​ SpaceX Is Taking Over a Competitor’s Launchpad to Ramp Up Starship Flights (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A little over a year ago, United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched its final Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex-37 (SLC-37).

​ RIP to These NASA X Accounts, as U.S. Science Falls Off a Cliff (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) NASA is axing at least 23 X accounts run by the agency’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD), citing a need to “strategically

​ NASA Raises Odds of Asteroid Smacking the Moon in 2032 (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) The odds of an asteroid the size of a 10-story building slamming into the Moon in 2032 have risen slightly, according to NASA. On

​ China Set for Critical Orbital Refueling Test With 2 U.S. Satellites Watching Closely (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Two Chinese satellites are about to rendezvous in geostationary orbit, docking with one another for an experimental demonstration that could extend

​ Record-Holding Astronaut to Command Axiom’s $70 Million-a-Seat Trip to the ISS (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Axiom Space, a Houston-based spaceflight company, is preparing to launch its fourth mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA’s Kennedy Space

​ Mars Orbiter Captures Rare View of Ancient Volcano Poking Above the Clouds (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Floating in orbit above Mars, NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captured a panorama of the Red Planet’s biggest volcanoes, Arsia Mons, peeking

​ NASA Pulls the Plug on Europa Lander, but Scientists Propose a Plan B (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) NASA engineers have spent the past decade developing a rugged, partially autonomous lander designed to explore Europa, one of Jupiter’s most

​ These Two Galaxy Clusters Are About to Smash Into Each Other—Again (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Roughly 2.8 billion light-years from Earth, two galaxy clusters are engaged in a cosmic tussle. These enormous structures last collided about a billion

​ In the Feud Between Trump and Musk, NASA Has a Lot to Lose (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) In the heat of the moment, Elon Musk threatened to decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and then he took it back. In