek ATR2600C Review: The Affordable APS-C Cooled Camera That Challenges ZWO’s Crown Date: 2026-06-02 Featured image: ToupTek ATR2600C cooled CMOS astrophotography camera mounted on a telescope imaging train. [Credit: ToupTek Astro] The ToupTek ATR2600C is a dedicated deep-sky cooled CMOS camera that delivers professional-grade image quality at a price […]

Astronomers Discover Planetary ‘Fingerprints’ in Rings Around Stars — A New Way to Weigh Invisible Exoplanets Date: 2026-06-02 Featured image: An artist’s illustration of a young planet carving lanes through a protoplanetary disk of dust and gas around its host star. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser A team of astrophysicists at […]