On September 14, SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy rocket reached orbit for the first time, seven years later than originally touted, continuing its slow progress in building a Lunar Starship ready to land Artemis astronauts on the Moon for NASA. As Marcia Smith reported, the orbital flight was shorter than planned but SpaceX did manage to…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team completed a marathon of activities to fine-tune the observatory’s vision and prepare the primary instrument for routine use. “All of Roman’s sweeping surveys will rely on the Wide Field Instrument,” said Dave Hickey, a Wide Field Instrument systems engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland….
It wasn’t until 1610, when Galileo Galilei discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter, that humans learned there were moons other than our own. We know now that the Moon is just one of more than 891 moons in our entire solar system. However, our Moon is unique because it belongs to the only planet in our…
By Cameron Schneider Sunday, June 21st marks the official start of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This means that the Sun is shining directly on the Northern Hemisphere, and we experience the warm, sunny weather of summer! At Chabot, summer fun is in full swing with plenty of activities and programs. The Oakland Space…
Galaxies are made up of stars, planets, and great clouds of dust and gas, all held together by gravity. However, not every galaxy looks the same. While most galaxies are spiral or ball-shaped, some are less structured and have irregular forms. Small galaxies have several thousand stars and reach a few hundred light-years across. On…
Over the last 25 years, a lot of Lego Star Wars sets have come and gone. These are the ones we wish would make a return.It’s no secret that we love Lego Star Wars here at Space. From brick-built models of our favorite Star Wars characters to huge, detailed recreations of the best Star Wars…
Canon, Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm and more, we break down which camera manufacturer makes the best astrophotography cameras and share our top picks of models in each system.Selecting the right camera for astrophotography is a tale of two halves; on the one hand, it can be a minefield, and on the other, you can choose almost…
ESA has signed two contracts with European industry to develop a commercial service capable of transporting cargo to and from the International Space Station in low Earth orbit by 2030.Today, at the Space Council in Brussels, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signed contracts with Hélène Huby from The Exploration Company based in Germany, and Massimo…
Europe shines brightly at night, as seen in this mosaic created from over 7000 pictures taken by astronauts on the International Space Station. This is the first nighttime mosaic of Europe in colour ever produced with calibrated space images. The composition uses images captured in 2017 with a resolution of around 100 metres per pixel….
November 2, 2025, marked a historic milestone: 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station.Reflections on Decades of Innovation For a quarter of a century, the space station has been a hub of scientific discovery, international partnership and technological innovation. It’s where humans from across the globe have come together to live…
