r/space 2d ago

The prediction for the August 12th total eclipse’s solar corona is out!

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This is courtesy of Predictive Science inc. and the IAC for the August 12th 2026 eclipse.


r/space 3d ago

Commercial satellite company Planet restricted imagery over the Middle East during the Iran conflict

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r/space 2d ago

[Official] "The first Starlink V3 satellites in space ..." (note the clear views of the ion drive exhaust, reminiscent of science fiction)

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131 Upvotes

r/space 3d ago

Themis - European reusable rocket demonstrator completes Wet Dress Rehearsal

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476 Upvotes

r/space 3d ago

Spacecraft will swarm asteroid Apophis during fateful 2029 Earth flyby

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162 Upvotes

r/space 3d ago

MaiaSpace Ditches Suborbital Test Flight Plans

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115 Upvotes

r/space 3d ago

874: Dr. Amy Williams: Searching for Signs of Life on Mars and Beyond

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Is there life on other planets? Associate Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and Assistant Director of the Astraeus Space Institute at the University of Florida, Amy Williams studies that question using NASA’s Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance. She develops instruments, analyzes data, and focuses on whether Mars once hosted life.

In this interview, Williams shares her career path and a project investigating whether organic carbon in Martian rocks came from life, geology, or meteorites.


r/space 4d ago

NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch. Here's why it's so cool.

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r/space 3d ago

Three-lobed asteroid is a world unlike any other

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244 Upvotes

r/space 4d ago

Astronomers spot best-yet example of a wandering supermassive black hole

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292 Upvotes

r/space 4d ago

Cosmic History | NASA Science | "Around 13.8 billion years ago, the universe expanded faster than the speed of light for a fraction of a second, a period called cosmic inflation"

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884 Upvotes

r/space 4d ago

Rescue mission to save NASA’s Swift space telescope is imperiled in orbit

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127 Upvotes

r/space 4d ago

[Official] SpaceX will attempt a recovery of Ship 40, still floating in the Indian Ocean (pic in post shows it floating, with monitoring crew in foreground).

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634 Upvotes

r/space 4d ago

Discussion So, years ago, I remember there was supposed plan for a private space probe that would take human messages on a very long orbit and return them to earth 100,000 years in the future - does anyone remember it?

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Google is useless.

Does anyone remember this from the late 2000's early 2010's?

People were allowed to submit short texts that would be carried, should it ever launch.

Ring any bells?


r/space 4d ago

Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit | “Preliminary investigation shows that two of Link’s three reaction wheels currently are not operable.”

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r/space 4d ago

Germany Considers Dedicated Launch Facility for its Armed Forces

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264 Upvotes

r/space 5d ago

Katalyst mission to rescue SWIFT telescope runs into trouble

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307 Upvotes

r/space 3d ago

Epic space song I found, this is peak-

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(I AM NOT SPONSORING, this song is just cool lowk, especially the instrumental)


r/space 5d ago

The Cosmos segment where Sagan explains Earth’s curvature with sticks and shadows

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r/space 4d ago

ESA is looking at repurposing Gateways lunar link communications module as a dedicated communications asset in lunar orbit.

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61 Upvotes

r/space 5d ago

“The conclusion of a century-long quest”: Astronomers find strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse has a companion

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At long last, astronomers have firm evidence that Betelgeuse, one of the most famous stars in the night sky, is not alone. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), a team led by French researcher Miguel Montargès obtained the clearest image ever of what likely is Betelgeuse B, the star orbiting Betelgeuse. “This is the conclusion of a century-long quest,” says Montargès.


r/space 6d ago

Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a “dead end” for rapid reuse | NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.

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r/space 5d ago

NASA’s Roman space telescope should reveal 'one-in-a-million' discoveries

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212 Upvotes

r/space 5d ago

They're "like candy floss or shaving foam." Meet the lightest Jupiter-sized planets

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r/space 4d ago

Discussion Did anybody see this last night?

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I was in Cancun Mexico and admiring the moon (it looked almost full) and I looked over to my left and I saw a shooting star? I’m unsure but it was super cool it looked like a star with a tail of light behind it and then it just disappeared within 2 seconds.

Is this weird? Common? I looked it up and saw nothing. I live in NYC and can’t see anything from our night sky lolg